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A new atlas maps lysosomal proteins across brain cell types, helping researchers study how breakdowns in cellular waste and recycling systems contribute to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Supported by a Knight Initiative Catalyst Momentum Award.
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A new atlas could help guide researchers studying neurological disease
The database of lysosomal proteins is already helping researchers study how brain cells’ waste and
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January 24, 2026 at 2:55 AM
A new atlas maps lysosomal proteins across brain cell types, helping researchers study how breakdowns in cellular waste and recycling systems contribute to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Supported by a Knight Initiative Catalyst Momentum Award.
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Congrats to the third round of Big Ideas in Neuroscience grant awardees!
From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, these five projects will push the bounds of what’s possible in the field.
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From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, these five projects will push the bounds of what’s possible in the field.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Congrats to the third round of Big Ideas in Neuroscience grant awardees!
From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, these five projects will push the bounds of what’s possible in the field.
Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/big-ide...
From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, these five projects will push the bounds of what’s possible in the field.
Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/big-ide...
In our first Brain Resilience Seminar of 2026, Julia Belk shared her research, "Clonal hematopoiesis and the aging brain," and Alina Isakova discussed data from the Brain Resilience Lab in a talk, "The molecular landscape of human brain aging: Known features and unexpected findings."
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
In our first Brain Resilience Seminar of 2026, Julia Belk shared her research, "Clonal hematopoiesis and the aging brain," and Alina Isakova discussed data from the Brain Resilience Lab in a talk, "The molecular landscape of human brain aging: Known features and unexpected findings."
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Each year, Stanford researchers advance our understanding of the mind and brain and beyond.
As we look ahead to the new year, we compiled some key studies covered by Wu Tsai Neuro and @brainresilience.bsky.social in 2025.
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As we look ahead to the new year, we compiled some key studies covered by Wu Tsai Neuro and @brainresilience.bsky.social in 2025.
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2025 neuroscience research in review
Join us as we look back on some of the key studies we covered here at Wu Tsai Neuro and the Knight
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January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Each year, Stanford researchers advance our understanding of the mind and brain and beyond.
As we look ahead to the new year, we compiled some key studies covered by Wu Tsai Neuro and @brainresilience.bsky.social in 2025.
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As we look ahead to the new year, we compiled some key studies covered by Wu Tsai Neuro and @brainresilience.bsky.social in 2025.
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Meet Dr. Hülya Torun, a postdoctoral researcher at the Brain Resilience Lab.
"Science generates the accumulation of knowledge so that physicians can use that knowledge to heal people, and I think that was the reason that I wanted to be a neuroscientist."
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"Science generates the accumulation of knowledge so that physicians can use that knowledge to heal people, and I think that was the reason that I wanted to be a neuroscientist."
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Meet Hülya Torun, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Brain Resilience Lab
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December 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Meet Dr. Hülya Torun, a postdoctoral researcher at the Brain Resilience Lab.
"Science generates the accumulation of knowledge so that physicians can use that knowledge to heal people, and I think that was the reason that I wanted to be a neuroscientist."
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"Science generates the accumulation of knowledge so that physicians can use that knowledge to heal people, and I think that was the reason that I wanted to be a neuroscientist."
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Get alerts on the latest brain aging news, publications, datasets, and tools by subscribing to our newsletter. The first edition will go out on Dec 17 via email and LinkedIn.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Meet Theo Guo, a research associate at the Brain Resilience Lab.
“One potential impact of this work is that more of humanity will be able to live and enjoy longer lifespans and healthspans, meaning more life spent in a healthy state.”
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“One potential impact of this work is that more of humanity will be able to live and enjoy longer lifespans and healthspans, meaning more life spent in a healthy state.”
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Meet Theo Guo, Research Associate at the Brain Resilience Lab
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December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Meet Theo Guo, a research associate at the Brain Resilience Lab.
“One potential impact of this work is that more of humanity will be able to live and enjoy longer lifespans and healthspans, meaning more life spent in a healthy state.”
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“One potential impact of this work is that more of humanity will be able to live and enjoy longer lifespans and healthspans, meaning more life spent in a healthy state.”
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Thanks to all who joined our last monthly seminar of 2025!
Cindy Lin gave a talk about "Investigating regulators of GCase activity using CRISPR KO screens," and Odilia Sianto shared her research on "Nonsense-mediated decay masks cryptic splicing events caused by TDP-43 loss."
Cindy Lin gave a talk about "Investigating regulators of GCase activity using CRISPR KO screens," and Odilia Sianto shared her research on "Nonsense-mediated decay masks cryptic splicing events caused by TDP-43 loss."
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thanks to all who joined our last monthly seminar of 2025!
