The Vincent V.C. Woo Sandbox Laboratory will facilitate unprecedented learning and discovery by providing dedicated space and equipment for collaborative pilot projects between engineers and neuroscientists.
Engineers will learn about the needs of brain science, and neuroscientists will have access to newly designed instruments to advance research on the brain. Through these resources, we can advance brain research and treatments by developing novel tools and therapies.
The laboratory is also intended to be used by approved workshops, training classes (such as the annual neurosciences boot-camp) and product demonstrations as requested by members of the Wu Tsai Neuro community.
The Sandbox Lab offers several unique features to facilitate new collaborations, especially for investigators who do not currently have access to neuroscience-focused research space.
In addition to a large open plan lab, the Sandbox has:
- A fully operational tissue culture suite with two biosafety cabinets, CO2 incubators, centrifuge and fluorescent microscope
- An in vivo procedure suite to allow animal surgeries and procedures
- Four curtained electrophysiological rig/microscope areas
- Two “microscope” rooms intended for construction and development of such instruments
- -20°C and -80°C freezers and 4°C cabinets for temporary sample storage
The Vincent V.C. Woo Sandbox Laboratory is supported by a generous gift from Alice N.Y. Woo and by the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
Faculty Advisory Committee
Associate Professor of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
Family Director, Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of Neurosciences Microscopy Services