Knight Initiative News

Neuroscientist Liqun Luo, PhD, has been honored with an award from the National Academy of Sciences for his pioneering biology research.

Liqun Luo, Stanford University, will receive the 2019 Pradel Research Award.

Congratulations! – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Sergiu Pasca, MD, for receiving the 2018 Daniel H. Efron Research Award.

Three individuals will be awarded the Dean’s Medal for their contributions to the mission of Stanford Medicine.

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford and SAGE Publishing have honored psychology Professor CAROL DWECK with the 2018 SAGE-CASBS Award.

Sergiu Pasca, assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, has been named recipient of the 2018 ASCB Early Career Life Scientist Award.

The Stanford scientists will receive $32 million over five years to fund explorations of cancer, the brain, the aging process, chromosomes and the development of cells.

Seventeen Stanford faculty are part of new Bay Area-wide collaborative research teams funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, co-directed by Stephen Quake.

17 new projects support preparation of future leaders in the STEM workforce.

​The award recognizes exceptional contributions to communications technology.

Anthony Ricci, PhD, professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and the Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor, received the Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion. Theo Palmer, PhD, professor of neurosurgery, received the Award for Excellen

Stanford psychiatrist, engineer and neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, has just won the heralded 2018 Kyoto Prize in advanced technology for his invention and application of optogenetics, an unparalleled method for understanding how the brain works.

The award, which includes a gift of 100 million yen (about $913,000), recognizes the neuroscientist for pioneering and advancing a technology for studying brain circuits.

Paul Yock, professor of medicine and bioengineering, was recently recognized by the National Academy of Engineering with the 2018 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education.

Dean of Research Ann Arvin will be awarded the Cuthbertson Award at Commencement. She is one of seven people to be honored with awards on Sunday.

Brad Zuchero Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University, selected to receive the 2018 McKnight Scholar Award.

Andea Goldsmith, the Stephen Harris Professor and professor of electrical engineering, recently received the ACM Athena Lecturer Award.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), a Palo Alto-based philanthropic organization, has launched a major research effort to inject fresh energy, ideas and talent into understanding the basic biology of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s dise

A new, early career award in neuroscience was created by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in honor of the late Stanford neuroscientist Ben Barres.

The five-year awards from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will help fuel research into the biology of neurodegenerative diseases. The awards honor a Stanford neuroscientist who died in December.