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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Swelling of nanoscale sponges drives metasurface light modulator
November 13, 2024 - Nature Materials
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Nick Melosh, Mark Brongsersma, and Eric Appel, with lead author Stanford Bio-X Travel Award Recipient Siddharth Doshi, used soft materials to develop a nanoscale optical modulator that could open up new possibilities for intimate interfaces with the body, ranging from imaging implants that redirect light inside the body, to sensors and displays that sit directly on contact lenses. -
2024-2025 RFP NOW LIVE! Visiting Scholar or Visiting Postdoc Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation
Call opens: November 6, 2024
Call deadline: January 29, 2025 (2pm CET)
RFP GOES LIVE NOV. 6: the Stanford Bio-X Program and the Novo Nordisk Foundation are opening their call for applications for the Visiting Scholar or Visiting Postdoc Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X! -
Scientists glue two proteins together, driving cancer cells to self-destruct
October 22, 2024 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X faculty members Gerald Crabtree and Nathanael S. Gray, with co-lead authors Dr. Roman C. Sarott, Dr. Sai Gourisankar, and Basel Karim, hope this new technique will flip lymphoma protein’s normal action — from preventing cell death to triggering it. The research was partially supported by Stanford Bio-X. -
Stanford Medicine professors elected to the National Academy of Medicine
October 22, 2024 - Stanford Medicine News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Konstantina Stankovic and Vice Provost and Dean of Research David Studdert join the distinguished society of scientists. -
Apply for the 2025 Stanford Sapp Family CS Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program!
October 15, 2024
Applications for the 2025 Stanford Sapp Family CS Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program are due Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 8am PST! -
Hidden biological processes can affect how the ocean stores carbon
October 11, 2024 - Stanford Engineering
Microscopic organisms in the ocean play a key role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new study from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Manu Prakash and Travel Award recipients Rahul Chajwa and Ellie Flaum unveils a hidden biological factor that could change our understanding of how this process works, and make climate change predictions more accurate. -
CeriBell, Inc., launched from a Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant, CeriBell rang the bell at Nasdaq and debuted as a public trading company!
October 11, 2024
In 2012, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Josef Parvizi and Chris Chafe received a Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant to create a stethoscope device for the brain. This Seed Grant launched CeriBell, Inc. – which made its market debut on Friday, October 11 in an IPO that is expected to generate $180.3 million in proceeds! -
Liver cancer stem cells shown to use immune system as shield to spark disease recurrence
October 9, 2024 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A Stanford Medicine-led study from Stanford Bio-X faculty members Dean Felsher, James Zou, Nishita Kothary, and C. Andrew Bonham, with co-author Stanford Bio-X Fellow Aaron Mayer, with co-lead authors Dr. Lea Lemaitre, Dr. Nia Adeniji, and Akanksha Suresh found that residual liver cancer cells interact with neighboring macrophages to prompt the disease to reappear. -
New strategy could turn IV medicines into pills
October 9, 2024 - Stanford Report
The method from Stanford Bio-X faculty member Justin Annes and lead author Arvin B. Karbasi, which involves adding a small chemical tag onto existing drugs, could make it possible for chemotherapy patients to take pills rather than receive IV infusions. -
Stanford Medicine study hints at ways to generate new neurons in old brains
October 2, 2024 - Stanford Report
Stanford Bio-X faculty members Anne Brunet and Michael Bassik's finding suggests the possibility of designing pharmaceutical or genetic therapies to turn on new neuron production in old or injured brains. -
Inside four undergrads’ summer research at Stanford
September 30, 2024 - Stanford News
Isabel Cai and Remington Graham, and Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participants Nicholas Neoman and Selena Niemi, spent the break going deep into rare blood diseases, international powers, virtual reality, and sustainability. -
Bringing lost proteins back home
September 20, 2024 - Stanford Report
A new method for relocating proteins that have been misplaced in cells, from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Steven Banik and Bianxiao Cui could mean new treatments for cancers and neurodegeneration. -
MicroDicer and microGrater make quick work of tumor dissection
September 10, 2024 - Stanford News
Two new biology lab tools will help researchers quickly turn out scores of uniformly sized tissue samples to study many therapies at once. The work was partially supported by a Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant! -
Krill harvesting threatens whale recovery
September 10, 2024 - Stanford Report
Soaring human demand for krill in the Southern Ocean poses a challenge to the recovery of whale species once hunted nearly to extinction. Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jeremy Goldbogen identifies the growing food conflict and offer solutions. -
Cognitive behavioral therapy for depression can lead to lasting changes in the brain
September 6, 2024 - Stanford Report
New research from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Leanne Williams, Trisha Suppes, Philip Lavori, and Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski adds to the evidence that choosing treatment based on the neurological underpinnings of a patient’s depression increases the odds of success. -
Researchers make mouse skin transparent using a common food dye
September 5, 2024 - Stanford News
In a stunning experiment, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Guosong Hong, Mark Brongsersma, Julia Kaltschmidt, Xiaoke Chen, and Jun Ding, as well as Bio-X Fellows Yi Shiou Duh, Nicholas Rommelfanger, and Betty Cai, as well as Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Elizabeth Schmidt, were able to see through a living mouse’s skin to its internal organs, simply by applying common light-absorbing molecules. The work was partially supported by a Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant! -
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant leads to first new clinical imaging platform in a quarter-century
August 27, 2024 - Stanford News
A clinical imaging system recently designated by the FDA as a “breakthrough device” uses optical and AI technologies pioneered at Stanford to help diagnose skin cancers in real time. This discovery was launched by a Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant! -
Announcing the 2024 Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program Cohort!
