How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures:  Researchers at UCSC, UCSF, and UC Berkeley combine gene therapy with optogenetics to curb abnormal neural activity November 15, 2024  By Robin Marks (UCSF) & Emily Cerf (UCSC)

How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures: Researchers at UCSC, UCSF, and UC Berkeley combine gene therapy with optogenetics to curb abnormal neural activity November 15, 2024 By Robin Marks (UCSF) & Emily Cerf (UCSC)

The researchers delivered genes for light-sensitive protiens to hippocampal slices, seen here, to observe seizure-like neuron activity. In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers at UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley have used...
Researchers to investigate genetic roots of autism

Researchers to investigate genetic roots of autism

Several members of the Braingeneers research group, including Professor Sofie Salama, will be investigators on the newly funded project to investigate the genetic roots of autism. (photos by Carolyn Lagattuta) Distinguished Professor of Biomolecular Engineering David...
Jess Sevetson received two major awards in 2022

Jess Sevetson received two major awards in 2022

Jess Sevetson received two major awards in 2022 Jess, who received an IRACDA fellowship in 2021, was selected a UC Chancellor Postdoctoral Fellow in March 2022 and received an NIH Loan Repayment Program LRP award this August.  The Chancellor’s Fellowship is awarded to...