Featured News Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 6 2026 Stanford Report Stanford community celebrates long-awaited Nobel Prize for Deisseroth Collaborators and colleagues of Karl Deisseroth come out to raise a champagne glass to the Nobel Prize laureate on Monday Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 5 2026 Stanford Medicine Karl Deisseroth wins 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine The Stanford neuroscientist was recognized for his work in optogenetics Image Researcher profiles | Sep 24 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: The brain in full A childhood fascination with electronics led Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Paul Nuyujukian to study the brain from all kinds of angles – an approach he believes is essential to treating its disorders Image Podcast episodes | Sep 11 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How do our brains stay healthy as we age? Neurobiologist Tom Clandinin explains why there's no one way to keep the brain healthy Displaying 1 - 9 news posts of 9 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 NeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering Image Press coverage | Apr 20 2026 The New York Times 6 Common Medications That May Lower Your Dementia Risk Shingles vaccines appear to have a protective benefit, Knight Initiative researcher Pascal Geldsetzer has shown. Image Awards and honors | Mar 10 2026 Pershing Square Foundation Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative researchers awarded MIND Prizes The Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery Prizes will give Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong and Knight Initiative-supported researcher Pascal Geldsetzer $750,000 each over three years to develop research on neurodegenerative diseases. Image Press coverage | Dec 5 2025 Washington Post Shingles vaccine may actually slow progression of dementia, study shows If the results are confirmed, an expert said, the Knight Initiative-funded research "would be groundbreaking for dementia" Image Press coverage | Dec 4 2025 CNN Shingles vaccine may slow progression of dementia, new study suggests A new study from Knight Initiative researchers suggests that the two-dose shingles shot also may slow the progression of dementia Image Press coverage | Dec 3 2025 BBC Science Focus A dementia vaccine could be real, and some of us have taken it without knowing A Knight Initiative-funded project says shingles vaccination could protect you from getting dementia or slow the progression of the disease Image Knight Initiative news | Jul 14 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Knight Initiative symposium charts new frontiers in brain health Knight Initiative-funded research ran the gamut from chemistry to public health, but one theme brought it all together: Studying what makes the brain resilient will help more people live better lives. Image Research news | Apr 2 2025 Stanford Medicine Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales by a Knight Initiative–supported team found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnos Image Press coverage | Apr 2 2025 New York Times Shingles vaccine can decrease risk of dementia, study finds Knight Initiative–supported research by Pascal Geldsetzer and colleagues adds to evidence that preventing the viral infection can help stave off cognitive de Image Knight Initiative news | Sep 18 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Advancing Brain Resilience: 2024 Catalyst and Pilot Grant Awards The Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience supports 14 high-risk, high-reward projects to advance brain health and resilience research, fostering bold research across various scientific disciplines.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 6 2026 Stanford Report Stanford community celebrates long-awaited Nobel Prize for Deisseroth Collaborators and colleagues of Karl Deisseroth come out to raise a champagne glass to the Nobel Prize laureate on Monday
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 5 2026 Stanford Medicine Karl Deisseroth wins 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine The Stanford neuroscientist was recognized for his work in optogenetics
Image Researcher profiles | Sep 24 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: The brain in full A childhood fascination with electronics led Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Paul Nuyujukian to study the brain from all kinds of angles – an approach he believes is essential to treating its disorders
Image Podcast episodes | Sep 11 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How do our brains stay healthy as we age? Neurobiologist Tom Clandinin explains why there's no one way to keep the brain healthy
Image Press coverage | Apr 20 2026 The New York Times 6 Common Medications That May Lower Your Dementia Risk Shingles vaccines appear to have a protective benefit, Knight Initiative researcher Pascal Geldsetzer has shown.
Image Awards and honors | Mar 10 2026 Pershing Square Foundation Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative researchers awarded MIND Prizes The Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery Prizes will give Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong and Knight Initiative-supported researcher Pascal Geldsetzer $750,000 each over three years to develop research on neurodegenerative diseases.
Image Press coverage | Dec 5 2025 Washington Post Shingles vaccine may actually slow progression of dementia, study shows If the results are confirmed, an expert said, the Knight Initiative-funded research "would be groundbreaking for dementia"
Image Press coverage | Dec 4 2025 CNN Shingles vaccine may slow progression of dementia, new study suggests A new study from Knight Initiative researchers suggests that the two-dose shingles shot also may slow the progression of dementia
Image Press coverage | Dec 3 2025 BBC Science Focus A dementia vaccine could be real, and some of us have taken it without knowing A Knight Initiative-funded project says shingles vaccination could protect you from getting dementia or slow the progression of the disease
Image Knight Initiative news | Jul 14 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Knight Initiative symposium charts new frontiers in brain health Knight Initiative-funded research ran the gamut from chemistry to public health, but one theme brought it all together: Studying what makes the brain resilient will help more people live better lives.
Image Research news | Apr 2 2025 Stanford Medicine Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales by a Knight Initiative–supported team found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnos
Image Press coverage | Apr 2 2025 New York Times Shingles vaccine can decrease risk of dementia, study finds Knight Initiative–supported research by Pascal Geldsetzer and colleagues adds to evidence that preventing the viral infection can help stave off cognitive de
Image Knight Initiative news | Sep 18 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Advancing Brain Resilience: 2024 Catalyst and Pilot Grant Awards The Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience supports 14 high-risk, high-reward projects to advance brain health and resilience research, fostering bold research across various scientific disciplines.
