Alumni Profile From bench to bedside: PhD alum Oscar Vazquez works to make new treatments a reality “I've always wanted to work to shorten the gap between discovery and actual use in…barbaraFebruary 3, 2020
Announcement Weiner and Brohawn win early-career investigator awards Congratulations to Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute members Kevin Weiner and Stephen Brohawn for winning early-career…barbaraJanuary 30, 2020
Announcement John Ngai named director of NIH BRAIN Initiative The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has picked long-time UC Berkeley neuroscientist John Ngai to…barbaraJanuary 29, 2020
Research Discovery Merging old and new microscopy yields best 3D view yet inside cells By combining electron microscopy (EM) with the latest super-resolution microscopy (SR), Howard Hughes Medical Institute…barbaraJanuary 16, 2020
News New helmet design protects against head-twisting impacts As a neurologist, Robert Knight has seen what happens when the brain crashes around violently…barbaraJanuary 13, 2020
Research Discovery Brain scans could flag children’s future mental health problems It can take years to diagnose children with psychiatric or attention deficit disorders, forcing them…barbaraJanuary 3, 2020
News Berkeley Neuroscience members meet prospective PhD students at fall conferences Neuroscience PhD student Christiane Voufo (L) at ABRCMS 2019, pictured with her cousin who was…barbaraDecember 9, 2019
Research Discovery Drugs that quell brain inflammation reverse dementia Drugs that tamp down inflammation in the brain could slow or even reverse the cognitive…barbaraDecember 4, 2019
Alumni Profile Increasing complexity: PhD alum Gautam Agarwal challenges the brain to understand how it works in the real world In this Q&A, Gautam Agarwal, now a research scientist in the Sommer lab, discusses how…barbaraDecember 3, 2019
Announcement Isacoff receives McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected four projects to receive the 2020 Memory…barbaraDecember 3, 2019
Announcement Schaffer and Ivry elected fellows of the AAAS Five Berkeley faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement…barbaraNovember 27, 2019
News New center illuminates ‘microscopic universe within each cell’ In a video posted online this week, Seeker, a San Francisco-based digital media network focused…barbaraNovember 27, 2019
Perspective Ten simple rules for computational modeling of behavioral data New guidelines for scientists who use computational modelling to analyse behavioural data have been published…barbaraNovember 26, 2019
Research Discovery Babies in the womb may see more than we thought By the second trimester, long before a baby’s eyes can see images, they can detect…barbaraNovember 25, 2019
Research Discovery New model of neural processing could help us understand the brain and create better AI The Sommer lab has developed a model that uses neuronal “spikes” and rhythmic activity to…barbaraNovember 22, 2019