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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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. -
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. -
Study pinpoints key mechanism of brain aging
July 30, 2025 - Stanford Report News
A study of killifish from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Judith Frydman, with co-lead author Dr. Jae Ho Lee, reveals how protein dysfunction develops in vertebrate brain cells, a key driver of aging – shedding light on cognitive decline and diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS. -
How diet shapes energy production in the gut microbiome
July 30, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Research from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Jonas Cremer, with lead author Dr. Markus Arnoldini, reveals a new method for quantifying fatty acid production in the gut and highlights the important role of complex carbs in energy and overall health. -
‘The human brain remains the final frontier’
July 24, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member, Clark Center resident faculty member, and neuroscientist Sergiu Pasca is pioneering technology to recreate human brain tissue and neural circuits in the lab – giving scientists unprecedented access to human brain development and opening new possibilities for treating disorders from psychiatric disease to chronic pain. -
Light-based technology for imaging brain waves could advance disease research
July 16, 2025 - Stanford Report News
New tools from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty member Mark Schnitzer and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Michael Lin, with lead authors Dr. Simon Haziza and Dr. Radosław Chrapkiewicz, reveal how neuron-specific waves travel through the brains of mice in real time. They hold promise for understanding diseases such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s, and open avenues for advances in neuroscience and AI. -
Announcing the 2025 Stanford Bio-X Food Fellows!
June 18, 2025
Stanford Bio-X is delighted to announce our inaugural year Stanford Bio-X Food Fellowships. -
Announcing the 2025 Stanford Sapp Family CS Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program Cohort!
June 16, 2025
Stanford Bio-X is delighted to announce the 2025 Stanford Sapp Family CS Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) cohort! -
Announcing the 2025 Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellows!
June 10, 2025
Stanford Bio-X is delighted to announce the 2025 cohort for the Stanford Bio-X PhD Graduate Student Fellowships. -
Advance in creating organoids could aid research, lead to treatment
June 5, 2025 - Stanford Medicine News
Stanford Bio-X and Clark Center building resident Oscar Abilez, with co-lead author Dr. Huaxiao Yang, co-author previous Stanford Bio-X Fellow Kitchener Wilson, and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Ioannis Karakikes, Gary Peltz, Christopher Zarins, and Joseph Wu, developed a way to create the first heart and liver organoids that generate their own blood vessels, possibly paving the way for organoid-based regenerative therapies. -
A game-changing way to treat stroke
June 4, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Renee Zhao, Jeremy Heit, and Paul Yock, with lead author Yilong Chang, have developed a new technology for removing blood clots that is more than twice as effective as current techniques. It could significantly improve success rates in treating strokes, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms, and other clot-related diseases. -
Blood sugar response to various carbohydrates can point to metabolic health subtypes, study finds
June 4, 2025 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michael Snyder and Tracey McLaughlin, with co-first authors Ben Ehlert, Dr. Ahmed Metwally, and Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Dr. Yue Wu have identified blood glucose response patterns to different carbohydrates that correspond to insulin resistance, beta cell dysfunction and hypertension. -
Researchers use machine learning to improve gene therapy
June 3, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Xiaojing Gao, Michael Bassik, Lacramioara Bintu, and Ash Alizadeh, co-author Stanford Bio-X Fellow Binbin Chen, and lead author Eric Wolfsberg are leveraging AI to optimize the efficacy and safety of targeted cell and gene therapies. The work was partially supported by a Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant, titled: To Humanize and Deimmunize Synthetic Transcription Factors.