News 2020’s wake up calls stir action in STEM In this article, Neuroscience PhD student Celia Ford explores diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus.barbaraSeptember 28, 2020
Announcement $14 million boost for Parkinson’s disease research HWNI member Helen Bateup is part of the team that will study genes implicated in…barbaraSeptember 16, 2020
Announcement UC Berkeley researchers awarded Pew Innovation Funding HWNI member Ke Xu is part of a collaboration to study steroid hormones in Alzheimer’s…barbaraSeptember 15, 2020
Announcement UC Berkeley launches new center for psychedelic science and education Michael Silver, director of the Neuroscience PhD Program, will lead this unique new HWNI center.barbaraSeptember 15, 2020
Announcement PhD students Matt Davis, Holly Gildea, and Tobias Schmid win fellowship, awards Congratulations to Matt for winning a fellowship, and Holly and Tobias for winning teaching awards!barbaraSeptember 8, 2020
Announcement Welcome to our new PhD students! Get to know the Neuroscience PhD Program entering class of 2020!barbaraSeptember 8, 2020
Announcement Michael Yartsev appointed as a Vallee Scholar Assistant professor Michael Yartsev was one of only six faculty worldwide to receive this award.barbaraSeptember 3, 2020
Research Discovery How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer’s disease begins The Walker and Jagust labs found that sleep quality can predict accumulation of beta-amyloid.barbaraSeptember 3, 2020
Research Discovery Which way is up? Retinal neurons know, even when light deprivation during development distorts their shape Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD student Malak El-Quessny (Feller lab), explaining her new paper.barbaraSeptember 1, 2020
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News HWNI scientists featured in NY Times article on brain-machine interfaces The opinion piece discusses the work of Jack Gallant, Jose Carmena, and Michel Maharbiz.barbaraAugust 28, 2020
Announcement Marian Diamond named a California Woman of the Century Neuroscience pioneer and HWNI member Marian Diamond was named a California Woman of the Century.barbaraAugust 24, 2020
Research Discovery Brain noise contains unique signature of dream sleep The Knight and Walker labs have discovered how to identify REM sleep in EEG recordings.barbaraAugust 7, 2020
Announcement Sleep researcher Matthew Walker wins Carl Sagan science prize Congratulations to professor Matthew Walker for winning the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization!barbaraAugust 5, 2020
Alumni Profile From brains to self-driving cars: PhD alum Helene Moorman’s path from academia to industry Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Helene Moorman to learn how she went from…barbaraJuly 13, 2020
Research Discovery Vision scientists discover why humans literally don’t see eye to eye New research from the Whitney lab shows that people perceive the location of objects in…barbaraJuly 13, 2020