Cindy Lin gave a talk about "Investigating regulators of GCase activity using CRISPR KO screens," and Odilia Sianto shared her research on "Nonsense-mediated decay masks cryptic splicing events caused by TDP-43 loss."
Cindy Lin gave a talk about "Investigating regulators of GCase activity using CRISPR KO screens," and Odilia Sianto shared her research on "Nonsense-mediated decay masks cryptic splicing events caused by TDP-43 loss."
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Interested in neural stem cells and neurogenesis throughout lifespan?
Exciting meeting in 2026 in Switzerland!!
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Exciting meeting in 2026 in Switzerland!!
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Conference: Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease
The adult brain consists of billions of neurons that show an unimaginable complexity in their structural diversity and functional connectivity allowing for a plethora of brain functions. Notably…
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December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Interested in neural stem cells and neurogenesis throughout lifespan?
Exciting meeting in 2026 in Switzerland!!
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Exciting meeting in 2026 in Switzerland!!
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia are devastating neurodegenerative diseases. Knight Initiative postdoc Yi Zeng is finding the role a protein plays in both, and whether it can lead to new diagnostics and treatments.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia are devastating neurodegenerative diseases. Knight Initiative postdoc Yi Zeng is finding the role a protein plays in both, and whether it can lead to new diagnostics and treatments.
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/qa-key-...
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Gummy clumps called amyloid plaques have long been the focus of Alzheimer’s therapies. But some Stanford neuroscientists are focusing on the stringy tangles of a protein called tau, the unsung second hallmark of Alzheimer’s.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Gummy clumps called amyloid plaques have long been the focus of Alzheimer’s therapies. But some Stanford neuroscientists are focusing on the stringy tangles of a protein called tau, the unsung second hallmark of Alzheimer’s.
Learn more: med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
Learn more: med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
From molecular atlases of aging to emerging ideas about immune pathways, synapses, and glial biology, scientists from Stanford, @ucsfhealth.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk, and @alleninstitute.org shared new brain resilience research at our recent symposium.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
From molecular atlases of aging to emerging ideas about immune pathways, synapses, and glial biology, scientists from Stanford, @ucsfhealth.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk, and @alleninstitute.org shared new brain resilience research at our recent symposium.
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Could brain implants read our thoughts? Not yet.
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
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Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Could brain implants read our thoughts? Not yet.
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
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Scientists and ethicists, including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates @sergiuppasca.bsky.social and Hank Greely, call for an international process to guide the field of human neural organoids.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Scientists and ethicists, including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates @sergiuppasca.bsky.social and Hank Greely, call for an international process to guide the field of human neural organoids.
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“We’re making a helmet people can wear that delivers ultrasound to the brain, and we plan to initiate clinical testing of this protocol in the next few months,” said Raag Airan.
With Knight Initiative support, they plan to test it on people soon.
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With Knight Initiative support, they plan to test it on people soon.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“We’re making a helmet people can wear that delivers ultrasound to the brain, and we plan to initiate clinical testing of this protocol in the next few months,” said Raag Airan.
With Knight Initiative support, they plan to test it on people soon.
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With Knight Initiative support, they plan to test it on people soon.
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Fantastic talks at yesterday's seminar!
Ted Wilson - Unveiling early Alzheimer’s: biomarkers and breakthroughs on the path to brain resilience.
Raag Airan - Ultrasonic debris clearance for improving neurofluid flow and decreasing neuroinflammation.
Ted Wilson - Unveiling early Alzheimer’s: biomarkers and breakthroughs on the path to brain resilience.
Raag Airan - Ultrasonic debris clearance for improving neurofluid flow and decreasing neuroinflammation.
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fantastic talks at yesterday's seminar!
Ted Wilson - Unveiling early Alzheimer’s: biomarkers and breakthroughs on the path to brain resilience.
Raag Airan - Ultrasonic debris clearance for improving neurofluid flow and decreasing neuroinflammation.
Ted Wilson - Unveiling early Alzheimer’s: biomarkers and breakthroughs on the path to brain resilience.
Raag Airan - Ultrasonic debris clearance for improving neurofluid flow and decreasing neuroinflammation.
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We welcome three Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows (SIGFs)—Sarah Zou, Nick M, and Pengli Wang! Projects include efforts to decode traumatic brain injury (TBI), map brain-body communication, and find treatments for rare childhood diseases.
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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Welcomes 2025 Stanford Interdisciplinary
Stanford doctoral students spanning neuroscience, chemical engineering, and electrical engineering are
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November 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We welcome three Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows (SIGFs)—Sarah Zou, Nick M, and Pengli Wang! Projects include efforts to decode traumatic brain injury (TBI), map brain-body communication, and find treatments for rare childhood diseases.
