Ellen Kuhl named director of Stanford Bio-X
March 29, 2024 - Stanford News
Kuhl aims to continue Bio-X’s legacy of facilitating multidisciplinary fundamental research and innovation.
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members and fellows are generating scientific advances that expand our understanding of how the body works and will ultimately improve human health. These news stories and press releases describe some of those breakthroughs.
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Math learning disability affects how the brain tackles problems
February 9, 2026 - Stanford Medicine News
On simple math problems, even if they’re getting correct answers, kids with a math learning disability aren’t using their brains the same way as their peers, shows a study from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Vinod Menon, with co-lead authors Dr. Hyesang Chang, Dr. Percy Mistry, and Dr. Yuan Zhang. -
New method measures energy dissipation in the smallest devices
February 9, 2026 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Grant Rotskoff and Aaron Lindenberg, with lead author Yuejun Shen, have developed a breakthrough technique that quantifies energy dissipation in complex, small systems, offering insights into energy use, efficiency, and speed in computers and other devices. -
Scientists break ‘decades of gridlock’ in climate modeling
February 4, 2026 - Stanford Report News
In global climate models, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Aditi Sheshadri, lead author Aman Gupta, and their team have harnessed AI to accurately model atmospheric gravity waves, ripples of air that affect the polar vortex, winter weather, and climate patterns. -
Mathematical model sheds light on African American family ties
January 29, 2026 - Stanford Report News
Sparse record-keeping during slavery has created gaps in African American family trees. New modeling from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Noah Rosenberg with lead author Dr. Lily Agranat-Tamir offers valuable insights into genealogical connections. -
New chip-sized optical amplifier can intensify light 100 times
January 28, 2026 - Stanford Report News
Energy-efficient and small enough to fit in a smartphone, an optical amplifier developed by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Amir Safavi-Naeini, with co-lead authors Devin J. Dean and Taewon Park, could improve fiber optic networks and spur new technologies in biosensing, data communications, and more. -
Colorblindness may increase risk of bladder cancer deaths
January 23, 2026 - Stanford Report News
A study with Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Prithvi Mruthyunjaya found that the earliest sign of bladder cancer – blood in the urine – is often invisible to people who are colorblind, increasing their risk of dying from the disease. -
The face scars less than the body – a new study unravels why
January 22, 2026 - Stanford Report News
A Stanford Medicine study in mice from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michael Longaker, Joanna Wysocka, and Howard Chang, as well as co-author Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellow Jennifer Parker, with co-lead authors Dr. Michelle Griffin and Dr. Dayan Li, shows that facial wounds scar less thanks to unique cellular pathways, opening the door to improved healing after surgery or trauma. -
New atlas could help researchers studying neurological disease
January 22, 2026 - Stanford Report News
A database of lysosomal proteins from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Monther Abu-Remaileh, Natalia Gomez-Ospina, and Marius Wernig, with co-lead authors Dr. Ali Ghoochani, Dr. Julia Heiby and Dr. Allesandro Ori is already guiding researchers in studying how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work – or don’t – in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases. -
AI predicts health outcomes for premature infants
January 21, 2026 - Stanford Report News
Nima Aghaeepour, Karl Sylvester, David Stevenson, Gary Shaw, Martin Angst, Brice Gaudilliere, and Ivana Maric, as well as co-author Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Camilo Espinosa, with co-lead authors Dr. Alan Chang and Dr. Jonathan Reiss, developed an AI algorithm that analyzes newborn blood samples to identify patterns linked to health complications from preterm birth. -
New protective layer boosts lithium metal battery performance
January 16, 2026 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Wendy Gu, Yi Cui, and Robert Sinclair, with co-lead authors Dr. Xin Xu, Dr. Teng Cui, Dr. Geoff McConohy, Dr. Harsh D. Jagad, and Samuel S. Lee, have created an ultrathin silver coating for solid electrolytes that increases resistance to cracking, promising breakthroughs in the safety and longevity of lithium metal batteries. -
A new diet option for mild-to-moderate Crohn’s disease
January 13, 2026 - Stanford Medicine News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Christopher Gardner and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Sidhartha Sinha, Justin Sonnenburg, Aida Habtezion, and Mark Davis, with co-lead authors Dr. Chiraag Kulkarni and Touran Fardeen, found a short-term, calorie-restrictive diet significantly improved symptoms. -
Apply for the 2026 Stanford Bio-X, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, and Sarafan ChEM-H Fellowships!
January 7, 2026
The Stanford Bio-X Leadership Council is pleased to announce the 23rd annual competition for Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellowships. -
New material changes color and texture like an octopus
January 7, 2026 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Nicholas Melosh, Mark Brongersma, Alberto Salleo, Polly Fordyce, with co-author Stanford Bio-X Fellow Peter Suzuki and first author Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Siddarth Doshi have developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors, offering potential applications in camouflage, art, robotics, and nanoscale bioengineering. -
New AI model predicts disease risk while you sleep
January 6, 2026 - Stanford Medicine News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Emmanuel Mignot and James Zou, with co-lead authors Rahul Thapa and Magnus Ruud Kjaer, created the first artificial intelligence model that can predict more than 100 health conditions from one night’s sleep. -
Submit a Letter of Intent for the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program!
