Featured News Image Research news | Aug 5 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Aging brains welcome reinforcements from outside immune cells The discovery from an unusual team of computer scientists and pathologists overturns longstanding dogma – and could point the way toward new therapies for neurodegenerative disease Image Podcast episodes | Jul 30 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How brain imaging is transforming mental health We talk with psychiatrist Leanne Williams about how brain scans could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders Image Research news | Jul 17 2026 Stanford Medicine Breakdown of immune cells’ interaction is key driver in aging, study finds Two immune cell types’ contact plays a major role in aging, and blocking a hormone’s influence on one of those types halted mice’s age-associated decline in multiple organs Image Research news | Jun 24 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Why do some cells die in ALS but not others? New Knight Initiative research identifies a molecular signature in vulnerable cells that could lead to treatments to promote ALS resilience Displaying 1 - 3 news posts of 3 Filter Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest News Type Wu Tsai Neuro News Knight Initiative news Director's messages Research news Researcher profiles News Features Awards and honors Podcast episodes Press coverage Publications Research Theme NeuroDiscovery Image Research news | Oct 18 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Mapping the Membrane: New proteomic technique reveals secrets of dendrite develo... NeuroOmics technology lets researchers label and capture cell-surface proteins in intact, live tissue — opening opportunities to understand complex cellular interactions and future drug targets. Image Research news | Sep 20 2018 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Navigating surprises in neuronal maps Navigation is an essential computational skill that is closely related to memory and learning, and getting lost is an early symptom of Alzheimer’s, so it’s important to understand how it works. Image Research news | Jun 19 2015 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Map the circuits If you wanted to reverse-engineer a piece of electronics, the first thing you'd investigate is how the various parts are connected. In the brain, that means tracing the paths of 100 billion neurons.
Image Research news | Aug 5 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Aging brains welcome reinforcements from outside immune cells The discovery from an unusual team of computer scientists and pathologists overturns longstanding dogma – and could point the way toward new therapies for neurodegenerative disease
Image Podcast episodes | Jul 30 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How brain imaging is transforming mental health We talk with psychiatrist Leanne Williams about how brain scans could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders
Image Research news | Jul 17 2026 Stanford Medicine Breakdown of immune cells’ interaction is key driver in aging, study finds Two immune cell types’ contact plays a major role in aging, and blocking a hormone’s influence on one of those types halted mice’s age-associated decline in multiple organs
Image Research news | Jun 24 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Why do some cells die in ALS but not others? New Knight Initiative research identifies a molecular signature in vulnerable cells that could lead to treatments to promote ALS resilience
Image Research news | Oct 18 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Mapping the Membrane: New proteomic technique reveals secrets of dendrite develo... NeuroOmics technology lets researchers label and capture cell-surface proteins in intact, live tissue — opening opportunities to understand complex cellular interactions and future drug targets.
Image Research news | Sep 20 2018 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Navigating surprises in neuronal maps Navigation is an essential computational skill that is closely related to memory and learning, and getting lost is an early symptom of Alzheimer’s, so it’s important to understand how it works.
Image Research news | Jun 19 2015 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Map the circuits If you wanted to reverse-engineer a piece of electronics, the first thing you'd investigate is how the various parts are connected. In the brain, that means tracing the paths of 100 billion neurons.
