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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.
brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/new-atl...
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Get to know our Institute Scholars or 'scientific misfits', recruited in collaboration with partner departments @Stanford, who are shaping the future of science and medicine:
Sarafan ChEM-H Institute Scholars
ChEM-H faculty lead labs that tackle big problems in human health research, like cancer, aging, and infectious disease
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January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Get to know our Institute Scholars or 'scientific misfits', recruited in collaboration with partner departments @Stanford, who are shaping the future of science and medicine:
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Congrats to Guosong Hong, a/prof @stanfordbrain.bsky.social, on receiving the inaugural #BiophotonicsDiscovery Impact of the Year Award!
Hong is honored for achieving optical transparency in live animals via absorbing dyes, a transformative advance in #biophotonics. 💡
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Hong is honored for achieving optical transparency in live animals via absorbing dyes, a transformative advance in #biophotonics. 💡
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January 19, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Congrats to Guosong Hong, a/prof @stanfordbrain.bsky.social, on receiving the inaugural #BiophotonicsDiscovery Impact of the Year Award!
Hong is honored for achieving optical transparency in live animals via absorbing dyes, a transformative advance in #biophotonics. 💡
spie.org/news/stanfor...
Hong is honored for achieving optical transparency in live animals via absorbing dyes, a transformative advance in #biophotonics. 💡
spie.org/news/stanfor...
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...
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...
Wu Tsai Neuro researchers reprogrammed fruit fly brain development and behavior.
In normal flies (left), olfactory receptor axons (green) don’t connect with dendrites of other projection neurons (magenta). In rewired flies (right), green axons retarget to match magenta dendrites.
In normal flies (left), olfactory receptor axons (green) don’t connect with dendrites of other projection neurons (magenta). In rewired flies (right), green axons retarget to match magenta dendrites.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Wu Tsai Neuro researchers reprogrammed fruit fly brain development and behavior.
In normal flies (left), olfactory receptor axons (green) don’t connect with dendrites of other projection neurons (magenta). In rewired flies (right), green axons retarget to match magenta dendrites.
In normal flies (left), olfactory receptor axons (green) don’t connect with dendrites of other projection neurons (magenta). In rewired flies (right), green axons retarget to match magenta dendrites.
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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."
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.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/2025-ne...
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
YouTube video by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford
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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."
youtube.com/shorts/C_USl...
"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."
youtube.com/shorts/C_USl...
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🎤 The first talk of the meeting is by Irene Lorenzo Llorente from @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @stanfordbrain.bsky.social 🇺🇸, who is presenting her work on advances in cell-based therapies for brain repair.
#ChristmasMeeting_IN
#ChristmasMeeting_IN
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🎤 The first talk of the meeting is by Irene Lorenzo Llorente from @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @stanfordbrain.bsky.social 🇺🇸, who is presenting her work on advances in cell-based therapies for brain repair.
#ChristmasMeeting_IN
#ChristmasMeeting_IN
Last week, the Stanford Wu Tsai Neuro and Sarafan ChEM-H communities came together for a Labs Spotlight happy hour, featuring research from the Giocomo, Huguenard, Ding, and Krishnan labs.
Each lab shared ongoing work, sparking conversations and cross-disciplinary connections.
Each lab shared ongoing work, sparking conversations and cross-disciplinary connections.
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Last week, the Stanford Wu Tsai Neuro and Sarafan ChEM-H communities came together for a Labs Spotlight happy hour, featuring research from the Giocomo, Huguenard, Ding, and Krishnan labs.
Each lab shared ongoing work, sparking conversations and cross-disciplinary connections.
Each lab shared ongoing work, sparking conversations and cross-disciplinary connections.
Stanford researchers spread winter cheer by writing cards to senior citizens while enjoying warm drinks and treats at a Coffee and Card Making social jointly hosted by Wu Tsai Neuro and @stanford-chemh.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Stanford researchers spread winter cheer by writing cards to senior citizens while enjoying warm drinks and treats at a Coffee and Card Making social jointly hosted by Wu Tsai Neuro and @stanford-chemh.bsky.social.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Could treating anxiety ease constipation? Why does keto reduce seizures? Do gut microbes influence memory?
