Browse wide-ranging research at the frontiers of neuroscience supported by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute grants, awards, and training fellowships.
Projects
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
SIGF - Graduate Fellowship
2024
Engineering objective physiologic measures to characterize nonmotor aspects of Parkinson’s disease
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Brain Resilience)
2024
Evaluating the immunomodulatory role of circular RNAs in microglia
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Synthetic Neuroscience Grants
2024
First-in-class RNA sensors for studying myelin dynamics and disease
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Synthetic Neuroscience Grants
2024
Genetically-encoded voltage integrators for stable tagging of activated or inhibited neural ensembles in vivo
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Harnessing ketone metabolites for brain health and brain resilience
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Brain Resilience)
2024
High-resolution profiling of Alzheimer’s brain resilience
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Interdisciplinary)
2024
How do early life experiences shape the neural underpinnings of caregiver olfactory recognition?
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Identifying mechanisms of dopaminergic neuron resilience and their roles in Parkinson’s disease
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Identifying the intrinsic biological factors of APOE risk and resilience across relevant iPSC-derived brain cell types
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Interdisciplinary)
2024
Interpretable machine learning to decipher gene regulation in brain development and disruption in disease
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Interdisciplinary)
2024
Interrogating the effects of serotonin and dopamine on neural activity in the nucleus accumbens during aggression
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroimaging Pilot Grant
2024
Investigating longitudinal white matter changes after juvenile stroke
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Koret Human Neuro Lab Pilot Grant
2024
Investigating the role of exteroception in modulating interoception
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Pilot Awards
2024
Mapping and rejuvenating the brain glycocalyx to improve resiliency
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroimaging Pilot Grant
2024
Mapping myelin plasticity in mouse models of generalized epilepsy
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Koret Human Neuro Lab Pilot Grant
2024
Mixed-reality neuronavigation for TMS treatment of depression
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroimaging Pilot Grant
2024
MRI evaluation of a novel murine model of RhoBTB2-related epileptic encephalopathy facilitating development of an antisense oligonucleotide therapeutic
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Interdisciplinary)
2024
Multifunctional vascular-like electronics for integration and monitoring of human neural organoids
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Myelin: an untapped target for preventing or reversing brain aging
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Brain Resilience)
2024
Neural mechanisms of episodic memory resilience in longitudinal aging brains
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Interdisciplinary)
2024
Neuronal innervation dynamics in uterine function and maternal age-associated miscarriage
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Pilot Awards
2024
Optimizing endogenous signaling pathway activity to enhance cognitive resilience
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Koret Human Neuro Lab Pilot Grant
2024
Pilot study of high-density EEG to assess markers of successful cognitive training in MCI
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Pilot Awards
2024