Browse wide-ranging research at the frontiers of neuroscience supported by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute grants, awards, and training fellowships.
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Seed Grant
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2025
3D optical reconstruction of whole-brain neuropeptidergic connectome in Caenorhabditis elegans
Funded Researcher(s):
Rongxin Fang
,
Kang Shen
Seed Grant
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2025
Elucidating Neurobiological and Exposomic Mechanisms of Human Brain Circuit Resilience to Aging and Tauopathies: An AI-driven modeling approach
Funded Researcher(s):
Vinod Menon
,
Elizabeth Mormino
Seed Grant
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2025
Harnessing circadian rhythmicity at the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier with a perfusable biomimetic hydrogel-integrated chip
Funded Researcher(s):
Ryann Fame, PhD
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Sarah Heilshorn
Seed Grant
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2025
Impaired RNA Editing as A Cause of Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
Funded Researcher(s):
Jin Billy Li
,
Marius Wernig
Seed Grant
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2025
Rewiring neuropeptide signaling to therapeutic outcomes with GLumigenetics
Funded Researcher(s):
Michael Lin
,
Xiaoke Chen
Catalyst Awards
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2024
AI to model and boost brain repair and resilience during aging
Funded Researcher(s):
James Zou
,
Anne Brunet
Catalyst Awards
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2024
Clinically translating ultrasonic CSF clearing to enhance brain resilience
Funded Researcher(s):
Raag Airan
,
Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski
,
Kawin Setsompop
,
Longzhi Tan
Catalyst Awards
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2024
Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's disease
Funded Researcher(s):
Carla Shatz
,
Alice Ting
Catalyst Awards
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2024
Harnessing ketone metabolites for brain health and brain resilience
Funded Researcher(s):
Juliet Klasing Knowles
,
Jonathan Z. Long
Catalyst Awards
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2024
Identifying mechanisms of dopaminergic neuron resilience and their roles in Parkinson’s disease
Funded Researcher(s):
Michael Bassik
,
Monther Abu-Remaileh
Catalyst Awards
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2024
Identifying the intrinsic biological factors of APOE risk and resilience across relevant iPSC-derived brain cell types
Funded Researcher(s):
Birgitt Schuele
,
Edward N. Wilson
Catalyst Awards
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2024
Myelin: an untapped target for preventing or reversing brain aging
Funded Researcher(s):
J. Bradley Zuchero
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Mehrdad Shamloo