Featured News 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 15 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 2025 neuroscience research in review Join us as we look back on some of the key studies we covered here at Wu Tsai Neuro and the Knight Initiative in 2025 to give a (very partial) overview of the impact of our community’s research efforts this past year Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Dec 12 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute New Stanford center bridges neuroscience and data science to decode the brain Stanford Data Science and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have launched a collaborative hub to accelerate discovery in neuroscience and train the next generation of data-driven neuroscientists News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering News TypePodcast episodes Wu Tsai Neuro News Research news Press coverage Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Podcast episodes | Nov 21 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The power of psychedelics meets the power of placebo We're diving back into the world of psychedelic medicine with anesthesiologists Boris Heifets and Theresa Lii, who share intriguing new data that sheds light on how ketamine and placebo effects may interact in treating depression. Image Podcast episodes | Feb 15 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute OCD and Ketamine This week, we're taking a deep dive with psychiatrist Carolyn Rodriguez into the neuroscience of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and why a single dose of ketamine can erase the disorder for weeks at a time. Image Research news | Jan 9 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The rebirth of psychedelic medicine Researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are at the forefront of a seismic shift that’s putting a spotlight on once taboo psychedelic substances as a promising new frontier in psychiatric medicine. Image Press coverage | Jul 26 2019 Palo Alto Online 'Nothing less than transformational:' Ketamine brings relief to people with seve... Local medical professionals say psychedelic abused as a party drug has made life-changing improvements for patients Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 5 2017 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stanford Neurosciences Institute awards seed grants The Stanford Neurosciences Institute recently awarded its second round of seed grants to six interdisciplinary teams of researchers. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Sep 13 2017 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 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.
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 15 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 2025 neuroscience research in review Join us as we look back on some of the key studies we covered here at Wu Tsai Neuro and the Knight Initiative in 2025 to give a (very partial) overview of the impact of our community’s research efforts this past year
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Dec 12 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute New Stanford center bridges neuroscience and data science to decode the brain Stanford Data Science and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have launched a collaborative hub to accelerate discovery in neuroscience and train the next generation of data-driven neuroscientists
Image Podcast episodes | Nov 21 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The power of psychedelics meets the power of placebo We're diving back into the world of psychedelic medicine with anesthesiologists Boris Heifets and Theresa Lii, who share intriguing new data that sheds light on how ketamine and placebo effects may interact in treating depression.
Image Podcast episodes | Feb 15 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute OCD and Ketamine This week, we're taking a deep dive with psychiatrist Carolyn Rodriguez into the neuroscience of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and why a single dose of ketamine can erase the disorder for weeks at a time.
Image Research news | Jan 9 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The rebirth of psychedelic medicine Researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are at the forefront of a seismic shift that’s putting a spotlight on once taboo psychedelic substances as a promising new frontier in psychiatric medicine.
Image Press coverage | Jul 26 2019 Palo Alto Online 'Nothing less than transformational:' Ketamine brings relief to people with seve... Local medical professionals say psychedelic abused as a party drug has made life-changing improvements for patients
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 5 2017 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stanford Neurosciences Institute awards seed grants The Stanford Neurosciences Institute recently awarded its second round of seed grants to six interdisciplinary teams of researchers.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Sep 13 2017 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 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.
