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Welcome to the biweekly electronic newsletter from Stanford Bio-X for members of the Bio-X Corporate Forum. The following are key links to the history of Bio-X and the Clark Center (hub of Bio-X): Bio-X Timeline, CLARK CENTER @ 10X, Celebrating the Clark Center, and President John Hennessy's article calling Bio-X and the Clark Center "A Cauldron of Innovation".
Stanford part of Bay Area Biohub collaboration on health research
A new collaboration created by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, co-led by Bio-X affiliate Steve Quake, will empower Stanford faculty to study biotechnology together with UC Berkeley and UCSF.
Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash wins prestigious MacArthur grant
Bio-X affiliate Manu Prakash, as assistant professor of bioengineering, has been awarded a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
NEWS
BRAIN-SENSING TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS TYPING AT 12 WORDS PER MINUTE
Research from Bio-X Affiliated Faculty Krishna Shenoy and Postdoctoral Scholar Paul Nuyujukian
IRON NANOPARTICLES MAKE IMMUNE CELLS ATTACK CANCER
Research by Bio-X Affiliated Faculty Heike Daldrup-Link
REGULATORY RNA ESSENTIAL TO DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE
Research from Bio-X Affiliated Faculty Howard Chang
POP SCIENCE: STANFORD ENGINEERS STOP SOAP BUBBLES FROM SWIRLING
Research from Bio-X Affiliated Faculty Gerald Fuller
NEW FINDINGS BY STANFORD CHEMISTS COULD LEAD TO GREENER METHANOL PRODUCTION
Research from Bio-X Affiliated Faculty Edward Solomon
STANFORD RESEARCHERS LAUNCH IPHONE APP TO STUDY PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE
Research by Clinical Associate Surgery Faculty Oliver Aalami
BIO-X CORE PROGRAMS
INTERDISCIPLINARY INITIATIVES SEED GRANTS PROGRAM - Key Stanford initiative that accelerates scientific discovery and innovation and has resulted in 10+ fold return on investment, hundreds of publications, and dozens of patents filed. Currently awarded to 164 projects over 7 rounds.
Awarded IIP Seed Grant projects are highlighted through our symposiums. Please click below to learn more about the research from the latestpIIP symposium on Aug 24, 2016.
FELLOWSHIPS - Awarded yearly to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars of Bio-X affiliated faculty, and has resulted in publications in high-impact journals as well as excellent offers to our Fellows in industry and academia. Currently awarded to 198 Fellows over the past 12 rounds.
UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM - Invaluable opportunity for Stanford undergraduates to conduct hands-on research, learn how to carry out experiments in the laboratory, and develop the skills to read and analyze scientific literature. Currently awarded to 371 Stanford undergraduates over the past 10 rounds.
EVENTS
BIO-X
SEMINAR - "Scientists, the press and what the public needs to know"
Michael Specter
Staff Writer for The New Yorker
September 28, 2016
4 pm - 5 pm
James H. Clark Center Auditorium
BIO-X
FRONTIERS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSCIENCES PRE-SEMINAR (for Beth Stevens)
David Prince, MD
Stanford University
October 4, 2016
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
James H. Clark Center Seminar Room S361
STANFORD NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE
SEMINAR - "Sounds in silence: how glial cells in the ear promote development of the auditory system before hearing onset"
Dwight Bergles, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Oct 6, 2016
3 pm - 4 pm
James H. Clark Center Auditorium
BIO-X
FRONTIERS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSCIENCES Seminar - "How microglia prune synapses in health and disease"
Beth Stevens, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
October 6, 2016
12 pm - 1 pm
James H. Clark Center Auditorium
RESOURCES
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING "TECHFINDER"
STANFORD CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
To learn more about Stanford Bio-X, please email either Dr. Hanwei Li, Bio-X Corporate Forum Liaison or Dr. Heideh Fattaey, Executive Director of Bio-X Operations and Programs.