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“By the time we examine an autopsied brain-tissue sample, a pathologist will have rinsed it with alcohol, removing lipids,” said Knight Initiative director Tony Wyss-Coray, D. H. Chen Professor II and @stanfordneuro.bsky.social professor. “So, we can miss them.”
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Rethinking Alzheimer's: How these tiny balls of fat factor in
A classic but ignored Alzheimer’s hallmark — myriad oily droplets in brain cells called microglia — may help connect several of the disorder’s better known but not well understood features.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“By the time we examine an autopsied brain-tissue sample, a pathologist will have rinsed it with alcohol, removing lipids,” said Knight Initiative director Tony Wyss-Coray, D. H. Chen Professor II and @stanfordneuro.bsky.social professor. “So, we can miss them.”
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Thank you to our wonderful speakers and everyone who joined us at the Fall 2025 Symposium and Poster Session! It was a day full of insights into the latest research on healthy brain aging, resilience, and various neuroscience studies at Stanford.
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thank you to our wonderful speakers and everyone who joined us at the Fall 2025 Symposium and Poster Session! It was a day full of insights into the latest research on healthy brain aging, resilience, and various neuroscience studies at Stanford.
Our Fall Symposium is today! We look forward to our poster session and talks by:
John W. Day, Soyon Hon @soyonhonglab.bsky.social,
Alina Isakova, Andrew C. Yang, Hongkui Seng @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, and Xuchen Zhang.
John W. Day, Soyon Hon @soyonhonglab.bsky.social,
Alina Isakova, Andrew C. Yang, Hongkui Seng @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, and Xuchen Zhang.
October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our Fall Symposium is today! We look forward to our poster session and talks by:
John W. Day, Soyon Hon @soyonhonglab.bsky.social,
Alina Isakova, Andrew C. Yang, Hongkui Seng @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, and Xuchen Zhang.
John W. Day, Soyon Hon @soyonhonglab.bsky.social,
Alina Isakova, Andrew C. Yang, Hongkui Seng @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, and Xuchen Zhang.
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Six @stanford.edu scientists, including Anne Brunet @brunetlab.bsky.social, have been awarded High-Risk, High-Reward Research program grants from the National Institutes of Health.
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
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This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Six @stanford.edu scientists, including Anne Brunet @brunetlab.bsky.social, have been awarded High-Risk, High-Reward Research program grants from the National Institutes of Health.
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
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This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
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Great talks at our recent seminar! Featuring:
Kristy Zera - Blocking the VLA4/VCAM1 axis prevents infarct-induced neurodegeneration by reducing neuroinflammation & promoting vascular integrity
Carla Shatz - Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
Kristy Zera - Blocking the VLA4/VCAM1 axis prevents infarct-induced neurodegeneration by reducing neuroinflammation & promoting vascular integrity
Carla Shatz - Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Great talks at our recent seminar! Featuring:
Kristy Zera - Blocking the VLA4/VCAM1 axis prevents infarct-induced neurodegeneration by reducing neuroinflammation & promoting vascular integrity
Carla Shatz - Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
Kristy Zera - Blocking the VLA4/VCAM1 axis prevents infarct-induced neurodegeneration by reducing neuroinflammation & promoting vascular integrity
Carla Shatz - Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
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Great news! Our podcast, From Our Neurons to Yours, is a finalist for the Listener’s Choice Award in Science & Education at @signalawards.bsky.social!🎙️
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October 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Great news! Our podcast, From Our Neurons to Yours, is a finalist for the Listener’s Choice Award in Science & Education at @signalawards.bsky.social!🎙️
Help us win and vote here by Oct. 9: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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Join us on Oct 9 at a symposium featuring brain resilience and aging research, including a clinical presentation with a patient’s perspective, poster session, and social! Registration required.
Stanford affiliates, sign up to present a poster by Oct 2.
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Stanford affiliates, sign up to present a poster by Oct 2.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Join us on Oct 9 at a symposium featuring brain resilience and aging research, including a clinical presentation with a patient’s perspective, poster session, and social! Registration required.
Stanford affiliates, sign up to present a poster by Oct 2.
brainresilience.stanford.edu/events/knigh...
Stanford affiliates, sign up to present a poster by Oct 2.
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Amyloid beta and inflammation may converge on the LilrB2 receptor, according to new research led by Carla Shatz and supported by a Knight Initiative Catalyst Award. This may help explain synapse loss in Alzheimer’s.
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Building bridges between Alzheimer’s theories
A new study finds links between two popular models of the disease—and the results could change how
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September 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Amyloid beta and inflammation may converge on the LilrB2 receptor, according to new research led by Carla Shatz and supported by a Knight Initiative Catalyst Award. This may help explain synapse loss in Alzheimer’s.
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/buildin...
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/buildin...