Featured News Image Podcast episodes | Aug 13 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the future of psychiatry Corey Keller explains TMS and his efforts to better understand and harness this promising approach to psychiatric care Image News Features | Aug 10 2026 Frontiers for Young Minds How Does Your Brain Predict the Future When You Hear Speech? Faculty Scholar Laura Gwilliams and colleagues dive into language neuroscience for curious kids 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 Displaying 1 - 11 news posts of 11 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 NeuroHealth NeuroEngineering Image Knight Initiative news | May 26 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Slowing aging, predicting lifespan, and excitement for the future at the Knight ... The symposium showcased research ranging from rejuvenating the brain’s immune system to predicting cognitive health, and celebrated the next chapter of the Knight Initiative Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | May 22 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuroscience:Translate backs childhood epilepsy drug and a neurological monitori... The program’s 2026 grants advance Wu Tsai Neuro’s mission to transform fundamental neuroscience research into breakthroughs for human health Image Researcher profiles | Mar 9 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: Probing electrical signals to understand Alzheimer’s disease Brain Resilience Postdoctoral Scholar Annie Goettemoeller is studying how epilepsy-like activity might drive the spread of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain Image Researcher profiles | Jan 27 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: Unraveling the role of endocannabinoid metabolism in brain aging Research supported by a Knight Initiative Catalyst Grant explores whether targeting pathways related to the brain’s “chill-out” system could restore youthful resilience and improve cognitive function. Image Research news | Dec 5 2024 Stanford Report Tool that enhances control of cellular activity could expand biological and medi... Alice Ting and colleagues have built a new synthetic receptor with broad potential to program cell activity, including immune response and neurological Image Podcast episodes | Oct 10 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The cannabinoids within: how marijuana hijacks an ancient signaling system in th... This week we are talking with Stanford neuroscientist Ivan Soltesz about endocannabinoids, illuminating the "day job" of these unusual neurotransmitters and how they may be hijacked by cannabinoid drugs such as THC and CBD. Image Research news | Apr 17 2024 Stanford Medicine Stanford Medicine-led study identifies novel target for epilepsy treatment A little-understood part of the brain appears to be involved in starting seizures and keeping them going, according to Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Ivan Soltesz and team. Image Research news | Mar 14 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The neural switch that keeps us grounded as we daydream Dentate spikes in the rodent hippocampus support learning by linking introspective thoughts and memories with current circumstances, according to new research supported by the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. Image Research news | Nov 10 2023 Stanford Medicine Magazine Can we get along? Stanford Medicine queried Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative affiliates share their expertise on the what the human brain are thinking about humans vs AI. Image Podcast episodes | Feb 9 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Octopus Brains Postdocs Ernie Hwaun and Matt McCoy answer: "What can octopus and squid brains teach us about intelligence?" Image Knight Initiative news | Dec 8 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Bold ideas to advance healthy brain aging win inaugural Knight Initiative grants The Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural 2022 Innovation and Catalyst Grants.
Image Podcast episodes | Aug 13 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the future of psychiatry Corey Keller explains TMS and his efforts to better understand and harness this promising approach to psychiatric care
Image News Features | Aug 10 2026 Frontiers for Young Minds How Does Your Brain Predict the Future When You Hear Speech? Faculty Scholar Laura Gwilliams and colleagues dive into language neuroscience for curious kids
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 Knight Initiative news | May 26 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Slowing aging, predicting lifespan, and excitement for the future at the Knight ... The symposium showcased research ranging from rejuvenating the brain’s immune system to predicting cognitive health, and celebrated the next chapter of the Knight Initiative
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | May 22 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuroscience:Translate backs childhood epilepsy drug and a neurological monitori... The program’s 2026 grants advance Wu Tsai Neuro’s mission to transform fundamental neuroscience research into breakthroughs for human health
Image Researcher profiles | Mar 9 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: Probing electrical signals to understand Alzheimer’s disease Brain Resilience Postdoctoral Scholar Annie Goettemoeller is studying how epilepsy-like activity might drive the spread of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain
Image Researcher profiles | Jan 27 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: Unraveling the role of endocannabinoid metabolism in brain aging Research supported by a Knight Initiative Catalyst Grant explores whether targeting pathways related to the brain’s “chill-out” system could restore youthful resilience and improve cognitive function.
Image Research news | Dec 5 2024 Stanford Report Tool that enhances control of cellular activity could expand biological and medi... Alice Ting and colleagues have built a new synthetic receptor with broad potential to program cell activity, including immune response and neurological
Image Podcast episodes | Oct 10 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The cannabinoids within: how marijuana hijacks an ancient signaling system in th... This week we are talking with Stanford neuroscientist Ivan Soltesz about endocannabinoids, illuminating the "day job" of these unusual neurotransmitters and how they may be hijacked by cannabinoid drugs such as THC and CBD.
Image Research news | Apr 17 2024 Stanford Medicine Stanford Medicine-led study identifies novel target for epilepsy treatment A little-understood part of the brain appears to be involved in starting seizures and keeping them going, according to Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Ivan Soltesz and team.
Image Research news | Mar 14 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The neural switch that keeps us grounded as we daydream Dentate spikes in the rodent hippocampus support learning by linking introspective thoughts and memories with current circumstances, according to new research supported by the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
Image Research news | Nov 10 2023 Stanford Medicine Magazine Can we get along? Stanford Medicine queried Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative affiliates share their expertise on the what the human brain are thinking about humans vs AI.
Image Podcast episodes | Feb 9 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Octopus Brains Postdocs Ernie Hwaun and Matt McCoy answer: "What can octopus and squid brains teach us about intelligence?"
Image Knight Initiative news | Dec 8 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Bold ideas to advance healthy brain aging win inaugural Knight Initiative grants The Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural 2022 Innovation and Catalyst Grants.
