Featured News Image Research news | Feb 2 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Aging brains pile up damaged proteins Proteins that start life inside neurons build up faster in old age and spread to other brain cells—a potential source of neurological mischief Image Research news | Jan 22 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience A new atlas could help guide researchers studying neurological disease The database of lysosomal proteins is already helping researchers study how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work—or don’t—in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases Image Director's messages | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Happy New Year from Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen welcomes the Wu Tsai Neuro community to 2026, reflects on our recent milestones, and wishes the community a happy and productive new year Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Big Ideas in Neuroscience tackle brain science of everyday life and more From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroEngineering NeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery News TypeResearch news Press coverage Wu Tsai Neuro News Podcast episodes Researcher profiles Awards and honors Knight Initiative news News Features Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Press coverage | Mar 18 2024 Huberman Lab Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky: How the Brain Works, Curing Blindness & How to Navigate a... In this interview on the Huberman Lab podcast, Institute affiliate E.J. Chichilnisky discusses how studying the retina informs our understanding of the brain, the development of artificial retinas for treating incurable blindness, and his own personal journey. Image Press coverage | Mar 10 2024 New York Times A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive A.I. models developed by members of Wu Tsai Neuro's Neuro-Omics Initiative are making surprising biological discoveries. Image Press coverage | Feb 21 2024 Wired Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Is Working. Elon Musk’s Transparency Isn’t Wu Tsai Neuro faculty scholar Paul Nuyujukian shares his expertise on brain-computer interfaces amid Neuralink's first human brain implant. Image Research news | Feb 12 2024 Stanford News Vibrating glove helps stroke patients recover from muscle spasms For those with stroke, involuntary contractions of the hands and arms often follow. A simple, wearable vibrating glove developed by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Allison Okamura, Caitlin Seim and others, may offer a more effective treatment. Image Research news | Feb 8 2024 Stanford Magazine Give It Some Thought Learn about the experience of several participants in the BrainGate brain-computer interface clinical trial, and the large team effort by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Jaimie Henderson, Paul Nuyujukian, and the late Krishna Shenoy over the past decade to get n Image Press coverage | Jan 30 2024 NBC Bay Area Fact or fiction? First brain chip could be implanted in a human patient NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Wu Tsai Neuro Institute Scholar Paul Nuyujukian for insight on the first brain chip in a human patient. Image Press coverage | Jan 30 2024 CNN Health What to know about human brain implants Institute Scholar Paul Nuyujukian contributes to the discussion of Neuralink implanting a brain chip into a human. 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Karl Deisseroth, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate and pioneering psychiatrist and engineer, discusses the technologies he’s given to the world and the way those technologies are making life better for people across the globe. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 2 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Meet our 2023 MBCT and NeuroTech Trainees The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is pleased to welcome our newest graduate student fellows in the neurosciences — including trainees entering the NeuroTech Training Program and Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology (MBCT) Student Membership Program. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Sep 18 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Undergrads showcase their summer research at NeURO poster session Stanford undergraduates and local community college students presented their summer research projects in Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute labs at a poster session last month. Pagination Previous page Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page
Image Research news | Feb 2 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Aging brains pile up damaged proteins Proteins that start life inside neurons build up faster in old age and spread to other brain cells—a potential source of neurological mischief
Image Research news | Jan 22 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience A new atlas could help guide researchers studying neurological disease The database of lysosomal proteins is already helping researchers study how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work—or don’t—in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases
Image Director's messages | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Happy New Year from Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen Vincent V.C. Woo Director Kang Shen welcomes the Wu Tsai Neuro community to 2026, reflects on our recent milestones, and wishes the community a happy and productive new year
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 12 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Big Ideas in Neuroscience tackle brain science of everyday life and more From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible
Image Press coverage | Mar 18 2024 Huberman Lab Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky: How the Brain Works, Curing Blindness & How to Navigate a... In this interview on the Huberman Lab podcast, Institute affiliate E.J. Chichilnisky discusses how studying the retina informs our understanding of the brain, the development of artificial retinas for treating incurable blindness, and his own personal journey.
Image Press coverage | Mar 10 2024 New York Times A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive A.I. models developed by members of Wu Tsai Neuro's Neuro-Omics Initiative are making surprising biological discoveries.
Image Press coverage | Feb 21 2024 Wired Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Is Working. Elon Musk’s Transparency Isn’t Wu Tsai Neuro faculty scholar Paul Nuyujukian shares his expertise on brain-computer interfaces amid Neuralink's first human brain implant.
Image Research news | Feb 12 2024 Stanford News Vibrating glove helps stroke patients recover from muscle spasms For those with stroke, involuntary contractions of the hands and arms often follow. A simple, wearable vibrating glove developed by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Allison Okamura, Caitlin Seim and others, may offer a more effective treatment.
Image Research news | Feb 8 2024 Stanford Magazine Give It Some Thought Learn about the experience of several participants in the BrainGate brain-computer interface clinical trial, and the large team effort by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Jaimie Henderson, Paul Nuyujukian, and the late Krishna Shenoy over the past decade to get n
Image Press coverage | Jan 30 2024 NBC Bay Area Fact or fiction? First brain chip could be implanted in a human patient NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Wu Tsai Neuro Institute Scholar Paul Nuyujukian for insight on the first brain chip in a human patient.
Image Press coverage | Jan 30 2024 CNN Health What to know about human brain implants Institute Scholar Paul Nuyujukian contributes to the discussion of Neuralink implanting a brain chip into a human.
Image Press coverage | Jan 30 2024 NBC News Elon Musk startup says it successfully implanted a chip in a human brain In a live interview, Wu Tsai Neuro Institute Scholar Paul Nuyujukian tells NBC News how Neuralink technology works and the future of brain-computer interfaces.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative announce 2024 postdoctoral scholars We are proud to welcome the 2024 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars — ten young scientists pursuing novel, multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the workings of the brain.
Image Research news | Jan 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute ‘Kirigami’ electrodes unfold new horizons for brain organoid research Inspired by Japanese paper art, a new device can record from 3D ‘organoid’ models of the developing human brain for months without disturbing their growth or structure.
Image Press coverage | Jan 10 2024 Focused Ultrasound Foundation A New Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation System for Preclinical Brain Research Researchers designed, built, and tested a new focused ultrasound neuromodulation system for preclinical brain research supported by a Seed Grant.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Dec 18 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neurosciences seed grants fuel research in childhood epilepsy, eating disorders,... The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University is proud to announce the recipients of its fifth round of Seed Grants.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 26 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Meet the 2023 Wu Tsai Neuro interdisciplinary graduate fellows The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is pleased to introduce our newest cohorts of Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows (SIGFs).
Image Research news | Oct 13 2023 Stanford Engineering The future of neuroscience: Karl Deisseroth sheds light on the inner workings of... Karl Deisseroth, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate and pioneering psychiatrist and engineer, discusses the technologies he’s given to the world and the way those technologies are making life better for people across the globe.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Oct 2 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Meet our 2023 MBCT and NeuroTech Trainees The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is pleased to welcome our newest graduate student fellows in the neurosciences — including trainees entering the NeuroTech Training Program and Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology (MBCT) Student Membership Program.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Sep 18 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Undergrads showcase their summer research at NeURO poster session Stanford undergraduates and local community college students presented their summer research projects in Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute labs at a poster session last month.