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For the first time ever, a large number of researchers ー including several from UC Berkeley ー have unveiled an “atlas” of brain cells, the outcome of five years of work culminating in the release of 17 studies on Wednesday.
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UC Berkeley neurobiology professor John Ngai has been selected to join the National Institutes of Health to lead its Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, or BRAIN, Initiative — a government-established program aimed at advancing scientists’ understanding of brain function.
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Experts from UC Berkeley are starting small, with mouse brains, to potentially develop cures for human brain diseases.
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UC Berkeley Psychology Professor Lucia Jacobs, along with a team of professors from across the country, received a $6.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how humans and animals process and identify odors.
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About 15 protesters sprawled across the steps of Sproul Hall at noon Thursday, making their motionless bodies the centerpiece of a protest against the treatment of animals in UC Berkeley research labs.
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President Barack Obama officially announced an expansive new brain research initiative in a press conference Tuesday, after weighing input from top U.S. scientists including three from UC Berkeley.
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