Announcement Postdoc Mark Plitt awarded Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research fellowship Congratulations to Mark Plitt, a postdoc in the lab of HWNI member Yvette Fisher!Dave SchonenbergJuly 6, 2023
Research Discovery Neuroscience simulations at NERSC shed light on origins of human brain recordings Study led by HWNI member Kristofer Bouchard (pictured) and colleagues, including HWNI member Michel Maharbiz.KailyssAugust 15, 2022
Announcement Yvette Fisher named a Sloan Research Fellow Congratulations to HWNI member Yvette Fisher!KailyssFebruary 18, 2022
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
Research Discovery Brain area that maps space also maps abstract relationships, using a similar code New study from the Wallis lab shows that the hippocampus maps relative value.barbaraNovember 16, 2021
Announcement Fisher receives Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award honorable mention Congratulations to HWNI faculty member Yvette Fisher!barbaraOctober 5, 2021
Research Discovery Despite dramatic differences in shape, these direction-sensing retinal neurons have similar synaptic organization New study by Neuroscience PhD alum Malak El-Quessny and HWNI faculty member Marla Feller.barbaraSeptember 9, 2021
Research Discovery Selectively deleting autism-related gene reveals mechanisms that could contribute to repetitive behaviors New study from Helen Bateup’s lab, co-led by Neuroscience PhD student Katie Cording.barbaraSeptember 9, 2021
Research Discovery With the flip of a switch, scientists activate pathway impaired in Parkinson’s disease The Isacoff lab has developed a way to turn on specific dopamine pathways, increasing movement…barbaraAugust 13, 2021