January 6, 2026
Stanford Bio-X is now accepting Letters of Intent for the 13th Round of the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program! -
Genetic changes tied to human brain evolution
December 17, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Hunter Fraser, with lead author Alex Starr, explore how shifts in gene expression during brain evolution may relate to neurodevelopmental variation. -
Silicon Chips on the Brain: Researchers Announce a New Generation of Brain-Computer Interface
December 8, 2025
Andreas Tolias, a Professor in the Stanford Department of Ophthalmology at the Byers Eye Institute, as well as a Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center resident faculty member, is a senior author on the publication in Nature Electronics. Fabricated as a single chip, the new implant is orders of magnitude faster and smaller than today’s state-of-the-art brain-computer interfaces, offering an opportunity for more efficacious treatment of a number of neurological conditions. -
‘Immune system reset’ cures Type 1 diabetes in mice
November 17, 2025 - Stanford Report News
In a study from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Seung Kim, Judith Shizuru, and Everett Meyer, with lead author Stanford Bio-X Fellow Preksha Bhagchandani, a gentle dual-transplant approach cured or prevented Type 1 diabetes in mice. The discovery could also open a new path for treating autoimmune diseases and improving organ transplants. -
Zhuokun Ding, Stelios Papadopoulos, and Paul Fahey of the Andreas Tolias lab in Stanford Ophthalmology have won an Aspirational Neuroscience Annual Award!
November 17, 2025
Zhuokun Ding, Stelios Papadopoulos, and Paul Fahey of Dr. Andreas Tolias’s lab, in the Andreas Tolias lab from the Department of Opthalmology, have won an Aspirational Neuroscience Award at this year’s Society for Neuroscience Conference! -
Medications change our gut microbiome in predictable ways
November 17, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members KC Huang and Justin Sonnenburg, with first author Stanford Bio-X Fellow Handuo Shi and co-author Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Daniel Newton, have found that common medications can unsettle the gut microbiome. Predicting these changes may help scientists design treatments that reduce side effects. -
Apply for the 2026 Stanford Sapp Family CS Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program!
October 20, 2025
Applications for the 2026 Stanford Sapp Family CS Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program are due Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 8am PST! -
Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration
October 20, 2025 - Stanford Medicine News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Daniel Palanker led a clinical trial of a wireless retinal prosthesis, in which people with advanced macular degeneration regained enough vision to read books and subway signs. This work was initially launched by a 2008 Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant titled: Optoelectronic Retinal Prosthesis. -
Soft bioelectronic fiber can track hundreds of biological events simultaneously
September 17, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Developed by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Zhenan Bao, James Dunn, Julia Kaltschmidt, and Xiaoke Chen, with co-authors Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipients Alex Abramson, Ryan Hamnett, Samuel Root, Weilai Yu, Yuanwen Jiang, Jinxing Li, and Weichen Wang, and co-lead authors Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Muhammad Khatib, Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellow Eric Zhao, and Shiyuan Wei, NeuroString is a hair-thin multichannel biosensor and stimulator with promising potential applications in drug delivery, nerve stimulation, smart fabrics, and more. The work was initially launched by a 2018 Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant titled: Closed-loop neurochemical sensing and modulation system for treating psychiatric disorders. -
Classic recessive-or-dominant gene dynamics may not be so simple
September 15, 2025 - Stanford Report News
New fruit fly research from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Dmitri Petrov, with Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Anastasia Lyulina and lead author Dr. Marianthi Karageorgi, provides the first direct evidence of “dominance reversal,” revealing why pesticide resistance is so hard to eliminate in changing environments. -
Discovery highlights the nervous system’s role in cancer growth
September 10, 2025 - Stanford Report News
A finding from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michelle Monje, Julien Sage, and Mark Krasnow, with co-author Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellow Yoon Seok Kim and co-lead authors Solomiia Savchuk and Kaylee Gentry about how small cell lung cancer cells interact with brain neurons could lead to new strategies for treating one of the most fatal forms of human cancer. -
Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice
September 9, 2025 - Stanford Report News
For the first time, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Manu Prakash and Kevin Arrigo, with co-authors Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellow Hongquan Li and Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Hope Leng and lead author Dr. Qing Zhang, report that Arctic algae can hustle along in -15 C – the lowest-temperature movement ever recorded in complex, living cells. This discovery raises new questions about how algal communities regulate the overall health of the Arctic environment. -
Announcing the 2025 Food@Stanford Snack Grants!
September 2, 2025
Food@Stanford is delighted to announce the awardees of the 2025 Snack Grants! -
Scientists develop interface that ‘reads’ thoughts from speech-impaired patients
August 14, 2025 - Stanford Report News
A new device from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members and Clark Center building resident faculty members Frank Willett and Jaimie Henderson and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Shaul Druckmann, with co-lead authors Dr. Erin Kunz and Benyamin Meschede-Krasa could help decode inner speech in paralysis patients – but only on their command – potentially restoring rapid communication. -
Walkable cities boost daily activity by an average of 1,100 steps
August 13, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Scott Delp and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jure Leskovec, with co-author Stanford Bio-X Fellow Jennifer Hicks, analyzed smartphone data from 1,600 U.S. cities and discovered that residents of walkable cities are encouraged to be significantly more active. -
Study reveals gait retraining could help treat knee osteoarthritis
August 12, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Nearly 25% of adults over 40 are affected by osteoarthritis. New research from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Scott Delp and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Garry Gold and Feliks Kogan, with first author Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Scott Uhlrich demonstrates how personalized walking patterns can slow cartilage degradation and deliver pain relief comparable to medication.