Announcement Groundbreaking collaborative research program will explore common characteristics of glaucoma, Alzheimer’s HWNI member Karthik Shekhar is one of four investigators collaborating on this new initiative.KailyssJuly 28, 2022
Alumni Profile Mapping and mentoring: PhD alum Adeen Flinker uses rare data to study speech and language Read our Q&A with alum Adeen Flinker, assistant professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.KailyssJuly 27, 2022
News From molecules to memories Neuroscience PhD student Gergey Mousa explains how HWNI scientists cross disciplines to understand neurodegenerative diseases.KailyssMay 4, 2022
Announcement Nobel laureate Randy Schekman will give Berkeley’s 2022 commencement address Read about HWNI member Randy Schekman, who will be giving this year’s keynote address!KailyssMay 4, 2022
Announcement New study of the brain’s circuitry will track Parkinson’s disease from its origins HWNI member Yang Dan is part of the collaboration, funded by the ASAP initiative.Natalie TerranovaNovember 4, 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…Natalie TerranovaAugust 13, 2021
Announcement $14 million boost for Parkinson’s disease research HWNI member Helen Bateup is part of the team that will study genes implicated in…Natalie TerranovaSeptember 16, 2020
Announcement Isacoff receives McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected four projects to receive the 2020 Memory…Natalie TerranovaDecember 3, 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…Natalie TerranovaDecember 31, 2018