Featured News Image Research news | Mar 17 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Bridging Nature and Nurture: The brain's flexible foundation from birth By studying never-before-seen details of brain connectivity in human infants, researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have identified how a balance of innate structure and flexible learning produces our remarkably organized visual brains. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Mar 10 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain imaging and stimulation technologies receive 2025 Neuroscience:Translate a... Three teams developing promising neurotechnologies with the potential for tremendous impact on human well-being have been named recipients of the 2025 Neuroscience:Translate awards from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford. Image Podcast episodes | Mar 6 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Does good sleep insulate the brain against Alzheimer's? This week on the podcast, Stanford psychiatry professor Erin Gibson joins us again to share the latest findings on sleep, myelin, and neurodegenerative disease. Image Awards and honors | Feb 19 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Meet the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars How does the brain wire itself for learning? What molecular mechanisms protect neural circuits during aging? These are just some of the research projects by the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars. 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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 Researcher profiles | Nov 18 2024 HAI From Brain to Machine: The Unexpected Journey of Neural Networks How early cognitive research funded by the NSF paved the way for today’s AI breakthroughs—and how AI is now inspiring new understandings of the human mind. Image Research news | Nov 12 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Unlocking the secrets of ketosis With Knight Initiative support, Stanford researchers uncover a biochemical “off-ramp” in ketosis, rewriting our understanding of how ketosis influences metabolism. Image Podcast episodes | Nov 7 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Seeing sounds, tasting colors (re-release) Today, we are going back into the archives for a conversation with neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and best-selling author David Eagleman about the science of synesthesia. If you don't know what that is, you're about to find out. Image Research news | Oct 29 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute New voltage indicator enables ultra-sensitive synaptic imaging Bioengineers and neuroscientists at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University have developed a highly sensitive tool for detecting brain cells’ subtlest electrical signals. Image Press coverage | Oct 25 2024 WIRED A Neuralink Rival Says Its Eye Implant Restored Vision in Blind People Science Corporation's retinal implant, built on the research of faculty affiliate Daniel Palanker, has allowed some people who lost their central vision to r Image Podcast episodes | Oct 24 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The BRAIN Initiative: the national vision for the future of neuroscience is now ... This week, we talk with our founding director, Bill Newsome, about the 10-year legacy of the NIH BRAIN Initiative and the uncertainty for the future brought on by this year's dramatic funding cuts. 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. 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This week we are talking with Stanford neurobiologist Lisa Giocomo exploring the intersection of memory, navigation and the boundaries we create between ourselves and the world around us. Image Press coverage | Sep 25 2024 NPR This researcher wants to expand treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Carolyn Rodriguez directs the Stanford OCD Research Lab. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Sep 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Research brings together Stanford undergrads and community college fellows Stanford undergraduates and local community college students showcased their summer research projects at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, highlighting efforts to introduce students to neuroscience research for the first time. Pagination Previous page Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page
Image Research news | Mar 17 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Bridging Nature and Nurture: The brain's flexible foundation from birth By studying never-before-seen details of brain connectivity in human infants, researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have identified how a balance of innate structure and flexible learning produces our remarkably organized visual brains.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Mar 10 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain imaging and stimulation technologies receive 2025 Neuroscience:Translate a... Three teams developing promising neurotechnologies with the potential for tremendous impact on human well-being have been named recipients of the 2025 Neuroscience:Translate awards from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford.
Image Podcast episodes | Mar 6 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Does good sleep insulate the brain against Alzheimer's? This week on the podcast, Stanford psychiatry professor Erin Gibson joins us again to share the latest findings on sleep, myelin, and neurodegenerative disease.
Image Awards and honors | Feb 19 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Meet the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars How does the brain wire itself for learning? What molecular mechanisms protect neural circuits during aging? These are just some of the research projects by the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars.
Image Research news | Nov 25 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Dopamine and serotonin work in opposition to shape learning New research from the Malenka lab reveals that reward-based learning requires the two neuromodulators to balance one another's influence.
Image Press coverage | Nov 25 2024 Washington Post Inside your body, aging unfolds at remarkably different rates New research shows aging is not a uniform process. Parts of our bodies start aging earlier than others, right down to our organs and cells.
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 Researcher profiles | Nov 18 2024 HAI From Brain to Machine: The Unexpected Journey of Neural Networks How early cognitive research funded by the NSF paved the way for today’s AI breakthroughs—and how AI is now inspiring new understandings of the human mind.
Image Research news | Nov 12 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Unlocking the secrets of ketosis With Knight Initiative support, Stanford researchers uncover a biochemical “off-ramp” in ketosis, rewriting our understanding of how ketosis influences metabolism.
Image Podcast episodes | Nov 7 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Seeing sounds, tasting colors (re-release) Today, we are going back into the archives for a conversation with neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and best-selling author David Eagleman about the science of synesthesia. If you don't know what that is, you're about to find out.
Image Research news | Oct 29 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute New voltage indicator enables ultra-sensitive synaptic imaging Bioengineers and neuroscientists at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University have developed a highly sensitive tool for detecting brain cells’ subtlest electrical signals.
Image Press coverage | Oct 25 2024 WIRED A Neuralink Rival Says Its Eye Implant Restored Vision in Blind People Science Corporation's retinal implant, built on the research of faculty affiliate Daniel Palanker, has allowed some people who lost their central vision to r
Image Podcast episodes | Oct 24 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The BRAIN Initiative: the national vision for the future of neuroscience is now ... This week, we talk with our founding director, Bill Newsome, about the 10-year legacy of the NIH BRAIN Initiative and the uncertainty for the future brought on by this year's dramatic funding cuts.
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 | Oct 2 2024 Stanford Medicine Study hints at ways to generate new neurons in old brains Supported by the Big Ideas in Neuroscience program, research from the Brunet lab suggests the possibility of designing pharmaceutical or genetic therapies to turn on new neuron production in old or injured brains.
Image Researcher profiles | Sep 30 2024 Stanford Report Getting to know Stanford’s first data science faculty Laura Gwilliams, a Wu Tsai Neuro faculty scholar, and Brian Hie are the inaugural faculty of Stanford Data Science.
Image Awards and honors | Sep 30 2024 Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences Jay McClelland receives 2024 Golden Goose Award Work on human cognition by the founding director of the Wu Tsai Neuro Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology was foundational for neural-network-
Image Podcast episodes | Sep 26 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Memory Palaces: the science of mental time travel and the brain's GPS system (re... This week we are talking with Stanford neurobiologist Lisa Giocomo exploring the intersection of memory, navigation and the boundaries we create between ourselves and the world around us.
Image Press coverage | Sep 25 2024 NPR This researcher wants to expand treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Carolyn Rodriguez directs the Stanford OCD Research Lab.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Sep 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Research brings together Stanford undergrads and community college fellows Stanford undergraduates and local community college students showcased their summer research projects at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, highlighting efforts to introduce students to neuroscience research for the first time.
