Research Discovery Bat study reveals secrets of the social brain New research from the Yartsev lab, co-led by Neuroscience PhD student Maimon Rose.barbaraOctober 26, 2021
Announcement Fisher receives Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award honorable mention Congratulations to HWNI faculty member Yvette Fisher!barbaraOctober 5, 2021
Profile Reinventing the wheel HWNI member Michael Yartsev’s bat navigation research is helping to guide development of autonomous vehicles.barbaraSeptember 28, 2021
Announcement Psychedelics research and public education elevated by multiple gifts HWNI’s Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics will receive $7M in new gifts.barbaraSeptember 23, 2021
Research Discovery Selectively deleting autism-related gene reveals mechanisms that could contribute to repetitive behaviors New study from Helen Bateup’s lab, co-led by Neuroscience PhD student Katie Cording.barbaraSeptember 9, 2021
Research Discovery With the flip of a switch, scientists activate pathway impaired in Parkinson’s disease The Isacoff lab has developed a way to turn on specific dopamine pathways, increasing movement…barbaraAugust 13, 2021
Research Discovery Rats prefer to help their own kind. Humans may be similarly wired A new study from the Kaufer lab reveals neural mechanisms underlying “ingroup bias” in rats.Cari IrwinJuly 15, 2021
Research Discovery A peek inside a flying bat’s brain uncovers clues to mammalian navigation The Yartsev lab has discovered neural activity that predicts future position as bats are flying.Cari IrwinJuly 15, 2021
Research Discovery Zebrafish enable large-scale analysis of catastrophic childhood epilepsy genes In a new paper, the Baraban lab describes their new models of catastrophic childhood epilepsies.Cari IrwinJune 15, 2021