Announcement Puthussery awarded funding from the National Eye Institute’s Audacious Goals Initiative HWNI member Teresa Puthussery is part of a new project to accelerate photoreceptor replacement therapy.barbaraOctober 20, 2021
Research Discovery Neuroscientists roll out first comprehensive atlas of brain cells HWNI members Helen Bateup and John Ngai are co-authors on the flagship paper for this…barbaraOctober 11, 2021
Announcement Berkeley alum David Julius shares Nobel Prize for work on pain receptors Julius was a PhD student at Cal and postdoctoral advisor to HWNI faculty member Diana…barbaraOctober 6, 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
News Helen Wills immortalized as ‘Spirit of California’ in mural by Diego Rivera Find out why Helen Wills’ image adorns the stairwell of The City Club of San…barbaraSeptember 23, 2021
Announcement Diana Bautista named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Congratulations to HWNI faculty member Diana Bautista!barbaraSeptember 23, 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
Announcement Welcome to our new PhD students! We are excited to welcome the Neuroscience PhD Program incoming class of 2021!barbaraSeptember 15, 2021
Research Discovery Despite dramatic differences in shape, these direction-sensing retinal neurons have similar synaptic organization New study by Neuroscience PhD alum Malak El-Quessny and HWNI faculty member Marla Feller.barbaraSeptember 9, 2021
Research Discovery Looking for something? Recording directly from the human brain reveals mechanisms underlying visual search Read our Q&A with PhD alum Katarina Slama about her new paper with Bob Knight.barbaraSeptember 9, 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
Announcement Neuroscience PhD alum Adeen Flinker wins early career award Flinker has won the 2021 Early Career Award from the Society for the Neurobiology of…Cari IrwinAugust 3, 2021
News For neuroscientists, a checklist for eliminating gender bias Paper authored by HWNI postdocs, grad students, and faculty highlights ways to combat gender bias…Cari IrwinJuly 20, 2021