Featured News Image Research news | Nov 26 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How to rewire a fruit fly brain Wu Tsai Neuro researchers reprogrammed fruit fly brain development and behavior using new discoveries about how attractive and repulsive molecules build neural circuits Image News Features | Nov 21 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: A key protein may point toward new diagnostics and treatments for ALS and d... Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia are devastating neurodegenerative diseases. Knight Initiative postdoc Yi Zeng is working to understand the role a central protein plays in both diseases—and whether it might point toward new diagnostics and treatments Image Research news | Nov 10 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience A new ultrasound technique could help aging and injured brains Neuroradiologist Raag Airan and his lab have found a non-invasive, drug-free method to help clean the brain, reduce inflammation, and treat disease—and with Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience support, they plan to test it in people soon. Image Knight Initiative news | Nov 5 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience ‘Mind-blowing’ new perspectives on brain health and disease The Knight Initiative’s Fall Symposium featured researchers building new molecular atlases of the brain alongside new updates on neurodegenerative disease and what might be done about it. News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroEngineering News TypePress coverage Research news Researcher profiles Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Press coverage | Aug 25 2023 Healthline How Brain Implants and AI Helped These Women Regain Their Voice Brain-computer interface technology assisted with language learning AI allows paralyzed individuals to speak by reading brain activity and decoding it into speech according to new research co-authored by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Erin Kunz. Image Press coverage | Aug 23 2023 Washington Post Brain chip helps voiceless patient communicate at 62 words per minute Using brain implants, machine learning and a predictive model, researchers at Stanford Medicine and Wu Tsai Neuro decoded a woman’s attempts to speak at a rate that begins to approach natural conversation. Image Research news | Aug 23 2023 Stanford Medicine Brain implants, software guide speech-disabled person’s intended words to comput... Our brains remember how to formulate words even if the muscles responsible for saying them out loud are incapacitated. A brain-computer hookup is making the dream of restoring speech a reality in a Stanford Medicine study, which includes Wu Tsai Neuro aff 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 Research news | Nov 26 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How to rewire a fruit fly brain Wu Tsai Neuro researchers reprogrammed fruit fly brain development and behavior using new discoveries about how attractive and repulsive molecules build neural circuits
Image News Features | Nov 21 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Q&A: A key protein may point toward new diagnostics and treatments for ALS and d... Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia are devastating neurodegenerative diseases. Knight Initiative postdoc Yi Zeng is working to understand the role a central protein plays in both diseases—and whether it might point toward new diagnostics and treatments
Image Research news | Nov 10 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience A new ultrasound technique could help aging and injured brains Neuroradiologist Raag Airan and his lab have found a non-invasive, drug-free method to help clean the brain, reduce inflammation, and treat disease—and with Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience support, they plan to test it in people soon.
Image Knight Initiative news | Nov 5 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience ‘Mind-blowing’ new perspectives on brain health and disease The Knight Initiative’s Fall Symposium featured researchers building new molecular atlases of the brain alongside new updates on neurodegenerative disease and what might be done about it.
Image Press coverage | Aug 25 2023 Healthline How Brain Implants and AI Helped These Women Regain Their Voice Brain-computer interface technology assisted with language learning AI allows paralyzed individuals to speak by reading brain activity and decoding it into speech according to new research co-authored by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Erin Kunz.
Image Press coverage | Aug 23 2023 Washington Post Brain chip helps voiceless patient communicate at 62 words per minute Using brain implants, machine learning and a predictive model, researchers at Stanford Medicine and Wu Tsai Neuro decoded a woman’s attempts to speak at a rate that begins to approach natural conversation.
Image Research news | Aug 23 2023 Stanford Medicine Brain implants, software guide speech-disabled person’s intended words to comput... Our brains remember how to formulate words even if the muscles responsible for saying them out loud are incapacitated. A brain-computer hookup is making the dream of restoring speech a reality in a Stanford Medicine study, which includes Wu Tsai Neuro aff
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.
