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
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2025
Clinical translation of novel PET radiotracers for mapping innate immune activation in CNS diseases (Renewal)
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2025
Development of a novel compact, portable, ruggedized transcranial magnetic stimulation device
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2025
EEG-IntraMap: Accessible deep brain insight for precision depression care
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
AI to model and boost brain repair and resilience during aging
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2024
Assessing the feasibility of an autologous cell/gel therapy for spinal cord injury
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2024
Clinical translation of a new PET radiotracer for mapping innate immune activation in multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Clinically translating ultrasonic CSF clearing to enhance brain resilience
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's disease
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2024
Creating a pharmacologic stroke recovery therapy
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Harnessing ketone metabolites for brain health and brain resilience
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
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Myelin: an untapped target for preventing or reversing brain aging
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2024
Small molecule ion channel modulator to treat acute episodes of peripheral vertigo
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2024
Targeting mitochondria in glioblastoma
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
The role of microglia in brain resilience to pathological protein aggregates
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Toward rescuing diverse forms of proteinopathies by induction of autophagic flux
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2024
Unconventional IRE1 activation for promoting brain resilience
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2023
Development of an Ultrasound Neuromodulation Therapy to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2023
High-Fidelity Artificial Retina for Vision Restoration
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2023
New Thrombectomy Device for Endovascular Neurosurgery
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2023
Programmable RNA editing in Parkinson’s disease therapy
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Neuroscience:Translate Award
2022
Autism digital therapy with embedded endpoints and artificial intelligence for progress tracking and adaptive care - Renewal
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Catalyst Awards
2022