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In pursuit of brain resilience
In this research roundup, we look back on some of the ways Knight Initiative scientists have been pursuing ways to keep our minds sharp well into old age
NeuroTech alumnus AJ Phillips wins second annual Three Minute Thesis competition
Three PhD candidates took top honors at this year’s event, translating years of research into presentations everyone in the room could understand.
A new approach to brain health, one neuron at a time
Faculty Scholar Paul Nuyujukian spoke to NPR's Short Wave podcast about his work on brain-machine interfaces and neurological disease
Vision quest
An eye prosthesis 20 years in the making and supported by a Big Ideas in Neuroscience award restores sight in patients with a common age-related eye disease
Researchers use ultrasound to create light inside the body
Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong and colleagues developed a way to activate light-emitting nanoparticles with ultrasound, which could be used to manipulate cell signals or facilitate light-based medical treatments in the future
Q&A: ‘To see is to believe’
Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong says that light plays a key role in neuroscience and—and that’s why he’s working with a Big Ideas in Neuroscience team to make transparent brains
How see-through brains could transform neuroscience
We talk with Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong about how insights from glass frogs and our own eyes could help engineer transparent brains
New ideas in aging and resilience research launched by Rosenkranz Foundation and Knight Initiative
The Rosenkranz Aging and Rejuvenation Seed Grant Program announced eight innovative new research projects with additional support from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative researchers awarded MIND Prizes
The Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery Prizes will give Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong and Knight Initiative-supported researcher Pascal Geldsetzer $750,000 each over three years to develop research on neurodegenerative diseases.
Three Wu Tsai Neuro scientists are named Sloan Research Fellows
Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong and institute affiliates Christoph Thaiss and Steven Banik were among eight Stanford researchers to receive the honor
Preventing Parkinson’s, a new Alzheimer’s drug, and more featured at tenth Knight Initiative Symposium
Researchers from around the world convened at Stanford to present their latest work on neurodegeneration and brain resilience
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
Brain organoids are helping researchers, but their use also creates unease
A recent meeting gathered scientists, ethicists, patient advocates and more to discuss organoid ethics.
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
Neuroscientists dive into the gut
The 12th annual Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Symposium explored how our brains and bodies communicate—and what that means for our health and well-being
"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
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
Scientists and bioethicists call for global oversight of brain organoid research
Scientists and ethicists including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Sergiu Pașca and Hank Greely argued for an international process to address the ethical and social questions raised by organoids.
Soft bioelectronic fiber can track hundreds of biological events simultaneously
Developed by Stanford researchers, NeuroString is a hair-thin multichannel biosensor and stimulator with promising potential applications in drug delivery, nerve stimulation, smart fabrics, and more.
Student researchers probe the mysteries of the brain
Stanford undergrads and local community college students paired with Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute researchers to find new ways to head off strokes, predict Alzheimer's disease, and more.
