Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Unlocking the mysteries of brain and behavior

Learn about our three areas of research emphasis

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NeuroEngineering

Institute Announcements

Save the date: April 9

Join our Neurosciences Community Labs: Lunch & Learn event! Register by April 7 to attend.

Application Deadline: April 11

Explore the possibilities of MRI in neuroscience research and apply for Neuroimaging Pilot Grants

Application Deadline: April 11

Apply for Human Neuro Pilot Grants to leverage EEG and/or TMS in your research

Application Deadline: April 25

Apply for Seed Grants to foster interdisciplinary collaboration on novel ideas that address critical challenges in neuroscience

Upcoming Events

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13 Mar

12pm to 1pm PDT

Seminar

Neurosciences Seminar: John Lukens - Role of innate immune dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease

17 Mar

12pm to 1pm PDT

Knight Initiative Events/ Seminar

Fred H. Gage- Cellular modeling of age-related dementias

17 Mar

4pm to 5pm PDT

Seminar

MBCT Seminar: Cengiz Phelevan - Learning dynamics in brains and machines

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21 Mar

4pm to 5:30pm PDT

Social

Wu Tsai Neuro Happy Hour - March 2025

Featured News

2025 Neuroscience:Translate awardees; Top row, from left: Michelle James, Hannes Vogel; Bottom row, from left: Nolan Williams, Juan Rivas-Davila, Corey Keller, Scott Linderman

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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Brain imaging and stimulation technologies receive 2025 Neuroscience:Translate a...

Three teams developing promising neurotechnologies with the potential for tremendous impact on human well-being have been named recipients of the 2025 Neuroscience:Translate awards from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford.

From Our Neurons to Yours Wu Tsai Neuro Podcast

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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Does good sleep insulate the brain against Alzheimer's?

This week on the podcast, Stanford psychiatry professor Erin Gibson joins us again to share the latest findings on sleep, myelin, and neurodegenerative disease.

Caption: 2025 Postdoc Scholars; Top row, Interdisciplinary scholars (From left: Aditi Jha, Kelly Yoo, Jeremy Axelrod, Hongfei Ji, Sangsin Lee.) Bottom row, Brain Resilience scholars (From left: Annie Goettemoeller, Shagayeg Navabpour, Jian Xiong, Julian Garcia, Fei Deng.)

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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Meet the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars

How does the brain wire itself for learning? What molecular mechanisms protect neural circuits during aging? These are just some of the research projects by the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars.

Guosong Hong

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Vilcek Foundation

Transparency in Science: Guosong Hong Transforms Deep-Tissue Imaging

Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong has been awarded a 2025 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Podcast: From Our Neurons to Yours

From Our Neurons to Yours Wu Tsai Neuro Podcast

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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Does good sleep insulate the brain against Alzheimer's?

This week on the podcast, Stanford psychiatry professor Erin Gibson joins us again to share the latest findings on sleep, myelin, and neurodegenerative disease.

From Our Neurons to Yours Wu Tsai Neuro Podcast

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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

How to live in a world without free will

This week on the podcast, Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky lays out his view we should all stop judging one another (and ourselves) for behaviors we can't control

From Our Neurons to Yours Wu Tsai Neuro Podcast

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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

The power of psychedelics meets the power of placebo

We're diving back into the world of psychedelic medicine with anesthesiologists Boris Heifets and Theresa Lii, who share intriguing new data that sheds light on how ketamine and placebo effects may interact in treating depression.

From Our Neurons to Yours Wu Tsai Neuro Podcast

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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Seeing sounds, tasting colors (re-release)

Today, we are going back into the archives for a conversation with neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and best-selling author David Eagleman about the science of synesthesia. If you don't know what that is, you're about to find out.