Although the idea of the spiritual malady came to me through reading about Alcoholics Anonymous, I believe it is a concept any person can connect with whether or not they... read more →
Back in May, I was walking down Crescent Lawn on the UC Berkeley campus when I saw a food delivery robot coming my way. It was only about two feet... read more →
Sand is, indeed, just a bunch of tiny rocks. It is also one phase of the endlessly churning rock cycle that has been shaping the surface of our earth for the last... read more →
“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 →
“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 →
"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 →
Environment and experience differentiates us My first rotation in grad school was with Hanna Mikkola, a stunning, intense scientist from Finland who studies blood stem cells at UCLA. Blood stem... read more →
When I was twenty years old I read “What is Life?” by Erwin Schrödinger. I was just starting out on my scientific research career and was already flummoxed by how... read more →
A fundamental question in neuroscience is “How does the brain learn?” Berkeley Neuroscience labs are addressing this question across scales, from changes in the proteins embedded in neuronal membranes to... read more →