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March 1, 2019

Read More: Nature Neuroscience | March 2019
Discovering drivers in hippocampal circuits
Hippocampal circuitry enables the emergence of activity patterns that are crucial for spatial learning and…
Read More: Berkeley News | March 1, 2019
Understanding a dog’s superhero snout
Dogs are thousands of times better than humans at picking up scents, which is why…

February 26, 2019

Read More: The Scientist
Four Sets of Mice Call Popular Autism Theory into Question
An analysis of four mouse models negates certain assumptions underlying the “signaling imbalance theory,” a…

February 25, 2019

Read More: Berkeley News |February 25, 2019
Face it, the face is not enough to perceive emotion
Actor James Franco looks sort of happy as he records a video diary in the…

February 22, 2019

Read More: Simons Foundation | February 22, 2019
Wilbrecht Lab wins a SFARI Pilot Awar
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce that it intends to…

February 20, 2019

Vision+Light: Processing Perception
This exhibition of art and science features works by Berkeley Neuroscience faculty member Teresa Puthussery, Neuroscience PhD Program student Irene Grossrubatscher (Isacoff lab), and other Berkeley scientists and artists.

February 6, 2019

A holistic approach to understanding sensory perception
Associate Professor of Neurobiology Hillel Adesnik and HWNI PhD Program alum Alexander Naka propose an “experimental road map” towards a better understanding of the function of the cortical layers that process sensory information.

February 5, 2019

Theunissen wins Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award
Congratulations to Professor Frédéric Theunissen for winning a Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award from…

February 1, 2019

Professor Christopher Chang awarded the 2019 Sackler Prize in Chemistry
Christopher Chang, Professor of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley has been…

January 29, 2019

Light can shape the visual system before the eyes are even open
The eyes of mice do not open until about two weeks after birth, yet light coming in through their closed eyelids is still able to trigger retinal activity and shape the wiring of the visual system, according to a new study published in Neuron from Professor of Neurobiology and Berkeley Neuroscience member Marla Feller’s lab.
Making tech more user-friendly: PhD alum Chung-Hay Luk researches how people interact with technology
At HWNI, Chung-Hay Luk studied decision-making and created dresses with interactive electronics for fun.

January 28, 2019

Read More: Berkeley News | Jan 28 2019
Sleep loss heightens pain sensitivity, dulls brains painkilling response
When we’re in pain, we have a hard time sleeping. But how does poor sleep affect pain? For the first time, UC Berkeley scientists have answered that question by identifying neural glitches in the sleep-deprived brain that can intensify and prolong the agony of sickness and injury.
Read More: NY Times
Why It Hurts to Lose Sleep
Sleep deprivation can make your physical aches more painful. A new study begins to explain how that happens.

January 24, 2019

Announcement Lammel wins C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy Congratulations to MCB Assistant Professor Stephan Lammel, recipient of the 2019 C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy!… January 24, 2019
Congratulations to MCB Assistant Professor Stephan Lammel, recipient of the 2019 C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy!…

January 21, 2019

Read More: Berkeley News | Jan 21 2019
Mouse studies question 'inhibition' theory of autism
A detailed study of four mouse models of autism challenges the most common assumption about what goes wrong in brain circuits to cause disease symptoms.

January 18, 2019

Read More: SF Chronicles | Jan 18 2019
What will football helmets look like in future? UC Berkeley scientists may know
Tucked away in an unassuming cluster of warehouses on Richmond’s industrial west side, Dr. Robert Knight spends his days cracking heads.

January 17, 2019

Read More: Berkeley News | Jan 17, 2019
Thanks to rapid, 3D imaging, anyone can tour the fly brain
A new fly-through of the fly brain allows anyone to whizz past neurons and visit any of the 40 million synapses where neurons touch neuron. It’s a super-resolution view of the complex network connections in the insect’s brain that underlie behaviors ranging from feeding to mating.

December 18, 2018

Read More: Berkeley News | December 31,2018
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…

November 28, 2018

PhD program alum Emily Cooper returns to Berkeley as faculty, studying vision in the real world and applying it to virtual worlds
“In order to understand any perceptual system, such as the human visual system, you also have to have a deep understanding of the natural environments in which that system evolved to operate, and the tasks that the organism needs to perform.” Emily Cooper, PhD program alum (entering class of 2007)

November 19, 2018

Read More: Berkeley News | November 19, 2018
To predict the future, the brain has two clocks
That moment when you step on the gas pedal a split second before the light…