UC-Berkeley, UC-San Francisco Researchers Win Federal BRAIN Grant Worth Up to $26M

A public-private team of researchers, including those from UC-Berkeley and UC-San Francisco, will receive up to $26 million in a federal grant under President Obama's $100 million BRAIN initiative to develop an implantable device that can track brain signals in individuals with anxiety or depression. The researchers hope to determine when and where physicians can send electrical pulses to strengthen parts of the brain associated with brain disorders.

• "Tiny Brain Device Scores Bay Area Grant From Obama's BRAIN Initiative" (Leuty, "BiotechSF," San Francisco Business Times, 5/27).