Event Vision+Light: Processing Perception This exhibition at the intersection of art and science features works by a Berkeley Neuroscience…Cari IrwinFebruary 20, 2019
Perspective A holistic approach to understanding sensory perception Associate Professor Hillel Adesnik and PhD Program alum Alexander Naka propose using new technologies in…Cari IrwinFebruary 6, 2019
Announcement Theunissen wins Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award Congratulations to Professor Frédéric Theunissen for winning a Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award from…Cari IrwinFebruary 5, 2019
Announcement Professor Christopher Chang awarded the 2019 Sackler Prize in Chemistry Christopher Chang, Professor of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley has been…Cari IrwinFebruary 1, 2019
Alumni Profile Making tech more user-friendly: PhD alum Chung-Hay Luk researches how people interact with technology At HWNI, Chung-Hay Luk studied decision-making and created dresses with interactive electronics for fun. Now…Cari IrwinJanuary 29, 2019
Research Discovery Light can shape the visual system before the eyes are even open By Rachel Henderson The eyes of mice do not open until about two weeks after…Cari IrwinJanuary 29, 2019
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Why It Hurts to Lose Sleep Veteran insomniacs know in their bones what science has to say about sleep deprivation and…Cari IrwinJanuary 28, 2019
Research Discovery Sleep loss heightens pain sensitivity, dulls brain’s painkilling response When we’re in pain, we have a hard time sleeping. But how does poor sleep…Cari IrwinJanuary 28, 2019
Announcement Lammel wins C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy Congratulations to MCB Assistant Professor Stephan Lammel, recipient of the 2019 C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy!…Cari IrwinJanuary 24, 2019
Research Discovery Mouse studies question ‘inhibition’ theory of autism A detailed study of four mouse models of autism challenges the most common assumption about…Cari IrwinJanuary 21, 2019
Research Discovery Thanks to rapid, 3D imaging, anyone can tour the fly brain A new fly-through of the fly brain allows anyone to whizz past neurons and visit…Cari IrwinJanuary 17, 2019
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News What will football helmets look like in future? Robert Knight may know Tucked away in an unassuming cluster of warehouses on Richmond’s industrial west side, Dr. Robert…Cari IrwinJanuary 12, 2019
Research Discovery Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could be new standard treatment for neurological disorders A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at UC Berkeley can listen to and stimulate electric…barbaraDecember 31, 2018
Alumni Profile PhD program alum Emily Cooper returns to Berkeley as faculty, studying vision in the real world and applying it to virtual worlds “In order to understand any perceptual system, such as the human visual system, you also…barbaraNovember 28, 2018
Profile Postdocs Pioneer Novel Device to Trace Neural Signals in the Living Brain In the lab of MCB’s Hillel Adesnik, three postdocs with diverse academic backgrounds have made…barbaraNovember 21, 2018