Neuroscience News

Geared toward increasing accessibility of brain imaging technologies to scientists throughout campus, the NPIL's “MRI for Neuroscientists” symposium brought together researchers from across Stanford schools and departments to share firsthand insights.

Scientists from around the world came to the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute to learn more about cutting-edge optical imaging technologies at the inaugural Advanced Techniques in Neuroimaging Workshop, hosted by the Neuroscience Microscopy Service (NMS).

In this episode, psychiatrist Nolan Williams discusses transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depressino and its implications for the future of psychiatry on “From Our Neurons to Yours”, a podcast from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.

A conversation with Milena Kaestner, PhD, the new director of Wu Tsai Neuro's Koret Human Neurosciences Community Laboratory.

A new study demonstrating CRISPR gene editing in killifish opens the doors for ambitious research on the biological drivers of aging.

In this episode, neuroscientist and pediatric oncologist Michelle Monje helps us understand the mystery of the persistent "brain fog" that often plagues Long COVID patients.

Gustavo Chau Loo Kung, a Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow and member of the Center for Mind, Brain Computation, and Technology (MBCT) at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, uses experimental MRI to investigate how myelin changes with repeated seizures.

New techniques for growing human brain tissue in the lab are fueling a revolution in scientists' ability to observe human brain development, trace the origins of psychiatric disorders and develop new treatments. Featuring Stanford psychiatry professor Sergiu Pasca.

Biologist Lauren O'Connell shares the neuroscience behind familial bonds across the animal kingdom—and what this could teach us about our own experience as partners and parents.

Tiny DNA circles harbor cancer-associated oncogenes and immunomodulatory genes that promote cancer development.

Bioluminescence helps Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michael Lin and team develop cancer drugs for brain.

Jesse Gomez, Wu Tsai Neuro alumni and current assistant professor at Princeton University, found that long-term Pokémon fans’ brains are built differently in research during his time at Stanford.

Touch is one of the most important human senses. It lets us connect with the world—and each other. Roboticists like Allison Okamura—today’s podcast guest—think we should be building technology that helps us reconnect through the power of touch.

Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates and others are accepted into competitive cohort in Stanford Medicine's new Catalyst program.

Institute scholar Paul Nuyujukian and Mark Churchland remember the great Krishna Shenoy, who passed away earlier this year.

The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign are pleased to announce their fifth round of Neuroscience:Translate awards, which support teams of researchers collaborating across disciplinary boundaries.