News Polina Lishko receives MacArthur “genius” award Congratulations to HWNI collaborator Polina Lishko for being named a 2020 MacArthur Fellow!barbaraOctober 14, 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
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
Profile Can We Cure Dementia? In this profile of Professor Daniela Kaufer, read about how she restored youthful functioning in…barbaraJuly 7, 2020
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
Event Summit to tackle tricky problems of aging and dementia Human life expectancy has more than doubled over the last century, and this sudden leap…Cari IrwinSeptember 13, 2019
Announcement $47 million grant to explore how a healthy lifestyle changes the aging brain According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2019 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report, an estimated 5.8 million Americans of…Cari IrwinJuly 29, 2019
Research Discovery Disrupted sleep in one’s 50s, 60s raises risk of Alzheimer’s disease People who report a declining quality of sleep as they age from their 50s to…Cari IrwinJune 26, 2019
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Do Brain Waves During Sleep Reflect Aβ and Tau Pathologies? Could gauging Aβ and tau accumulation in healthy older adults be as simple as measuring…Cari IrwinJune 21, 2019