Announcement Sloan fellowships awarded to five faculty ‘rising stars’ Five young UC Berkeley faculty members have been awarded 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships, coveted grants…georgeannFebruary 21, 2017
Announcement CZ Biohub awards nearly $14.5 million to Berkeley researchers Thirteen UC Berkeley faculty, seven of them women, are among 47 new investigators chosen by…georgeannFebruary 8, 2017
Profile Neuroscientist Portrait Project: Sara Popham The following is part of the Neuroscientist Portrait Project, a look at the lives of neuroscientists…georgeannJanuary 30, 2017
Announcement Paul Alivisatos will receive the 2017 National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences The National Academy of Sciences will honor five individuals with awards in recognition of their…georgeannJanuary 24, 2017
Research Discovery Why the lights don’t dim when we blink Every few seconds, our eyelids automatically shutter and our eyeballs roll back in their sockets.…georgeannJanuary 19, 2017
Announcement Announcing the Radical Ideas in Brain Science Challenge The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute invites proposals for the inaugural Radical Ideas in Brain Science…georgeannJanuary 17, 2017
Announcement PhD student Christine Liu awarded $10,000 in Search for Hidden Figures contest Inspired by the movie Hidden Figures, PepsiCo and 21st Century Fox partnered to find the…georgeannJanuary 17, 2017
Research Discovery People Are Strange When You’re Sleep Deprived Got a lousy night’s sleep? Feeling kinda grouchy? Turns out waking up on the wrong…barbaraJanuary 13, 2017
Research Discovery Pop-outs: How the brain extracts meaning from noise When you’re suddenly able to understand someone despite their thick accent, or finally make out…barbaraDecember 20, 2016
Research Discovery It takes less than a second to tell humans from androids It can be hard to tell the difference between humans and androids in such sci-fi…georgeannNovember 28, 2016
Announcement Big Thanks for your support Thank you for your donations to Berkeley Neuroscience yesterday! UC Berkeley’s Big Give provides a…georgeannNovember 18, 2016
Announcement Spread the word to support #BerkeleyBrains during the 24 hour Cal Big Give UC Berkeley’s Big Give is happening now! This one-day campus-wide fundraising blitz provides a tremendous…georgeannNovember 16, 2016
Profile Neuroscientist Portrait Project: Malak El-Quessny The following is part of the Neuroscientist Portrait Project, a look at the lives of neuroscientists…georgeannNovember 16, 2016
Announcement Kavli Frontiers of Science – Berkeley alums represent! Bradley Voytek (HWNI alum of the Knight Lab), Fernando Perez (current LBNL faculty and HWNI affiliate)…georgeannNovember 14, 2016
Profile Neuroscientist Portrait Project: Dr. Joni Wallis The following is part of the Neuroscientist Portrait Project, a look at the lives of neuroscientists…georgeannNovember 12, 2016