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Wind Transports Microbial Life into the Atacama Desert

What might this mean for life on Mars?
  • August 28, 2019
  • Scientific discovery, Scientist profile

Signs of resilience: Beth Mormino images aging brains to identify predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease

“Everyone’s brain has its own individual differences, like a fingerprint.” Beth Mormino imagines a future where a series of neuroimaging and genetic tests will be used to predict whether or not... read more →
  • May 28, 2018
  • Scientist profile

Working side by side: Ariel Rokem is a data scientist for academia

“Once we figure out how to collaborate, there are a lot of things we can do that we couldn’t do otherwise.” Ariel Rokem is a Data Scientist at the University of... read more →
  • May 8, 2018
  • Scientist profile

To die will be an awfully big adventure: Peter Pan studies neuron aging

"Science is science, and scientists should stick to science for its own good." Chun-Liang (Peter) Pan wants to understand the genetic program of neuronal aging and how neurons interact with... read more →
  • April 13, 2018
  • Scientist profile

The stuff of friendship: Annaliese Beery studies the neuroendocrinology of peer affiliation

PhD Program alum Annaliese Beery is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Smith College. Beery has an infectious enthusiasm for her research, which is broadly concerned with how environment and... read more →
  • February 15, 2018
  • Scientist profile

Markita Landry aims to advance the frontiers of neuroscience and psychiatry with dopamine nanosensors

Markita Landry, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute faculty member and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, was selected as a 2018 Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience for her research developing tools to study brain chemistry. “This is... read more →
  • February 15, 2018
  • Scientist profile

Allyson Mackey studies how the brain changes during development and learning

Allyson Mackey wants to understand how the brain changes during development and learning, a question that has interested her since she was babysitting and working in a toy store in her... read more →
  • December 5, 2017
  • Scientist profile

Brian Isett studies how tactile textures and shapes are represented in the brain

The building blocks of experience Brian Isett has long been interested in the big, difficult questions about perception. His drive to understand individual experience led him to study philosophy and write... read more →
  • June 17, 2017
  • Scientist profile

Good vibes: Bradley Voytek talks neural oscillations and his path from PhD to Professor

Bradley Voytek joined the Berkeley Neuroscience PhD Program in 2004 and completed his thesis work in Bob Knight’s lab, studying the relative contributions of prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia networks to working memory in... read more →
  • February 23, 2017
  • Scientist profile
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Georgeann Sack, PhD, is a neuroscientist, author, and founder of Awake & Alive Mind, a publication on the science of consciousness.
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