Image Dedicated to understanding how the brain gives rise to mental life and behavior in health and in disease. Learn More Unlocking the mysteries of brain and behavior Learn about our three areas of research emphasis Image Image NeuroDiscovery Image Image NeuroHealth Image Image NeuroEngineering Institute Announcements HIRING: Director of Scientific Portfolio, Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience SAVE THE DATE: Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Winter 2026 Symposium on Jan 27 Stanford undergrads interested in neuroscience research, apply for the NeURO fellowship program by Feb 1 Stanford grad students, apply for the 2026 SIGFs affiliated with Wu Tsai Neuro by Feb 11 Upcoming Events More Events Image 22 Jan 12pm to 1pm PST Seminar Neurosciences Seminar: Randy Buckner - Precision estimation of large-scale network organization in the human brain Image 23 Jan 3pm to 5pm PST Seminar/ Session / Talk Data Best Practices: 200 - Data Transfer and Storage Image 26 Jan 4pm to 5pm PST Seminar MBCT Seminar: Mark Churchland - Flexible problem solving in prefrontal cortex Image 27 Jan 12:30pm to 6pm PST Symposium Knight Initiative Winter 2026 Symposium Featured News More News Image Director's messages | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Happy New Year from Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen welcomes the Wu Tsai Neuro community to 2026, reflects on our recent milestones, and wishes the community a happy and productive new year. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Big Ideas in Neuroscience tackle brain science of everyday life and more From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible Image Research news | Dec 15 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 2025 neuroscience research in review Join us as we look back on some of the key studies we covered here at Wu Tsai Neuro and the Knight Initiative in 2025 to give a (very partial) overview of the impact of our community’s research efforts this past year Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Dec 12 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute New Stanford center bridges neuroscience and data science to decode the brain Stanford Data Science and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have launched a collaborative hub to accelerate discovery in neuroscience and train the next generation of data-driven neuroscientists Podcast: From Our Neurons to Yours More Episodes Image Podcast episodes | Dec 18 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Is Alzheimer's an energy crisis in the brain? We speak with neurologist Katrin Andreasson about new links between inflammation, metabolism and new hopes for treating neurodegeneration Image Podcast episodes | Nov 27 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute "The Emergent Mind: How intelligence arises in people and machines" We speak with cognitive scientist and MBCT director Jay McClelland about his new book and the relationship between the neural networks powering our brains and our AI systems Image Podcast episodes | Nov 13 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Could brain implants read our thoughts? (Not yet) Join us as we talk with Erin Kunz about building brain-computer interfaces to restore speech to people with paralysis, and recent research testing whether this technology could accidentally read out private thoughts Image Podcast episodes | Oct 30 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute NeuroForecasting: how brain activity can predict stock prices or viral videos Join us as we talk with Brian Knutson, a professor of psychology in Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences about the frontiers of neuroeconomics, bridging psychology, economics, and neuroscience
Image 22 Jan 12pm to 1pm PST Seminar Neurosciences Seminar: Randy Buckner - Precision estimation of large-scale network organization in the human brain
Image 23 Jan 3pm to 5pm PST Seminar/ Session / Talk Data Best Practices: 200 - Data Transfer and Storage
Image 26 Jan 4pm to 5pm PST Seminar MBCT Seminar: Mark Churchland - Flexible problem solving in prefrontal cortex
Image Director's messages | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Happy New Year from Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen welcomes the Wu Tsai Neuro community to 2026, reflects on our recent milestones, and wishes the community a happy and productive new year.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Big Ideas in Neuroscience tackle brain science of everyday life and more From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible
Image Research news | Dec 15 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 2025 neuroscience research in review Join us as we look back on some of the key studies we covered here at Wu Tsai Neuro and the Knight Initiative in 2025 to give a (very partial) overview of the impact of our community’s research efforts this past year
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Dec 12 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute New Stanford center bridges neuroscience and data science to decode the brain Stanford Data Science and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have launched a collaborative hub to accelerate discovery in neuroscience and train the next generation of data-driven neuroscientists
Image Podcast episodes | Dec 18 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Is Alzheimer's an energy crisis in the brain? We speak with neurologist Katrin Andreasson about new links between inflammation, metabolism and new hopes for treating neurodegeneration
Image Podcast episodes | Nov 27 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute "The Emergent Mind: How intelligence arises in people and machines" We speak with cognitive scientist and MBCT director Jay McClelland about his new book and the relationship between the neural networks powering our brains and our AI systems
Image Podcast episodes | Nov 13 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Could brain implants read our thoughts? (Not yet) Join us as we talk with Erin Kunz about building brain-computer interfaces to restore speech to people with paralysis, and recent research testing whether this technology could accidentally read out private thoughts
Image Podcast episodes | Oct 30 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute NeuroForecasting: how brain activity can predict stock prices or viral videos Join us as we talk with Brian Knutson, a professor of psychology in Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences about the frontiers of neuroeconomics, bridging psychology, economics, and neuroscience
