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
,
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
Pilot Awards
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2024
Mapping and rejuvenating the brain glycocalyx to improve resiliency
Funded Researcher(s):
Longzhi Tan
,
Carolyn Bertozzi
Pilot Awards
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2024
Optimizing endogenous signaling pathway activity to enhance cognitive resilience
Funded Researcher(s):
Philip Beachy
Pilot Awards
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2024
Promoting neurovascular repair to improve cognitive resilience across the lifespan
Funded Researcher(s):
Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD
,
Sarah Heilshorn
Pilot Awards
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2024
The effect of live-attenuated herpes zoster vaccination on blood-based biomarkers of neurodegeneration
Funded Researcher(s):
Pascal Geldsetzer
Seed Grant
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2023
Dissecting mechanisms of gut-brain communication in Parkinson’s Disease
Funded Researcher(s):
Ami Bhatt
,
Kathleen Poston, MD, MS
Seed Grant
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2023
Life-long, minimally invasive, and multiplex transcriptional profiling of the cerebellum
Funded Researcher(s):
Xiaojing Gao
,
Longzhi Tan
Seed Grant
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2023
Novel ketone-derived anticonvulsant agents for the treatment of childhood refractory epilepsy
Funded Researcher(s):
Juliet Klasing Knowles
,
Jonathan Z. Long