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Announcing 2019 SIGFs Affiliated with the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute partners with the Vice Provost for Graduate Education to award Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships (SIGFs) in the area of neuroscience.
Stanford University launches the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
The new institute will focus on guiding artificial intelligence to benefit humanity.
Stanford Neurosciences Institute announces second round of Big Ideas
The Stanford Neurosciences Institute has chosen four new projects for its second round of Big Ideas grants, which funds major interdisciplinary research initiatives aimed at driving the next breakthroughs in brain science.
Big Ideas in Neuroscience: Eight interdisciplinary initiatives advance to full proposal stage
The Institute is pleased to announce that it has selected eight Big Ideas Letters of Intent for development into full proposals.
Eric Shooter, founding chair of Department of Neurobiology, dies at 93
A pioneering protein chemist at Stanford, Shooter parsed the physiological roles of key brain growth factors. He also hired and nurtured young faculty who would become highly successful scientists.
Neuroscientist Ben Barres, who identified crucial roles of glial cells, dies at 63
The Stanford neuroscientist's research focused on the cells in the brain that aren't nerve cells. Collectively called glia, these "other" cells play a central role in sculpting and maintaining the brain's wiring diagram.
Stanford’s longevity center celebrates ten years
We need to collaborate on issues surrounding aging — not just physical health, but also cognitive health and financial security — and that they needed to figure out how to take advantage of the opportunities that longer lives presented.
Stanford Neurosciences Institute awards seed grants
The Stanford Neurosciences Institute recently awarded its second round of seed grants to six interdisciplinary teams of researchers.
Stanford Neurosciences Institute awards second round of Seed Grants
The Stanford Neurosciences Institute has awarded its second round of Seed Grants to six interdisciplinary teams of researchers working to solve problems in neuroscience.
Stanford neuroscientists take their Big Ideas on decision-making, neurotechnology and brain rejuvenation to the next level
The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is elevating three research programs to become the flagship Big Ideas collaborations focusing on brain rejuvenation, neurotechnology and decision-making.
Finalists announced for the 2016 Art of Neuroscience competition
Eleven images representing a broad cross section of neuroscience research have been chosen as finalists in the Stanford Neuroscience Institute’s Art of Neuroscience competition.
Thomas Clandinin is named the first Shooter Family Professor
Thomas Clandinin, professor of neurobiology, has been appointed the first Shooter Family Professor, created to support a member of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute.
Stanford Neurosciences Institute awards first round of Seed Grants
The Stanford Neurosciences Institute awarded their first round of Seed Grants, funding five projects, each of which brings together two or more faculty members to solve problems within the field of neuroscience.
Stanford-based Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center to be launched
A new Stanford-based center will receive nearly $7.3 million in funding over a five-year period to conduct interdisciplinary research on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
Neuroscience Graduate Students Celebrate John Huguenard's Leadership
The Neuroscience PhD students celebrated the leadership of John Huguenard on Friday, January 31 at a reception where he passed the torch to a new Director of the Graduate Program, Anthony Ricci.
