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Why detecting the earliest biological signs of Parkinson’s disease is so crucial
Q&A with Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Kathleen Poston about her work past and present on Parkinson’s disease. Poston studies the pathophysiology underlying the cognitive, behavioral and motor symptoms characteristic of Parkinson’s.
Spotlight: Lara Weed
Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate and NeuroTech alum Lara Weed was always interested in how the world worked, and looking back now, she can see her interest in performance optimization developing over time.
Serious talk about moods with bipolar disorder expert Po Wang
We all get moody -- it's part of human nature. But if you have people in your life afflicted with bipolar disorder, you quickly realize that not all moodiness is created equally.
One step back: Why the new Alzheimer’s plaque-attack drugs don’t work
A few closely related drugs, all squarely aimed at treating Alzheimer’s disease, have served up what can be charitably described as a lackadaisical performance. Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative affiliate Mike Greicius explains why.
Unconventional Paths: How she flipped traditional genomics analysis on its head
Julia Salzman transitioned from a statistics professor at Columbia University to a postdoctoral researcher in a biochemistry lab at Stanford to merge statistics with biology and redefine genomics analysis. She shares her unique journey to becoming a professor in data science, biochemistry, and statistics at Stanford.
Give It Some Thought
Learn about the experience of several participants in the BrainGate brain-computer interface clinical trial, and the large team effort by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Jaimie Henderson, Paul Nuyujukian, and the late Krishna Shenoy over the past decade to get n
Nobel laureates and MacArthur fellows offer lessons in perseverance
Students learned how behind every success is a story of perseverance, frustration, and failure in a fall quarter class featuring Stanford’s own Nobel laureates and MacArthur “genius” fellows, including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje.
Q&A: On the frontiers of speech science
Wu Tsai Neuro’s newest faculty scholar, Laura Gwilliams, discusses advances in the science of how we understand one another.
Q&A: Linking sleep, brain insulation, and neurological disease with postdoc Daniela Rojo
Working in the Gibson Lab, Brain Resilience Postdoc Scholar Daniela Rojo looks at how abnormal changes in gene activity impact the cells involved in producing myelin to the extent that it leads to neurodegeneration in the brain.
Q&A: Using software engineering to bring back speech in ALS
Erin Kunz, third year PhD student in Electrical Engineering, started her career developing autonomous vehicles at General Motors (GM) — but now she uses her software engineering and machine learning skills in the Neural Prosthetics Translational Lab.
Wu Tsai Neuro faculty scholar Scott Linderman wins McKnight Scholar Award
Linderman’s research group builds computational tools to extract simple structures from high-dimensional datasets, enhancing our understanding of the brain and its processes. He spoke with us about his work and the McKnight award.
Opening windows onto the human brain - a Q&A with Milena Kaestner
A conversation with Milena Kaestner, PhD, the new director of Wu Tsai Neuro's Koret Human Neurosciences Community Laboratory.
Unraveling how seizures change brain insulation
Gustavo Chau Loo Kung, a Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow and member of the Center for Mind, Brain Computation, and Technology (MBCT) at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, uses experimental MRI to investigate how myelin changes with repeated seizures.
Q&A: New imaging tool unravels the brain's complex machinery in health and disease
Tool-builder Sean Bendall discusses Multiplexed Ion Beam Imaging (MIBI), a powerful new tissue imaging technology that might shine a light on key questions in neurodegenerative disease, including what makes some brains seemingly resilient to Alzheimer’s.
Stanford makes community college connections
Collaborations between Stanford University and the region’s many community colleges offer exposure to academic paths, from the social sciences to nanotechnology and beyond.
Q&A: Evolution of octopus and squid brains could shed light on origins of intelligence
By studying the independent evolution of the cephalopod nervous system, researchers like Matt McCoy seek to look past the differences to see common features that could teach us fundamental truths about the evolution of intelligence itself.
Q&A: A year in the life of the mouse lemur
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Interdisciplinary Scholar Shixuan Liu studies seasonal rhythms in the diminutive mouse lemur in the Stanford laboratories of Mark Krasnow and James Ferrell.
Q&A: Balancing top-tier science with activism – a conversation with Black in Neuro's Brielle Ferguson
Brielle Ferguson has excelled not only in top-tier science as a postdoc in the Huguenard lab at Wu Tsai Neuro, but also in the kind of activism and advocacy she hopes can improve the diversity and culture of the scientific community around her. In 2020, s
5 Questions: Rob Malenka on basic research, psychedelic drugs and psychiatric disorders
Robert Malenka’s early research on the molecular mechanisms underlying memory and learning has led to an understanding of their role in psychiatric disorders including addiction, depression and autism spectrum disorder.
Q&A: How the aging immune system impacts brain health
Katrin Andreasson discusses how immune cells can cause harmful brain inflammation and contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.