Our 12th annual symposium explored how our brains and bodies communicate—and what that means for our health and well-being.
Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurosc...
Our 12th annual symposium explored how our brains and bodies communicate—and what that means for our health and well-being.
Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurosc...
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Could treating anxiety ease constipation? Why does keto reduce seizures? Do gut microbes influence memory?
Our 12th annual symposium explored how our brains and bodies communicate—and what that means for our health and well-being.
Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurosc...
Our 12th annual symposium explored how our brains and bodies communicate—and what that means for our health and well-being.
Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurosc...
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With support from @stanfordbrain.bsky.social Bio-X NIH and @brainorganogenesis.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
With support from @stanfordbrain.bsky.social Bio-X NIH and @brainorganogenesis.bsky.social
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Deadline approaching for participating in the international Stanford Course on Neural Assembloids in spring 2026!
This is an immersive, hands-on course on generating, probing and manipulating stem cell-derived neural #assembloids and #organoids for disease and development modeling.
This is an immersive, hands-on course on generating, probing and manipulating stem cell-derived neural #assembloids and #organoids for disease and development modeling.
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Deadline approaching for participating in the international Stanford Course on Neural Assembloids in spring 2026!
This is an immersive, hands-on course on generating, probing and manipulating stem cell-derived neural #assembloids and #organoids for disease and development modeling.
This is an immersive, hands-on course on generating, probing and manipulating stem cell-derived neural #assembloids and #organoids for disease and development modeling.
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"The Emergent Mind" has been living rent free in my head for the past month — I have trouble thinking about the brain without finding a new application.
Check out my conversation with neural network pioneer Jay McClelland, and stay tuned for more on AI and neuroscience in 2026!
Check out my conversation with neural network pioneer Jay McClelland, and stay tuned for more on AI and neuroscience in 2026!
How does intelligence emerge from neural networks in our brains and artificial networks in machines?
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The Emergent Mind" has been living rent free in my head for the past month — I have trouble thinking about the brain without finding a new application.
Check out my conversation with neural network pioneer Jay McClelland, and stay tuned for more on AI and neuroscience in 2026!
Check out my conversation with neural network pioneer Jay McClelland, and stay tuned for more on AI and neuroscience in 2026!
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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!!
neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...
Exciting meeting in 2026 in Switzerland!!
neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...
How does intelligence emerge from neural networks in our brains and artificial networks in machines?
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How does intelligence emerge from neural networks in our brains and artificial networks in machines?
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
Stanford cognitive scientist Jay McClelland explains on our podcast, exploring the neural network view of the mind and what it means for AI.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/emergen...
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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.
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/qa-key-...
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/qa-key-...
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-...
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/qa-key-...
Imagine losing your ability to speak. You know what you want to say, but the brain-to-muscle connection for forming words no longer works.
Can BCIs bypass those broken circuits to help people speak again? Erin Kunz shares how they work and what’s ahead.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Can BCIs bypass those broken circuits to help people speak again? Erin Kunz shares how they work and what’s ahead.
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Could brain implants read our thoughts? (Not yet)
Join us as we talk with Erin Kunz about building brain-computer interfaces to restore speech to people
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November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Imagine losing your ability to speak. You know what you want to say, but the brain-to-muscle connection for forming words no longer works.
Can BCIs bypass those broken circuits to help people speak again? Erin Kunz shares how they work and what’s ahead.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Can BCIs bypass those broken circuits to help people speak again? Erin Kunz shares how they work and what’s ahead.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
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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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With @hankgreely.bsky.social & supported by @danafoundation.bsky.social @brainorganogenesis.bsky.social @stanfordbrain.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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An amazing group of scientists, philosophers, legal scholars, ethicists, policy makers, patient advocates, funders and trainees convened at Asilomar for one of the most stimulating meetings I have had the privilege to organize, focused on the ethics of research with neural #organoids & #assembloids
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
An amazing group of scientists, philosophers, legal scholars, ethicists, policy makers, patient advocates, funders and trainees convened at Asilomar for one of the most stimulating meetings I have had the privilege to organize, focused on the ethics of research with neural #organoids & #assembloids
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.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
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.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...