Featured News Image Research news | Feb 2 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Aging brains pile up damaged proteins Proteins that start life inside neurons build up faster in old age and spread to other brain cells—a potential source of neurological mischief Image Research news | Jan 22 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience A new atlas could help guide researchers studying neurological disease The database of lysosomal proteins is already helping researchers study how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work—or don’t—in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases Image Director's messages | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Happy New Year from Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen welcomes the Wu Tsai Neuro community to 2026, reflects on our recent milestones, and wishes the community a happy and productive new year Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 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 News Filter & Sort Sort by Theme (-) NeuroEngineering News Type (-) Researcher profiles Research news Awards and honors Wu Tsai Neuro News Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Researcher profiles | Mar 20 2025 Stanford Medicine - Scope Digital tool gives kids with ADHD real-time feedback on their brains In a recent study of a technique to help kids with ADHD strengthen their working memory, about half of participants showed improvements in their symptoms. Image Researcher profiles | Nov 18 2024 HAI From brain to machine: The unexpected journey of neural networks How early cognitive research funded by the NSF paved the way for today’s AI breakthroughs—and how AI is now inspiring new understandings of the human mind. Image Research news | Feb 8 2024 Stanford Magazine 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 Image Researcher profiles | Jul 12 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 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. Image Researcher profiles | Jun 13 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 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. Image Researcher profiles | Sep 21 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: New imaging tool unravels the brain's complex machinery in health and disea... 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. Image Researcher profiles | Mar 21 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: The tip of the iceberg - Building the next generation of neural prosthetics Former Wu Tsai Neuro interdisciplinary postdoctoral scholar Sergey Stavisky discusses his passion for developing brain computer interfaces to restore speech and movement to people with paralysis. Image Researcher profiles | Jan 21 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Reverse engineering the human brain by growing neural circuits in the lab Neuroscientists face a paradox. The field aims to understand the mysteries of the human mind, but studying the actual human brain cells and circuits that produce our mental lives—and how they go awry in neuropsychiatric disease—is incredibly challenging. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jul 8 2020 Stanford Bioengineering Todd Coleman Joins the Stanford Bioengineering Department Todd Coleman has joined Wu Tsai Neuro as our newest Institute Scholar. His home department, Stanford Bioengineering, asked him a to share a few stories about himself and his interests.
Image Research news | Feb 2 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Aging brains pile up damaged proteins Proteins that start life inside neurons build up faster in old age and spread to other brain cells—a potential source of neurological mischief
Image Research news | Jan 22 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience A new atlas could help guide researchers studying neurological disease The database of lysosomal proteins is already helping researchers study how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work—or don’t—in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases
Image Director's messages | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Happy New Year from Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen welcomes the Wu Tsai Neuro community to 2026, reflects on our recent milestones, and wishes the community a happy and productive new year
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 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
Image Researcher profiles | Mar 20 2025 Stanford Medicine - Scope Digital tool gives kids with ADHD real-time feedback on their brains In a recent study of a technique to help kids with ADHD strengthen their working memory, about half of participants showed improvements in their symptoms.
Image Researcher profiles | Nov 18 2024 HAI From brain to machine: The unexpected journey of neural networks How early cognitive research funded by the NSF paved the way for today’s AI breakthroughs—and how AI is now inspiring new understandings of the human mind.
Image Research news | Feb 8 2024 Stanford Magazine 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
Image Researcher profiles | Jul 12 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 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.
Image Researcher profiles | Jun 13 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 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.
Image Researcher profiles | Sep 21 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: New imaging tool unravels the brain's complex machinery in health and disea... 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.
Image Researcher profiles | Mar 21 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: The tip of the iceberg - Building the next generation of neural prosthetics Former Wu Tsai Neuro interdisciplinary postdoctoral scholar Sergey Stavisky discusses his passion for developing brain computer interfaces to restore speech and movement to people with paralysis.
Image Researcher profiles | Jan 21 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Reverse engineering the human brain by growing neural circuits in the lab Neuroscientists face a paradox. The field aims to understand the mysteries of the human mind, but studying the actual human brain cells and circuits that produce our mental lives—and how they go awry in neuropsychiatric disease—is incredibly challenging.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jul 8 2020 Stanford Bioengineering Todd Coleman Joins the Stanford Bioengineering Department Todd Coleman has joined Wu Tsai Neuro as our newest Institute Scholar. His home department, Stanford Bioengineering, asked him a to share a few stories about himself and his interests.
