Announcement Helen Bateup awarded NARSAD Young Investigator Grant for autism research Helen Bateup, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, was awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator…georgeannOctober 13, 2016
Research Discovery New Tool Will Help Expand Scope of Neural Circuit Research Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus and University of California, Berkeley have…georgeannOctober 6, 2016
Announcement Diana Bautista selected as a 2016 HHMI, Simons Foundation, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Faculty Scholar The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Simons Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates…georgeannSeptember 22, 2016
Announcement Bob Zucker Receives Sir Bernard Katz Award Bob Zucker is the 2017 recipient of the Sir Bernard Katz Award of the Exocytosis/Endocytosis Subgroup…georgeannSeptember 8, 2016
Research Discovery Can some types of fat protect us from brain disease? An intriguing finding in nematode worms suggests that having a little bit of extra fat…georgeannSeptember 8, 2016
Research Discovery Visual experience tunes detection of motion direction in the retina Postnatal day 13 retina, where the cell bodies of hundreds of ganglion cells have been…georgeannJune 29, 2016
Announcement Mu-ming Poo awarded $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize UC Berkeley biologist Mu-ming Poo has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Gruber Neuroscience Prize for…georgeannJune 7, 2016
Profile Copper: A new player in health and disease They’ll have to change biology textbooks. The opening pages on the nervous system inevitably include…georgeannMay 17, 2016
Profile Genetic switch could be key to increased health and lifespan Newly discovered genetic switches that increase lifespan and boost fitness in worms are also linked…georgeannMay 3, 2016