Research Discovery Antabuse may help revive vision in people with progressive blinding disorders The Kramer lab and collaborators found that the drug improves vision in vision-impaired mice.KailyssMarch 23, 2022
Profile Faculty focus on Markita del Carpio Landry HWNI member Markita Landry discusses her research, path to science, and advice for students.KailyssMarch 23, 2022
News Berkeley Talks: Mapping the brain to understand health, aging and disease HWNI member Jack Gallant discusses functional brain mapping in this podcast from Berkeley News.KailyssMarch 17, 2022
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Scientists Work to Unravel Mysteries of How Anxiety, PTSD Affect Brain HWNI member Daniela Kaufer and alum Kimberly Long talk about their research on KPIX news.KailyssFebruary 22, 2022
Announcement Yvette Fisher named a Sloan Research Fellow Congratulations to HWNI member Yvette Fisher!KailyssFebruary 18, 2022
Research Discovery Our mathematical reasoning is shaped by language and culture, studies show A new study from the Piantadosi lab, in collaboration with the Gibson lab at MIT.KailyssFebruary 10, 2022
Announcement Yartsev wins C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy Congratulations to HWNI member Michael Yartsev!KailyssFebruary 4, 2022
Alumni Profile Visualizing a new path: PhD alum John Long creates tech that helps firefighters see through smoke and darkness Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum John Long, co-founder and CTO of Qwake Technologies.KailyssJanuary 25, 2022
Research Discovery Research shines a light on development of the visual cortex during the critical period after birth A new study from the Shekhar lab, in collaboration with the Zipursky lab at UCLA.KailyssJanuary 24, 2022
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Pig brain cells may have cured a sea lion’s epilepsy—are humans next? The experimental procedure was led by HWNI member Scott Baraban. (Photo by Dianne Cameron)KailyssJanuary 14, 2022
Research Discovery Like our social media feeds, our brains take a little while to update Study from the Whitney lab has uncovered a lag in our perception of visual stimuli.KailyssJanuary 13, 2022
Announcement Adesnik, Fisher, and Landry named Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators Congratulations to HWNI members Hillel Adesnik, Yvette Fisher, and Markita Landry!KailyssJanuary 13, 2022
Research Discovery Anxiety and PTSD linked to increased myelin in brain Neuroscience PhD alum Kimberly Long is first author on the study from the Kaufer lab.KailyssJanuary 13, 2022
Announcement Welcome to our new Berkeley Neuroscience Manager Kailyss Freeman! Learn more about Kailyss Freeman in a message from HWNI Executive Director Barbara Peterson.barbaraDecember 14, 2021
Announcement Stephan Lammel wins award from McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Congratulations to HWNI member Stephan Lammel for winning a 2022 Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award!barbaraDecember 14, 2021