June 24, 2024
Stanford Bio-X is delighted to announce the 2024 Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) cohort! -
Announcing the 2024 Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellows!
June 6, 2024
Stanford Bio-X is delighted to announce the 2024 cohort for the Stanford Bio-X PhD Graduate Student Fellowships. -
Sergiu Pasca Wins the 2024 Schaller Prize for Translational Neuroscience
June 4, 2024
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty Sergiu Paşca has won the 2024 Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience. -
Stanford faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 1, 2024 - Stanford Report
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced 124 newly elected members, of which seven are Stanford University researchers, including Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Zhenan Bao, Suzanne Pfeffer, Jennifer Raymond, and Joanna Wysocka. -
Five Stanford undergraduates named 2024 Goldwater Scholars
April 30, 2024 - Stanford Report
The national award encourages outstanding students to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. The five Stanford undergraduates awarded include Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program participants Cyrus Hajian and Jaeah Kim. -
Seven Stanford faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 18, 2024 - Stanford Report
Faculty from across disciplines were honored by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, recognizing their excellence and leadership in work that advances the common good. The seven Stanford faculty elected include Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Daniel Ho, Michael Frank, and Christine Jacobs-Wagner. -
Brain organoids and assembloids are new models for elucidating, treating neurodevelopmental disorders
April 24, 2024 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Research from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty Sergiu Pasca and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member John Huguenard, with co-author Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Zuzana Hudacova, with co-lead authors Dr. Xiaoyu Chen and Dr. Fikri Birey, on Timothy syndrome — which predisposes newborns to autism and epilepsy — may extend well beyond the rare genetic disorder to schizophrenia and other conditions. -
Seven Stanford faculty named AAAS Fellows
April 18, 2024 - Stanford Report
Seven Stanford faculty are among the 502 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, including Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Bali Pulendran, Robert Waymouth, and Tony Wyss-Coray. -
Stanford Medicine study flags unexpected cells in lung as suspected source of severe COVID
April 10, 2024 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Catherine Blish, Mark Krasnow, Peter Kim, W. E. Moerner, Christin Kuo, Julia Salzman, Stephen Quake, Joseph Shrager, and Irving Weissman, with co-lead authors Stanford Bio-X Fellow Timothy Wu, Dr. Kyle Travaglini, and Dr. Arjun Rustagi, as well as co-authors Stanford Bio-X Fellows Aaron Wilk and Daniel Liu have found a previously overlooked type of immune cell allows SARS-CoV-2 to proliferate. The discovery has important implications for preventing severe COVID-19. -
‘Virtual biopsy’ lets clinicians analyze skin noninvasively
April 10, 2024 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and previous Stanford Bio-X fellow Adam de la Zerda and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Kavita Sarin and Steve Chu, with lead author Stanford Bio-X Fellow Yonatan Winetraub and co-author Travel Award recipient Itamar Terem, develop a new imaging method to create a cell-by-cell reconstruction of skin or other tissue without taking a biopsy. -
A quarter century of Bio-X community science
March 26, 2024 - Stanford News
After 25 years of transformational research, Stanford Bio-X is still fueling new ideas and changing lives through a scientific community like no other. -
Weight loss caused by common diabetes drug tied to “anti-hunger” molecule in study
March 18, 2024 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A Stanford Medicine study from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Jonathan Long and Joshua Knowles, with co-authors Stanford Bio-X Fellow Veronica Li and Stanford Bio-X Travel Award recipient Wei Wei, found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug associated with moderate weight loss, stimulates production of lac-phe, a molecule abundant after exercise. -
Going atom-by-atom, Stanford researchers craft a new precision drug for fighting COVID-19
March 13, 2024 - Stanford News
The rapidly evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus threatens the progress made in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic. Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Michael Lin and Novo Nordisk Foundation-sponsored Stanford Bio-X Visiting Scholar Michael Westberg have developed a promising novel drug candidate, designed at the atomic level, that could help doctors halt the rise of lethal new drug resistant variants. Co-authors include Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Shirit Einav and Catherine Blish and Stanford Bio-X Fellows Xinzhi Zou and Yan Wu.