Announcement PhD students Matt Davis, Holly Gildea, and Tobias Schmid win fellowship, awards Congratulations to Matt for winning a fellowship, and Holly and Tobias for winning teaching awards!Natalie TerranovaSeptember 8, 2020
Announcement Welcome to our new PhD students! Get to know the Neuroscience PhD Program entering class of 2020!Natalie TerranovaSeptember 8, 2020
Announcement Michael Yartsev appointed as a Vallee Scholar Assistant professor Michael Yartsev was one of only six faculty worldwide to receive this award.Natalie TerranovaSeptember 3, 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.Natalie TerranovaSeptember 3, 2020
Research Discovery Which way is up? Retinal neurons know, even when light deprivation during development distorts their shape Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD student Malak El-Quessny (Feller lab), explaining her new paper.Natalie TerranovaSeptember 1, 2020
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News HWNI scientists featured in NY Times article on brain-machine interfaces The opinion piece discusses the work of Jack Gallant, Jose Carmena, and Michel Maharbiz.Natalie TerranovaAugust 28, 2020
Announcement Marian Diamond named a California Woman of the Century Neuroscience pioneer and HWNI member Marian Diamond was named a California Woman of the Century.Natalie TerranovaAugust 24, 2020
Research Discovery Brain noise contains unique signature of dream sleep The Knight and Walker labs have discovered how to identify REM sleep in EEG recordings.Natalie TerranovaAugust 7, 2020
Announcement Sleep researcher Matthew Walker wins Carl Sagan science prize Congratulations to professor Matthew Walker for winning the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization!Natalie TerranovaAugust 5, 2020
Alumni Profile From brains to self-driving cars: PhD alum Helene Moorman’s path from academia to industry Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Helene Moorman to learn how she went from…Natalie TerranovaJuly 13, 2020
Research Discovery Vision scientists discover why humans literally don’t see eye to eye New research from the Whitney lab shows that people perceive the location of objects in…Natalie TerranovaJuly 13, 2020
Profile Can We Cure Dementia? In this profile of Professor Daniela Kaufer, read about how she restored youthful functioning in…Natalie TerranovaJuly 7, 2020
Announcement Corey Goodman awarded Gruber Neuroscience Prize Congratulations to HWNI co-founder, former director, and current adjunct professor Corey Goodman for being awarded…Natalie TerranovaJune 11, 2020
News Perception as inference: The brain and computation Watch Professor Bruno Olshausen explain how the brain makes a 3D model of the visual…Natalie TerranovaJune 10, 2020
Announcement Message of support to the HWNI community A message from our director Udi Isacoff, PhD Program Director Michael Silver, and PhD Program…Natalie TerranovaJune 3, 2020