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. 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An interdisciplinary team of scientists has created a new molecular tool to help us better understand the cellular basis of behavior. 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 | Sep 28 2019 Stanford News Particle physicists lend a hand to advance neuroscience After meeting at a party, a Stanford psychologist and SLAC particle physicists have collaborated on a new kind of EEG device that can stimulate the brain and read out the effects. Image Press coverage | Jul 20 2019 SF Gate Google Glass lives on as a device to teach autistic children An 18-year-old Stanford freshman at the time, Voss began building an application that could automatically recognize images. Then he thought of his cousin, who had autism. 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No one knows exactly how flatworms can rebuild their entire bodies from the tiniest sliver. Now, bioengineers and materials scientists are building new tools to study the worms’ awesome regenerative powers. Image Research news | Apr 9 2019 Stanford Medicine - Scope Could a vibrating glove become part of stroke therapy? Stanford researchers are collaborating to develop a vibrating glove that could improve hand function following a stroke if worn for several hours a day. Image Research news | Apr 4 2019 Stanford News Stanford, Georgia Tech researchers build a glove to treat symptoms of stroke Strokes often have a devastating impact on something most of us rely heavily on in our daily lives – our hands. Now, Stanford researchers are collaborating on a vibrating glove that could improve hand function after a stroke. 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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 Research news | Dec 11 2020 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stanford researchers develop new tool for watching and controlling neural activi... An interdisciplinary team of scientists has created a new molecular tool to help us better understand the cellular basis of behavior.
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 | Sep 28 2019 Stanford News Particle physicists lend a hand to advance neuroscience After meeting at a party, a Stanford psychologist and SLAC particle physicists have collaborated on a new kind of EEG device that can stimulate the brain and read out the effects.
Image Press coverage | Jul 20 2019 SF Gate Google Glass lives on as a device to teach autistic children An 18-year-old Stanford freshman at the time, Voss began building an application that could automatically recognize images. Then he thought of his cousin, who had autism.
Image Press coverage | Jul 17 2019 The New York Times Google Glass May Have an Afterlife as a Device to Teach Autistic Children Privacy concerns caused the computerized eyewear to fail with the general public. But researchers believe it could help autistic children learn to recognize emotion and make eye contact.
Image Press coverage | May 1 2019 Spectrum IEEE Hearables Will Monitor Your Brain and Body to Augment Your Life Devices tucked inside your ears will make technology more personal than ever before.
Image Research news | Apr 25 2019 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stanford researchers’ artificial synapse is fast, efficient and durable A battery-like device could act as an artificial synapse within computing systems intended to imitate the brain’s efficiency and ability to learn.
Image Research news | Apr 22 2019 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stanford researchers work to genetically modify flatworms and unlock their regen... No one knows exactly how flatworms can rebuild their entire bodies from the tiniest sliver. Now, bioengineers and materials scientists are building new tools to study the worms’ awesome regenerative powers.
Image Research news | Apr 9 2019 Stanford Medicine - Scope Could a vibrating glove become part of stroke therapy? Stanford researchers are collaborating to develop a vibrating glove that could improve hand function following a stroke if worn for several hours a day.
Image Research news | Apr 4 2019 Stanford News Stanford, Georgia Tech researchers build a glove to treat symptoms of stroke Strokes often have a devastating impact on something most of us rely heavily on in our daily lives – our hands. Now, Stanford researchers are collaborating on a vibrating glove that could improve hand function after a stroke.
Image Research news | Apr 3 2019 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Researchers outline possible role of a deep brain structure in concussion Through a combination of biometric tracking, simulated modeling and medical imaging, Stanford researchers have detailed how hits to the side of the head may cause concussion.
Image Research news | Mar 13 2019 Stanford Medicine - Scope Autism app blends play, social learning and research Stanford biomedical data scientist Dennis Wall and his team are developing technology that could help experts study and treat autism simultaneously.
Image Research news | Dec 10 2018 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute An ability to sort microparticles by shape could improve human health The new technique repurposes a common tool in biology that can help separate red blood cells from white blood cells or human cells from microbial cells.
Image Research news | Nov 21 2018 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stanford develops an electronic glove that gives robots a sense of touch Stanford researchers have developed an electronic glove that bestows robotic hands with some of the manual dexterity humans enjoy.
Image Research news | Nov 21 2018 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The happy commute New technology could make your drive therapy time.
Image Research news | Nov 21 2018 Stanford Medicine - Scope Brain implant lets people with limb paralysis compose and send emails, select vi... In a study, paralyzed people with tiny brain implants were able to directly operate a tablet just by thought.
