Posts Tagged ‘faculty’
Yartsev wins Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2024
The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) has selected Professor Michael Yartsev for the 2024 Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award, given in recognition of outstanding and innovative work from all areas of neuroscience. The award will be presented at the FENS Forum conference in Vienna.
Read MoreLiana Lareau wins Bakar Spark Award
Congratulations to Professor Liana Lareau, winner of a 2024 Spark Award from the Bakar Fellows Program.
Read MoreBakar ClimatEnginuity Hub: Berkeley’s new home for climate innovation
Professor David Schaffer will lead the new Bakar ClimatEnginuity Hub, an incubator that will provide resources and support to entrepreneurs in renewable energy and clean technology.
Read MoreBerkeley’s ecosystem of innovation, entrepreneurship combats climate change
Professors John Dueber and David Schaffer are featured in this article highlighting campus research and entrepreneurship in sustainability.
Read MoreProfessor Teresa Head-Gordon awarded the Humboldt Research Award
Congratulations to Professor Teresa Head-Gordon, who has been honored with a prestigious research award from the Humboldt Foundation, known for fostering collaboration with German scientists.
Read MoreWhat bats can teach us about the evolution of human speech
In a paper in the journal Science, a team led by Professor Michael Yartsev’s lab identified the part of the brain in Egyptian fruit bats that controls vocalizations and found that it contains very similar neural wiring to the part of the human brain that controls speech.
Read MoreMicrofluidics: Biology’s Liquid Revolution
Professor Aaron Streets was featured in this overview on the potential of microfluidics in The Scientist magazine.
Read MoreFrom zero to hero in budget-making
Professor Amy Herr weighs in on how researchers manage budgets and the ‘boom–bust’ grant cycle.
Read MoreRubinsky’s coral preservation work featured on PBS News
Professor Emeritus Boris Rubinsky’s isochoric vitrification method of preserving coral samples in suspended animation is part of recent emergency efforts to save dying coral reefs. The method is being used by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
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