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December 22, 2025

William Jagust named on Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list
Congratulations to Neuroscience faculty member William Jagust!

November 24, 2025

Startup co-founded by Richard Ivry receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for potential stroke treatment
Neuroscience faculty member Richard Ivry co-founded Magnetic Tides, whose non-invasive brain stimulation technology could help treat stroke and other conditions.

November 4, 2025

Zebra finch calls convey meaning
A new study from the lab of Neuroscience faculty member Frédéric Theunissen, led by research associate Julie Elie.

October 21, 2025

Taking a look inside brains: Professor Na Ji
In this profile, Neuroscience faculty member Na Ji discusses how she creates new microscopy methods that are helping us better understand the brain.

September 23, 2025

Scientists discover brain mechanism behind optical illusions
A new study from the lab of Neuroscience faculty member Hillel Adesnik and collaborators.

September 12, 2025

Sleep strengthens muscle and bone by boosting growth hormone levels. UC Berkeley researchers discover how.
A new study from the lab of Neuroscience faculty member Yang Dan and collaborators.

August 26, 2025

Welcome to our new PhD students!
Please join us in welcoming our 2025 incoming Neuroscience PhD students.

August 20, 2025

Odilia Lu wins NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize
Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD student Odilia Lu!

August 14, 2025

Is the ‘love hormone,’ oxytocin, also the ‘friendship hormone’?
A new study from the labs of Neuroscience faculty members Annaliese Beery and Markita Landry and collaborators.

August 11, 2025

Angel Garcia named 2025 HHMI Gilliam Fellow
Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD student Angel Garcia!

August 8, 2025

Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience celebrates 20 years at UC Berkeley
Several Neuroscience faculty and Neuroscience PhD Program alums spoke at the July 1 event, which was part reunion, part scientific conference.

July 11, 2025

UC Berkeley scientists uncover neural mechanisms behind long-term memory
New research from the Yartsev lab.

July 7, 2025

Preeya Khanna and Stephan Lammel win 2025 Rennie Fund for the Study of Epilepsy
Congratulations to Neuroscience faculty members Preeya Khanna and Stephan Lammel!

June 23, 2025

Yvette Fisher named Freeman Hrabowski Scholar and wins McKnight Scholar Award
Congratulations to Neuroscience faculty member Yvette Fisher on these two honors!

May 28, 2025

Congratulations to our Neuroscience PhD Program Graduates!
Congratulations our recent and upcoming graduates!

May 27, 2025

Are groovy brains more efficient?
A new study from the lab of Neuroscience faculty member Kevin Weiner and colleagues.

May 6, 2025

Cori Bargmann gives inaugural Carla and Corey Lecture
We were honored to have Dr. Bargmann (Rockefeller University) as our first speaker in the Carla and Corey Lectureship Series.

April 29, 2025

Yang Dan elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Congratulations to Neuroscience faculty member Yang Dan!

April 28, 2025

Postdoc Boaz Styr wins Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award
Congratulations to Yartsev lab postdoctoral fellow Boaz Styr!

April 24, 2025

Ehud Isacoff wins Molecular Therapeutics Initiative Innovator Award
Congratulations to Neuroscience faculty member Ehud Isacoff!