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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Common prostate cancer treatment linked to later dementia
October 13, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new retrospective study of the health records of prostate cancer patients, from Bio-X affiliates Nigam Shah and Nicholas Leeper, supports an association between androgen deprivation therapy and future risk of dementia. -
New technique offers glimpse at human evolution in action
October 13, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
A international team led by Bio-X affiliate Jonathan Pritchard used a new analytic technique to map recent evolution. -
Stanford researchers find that the future of Antarctic marine protected areas is at risk
October 13, 2016 - Stanford News
A study from Bio-X affiliates Larry Crowder and Rob Dunbar shows that efforts to adopt protected areas in the Southern Ocean are thwarted by politics and fishing interests. -
Scientists develop inflammation test to predict cardiovascular disease
October 13, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
From Bio-X affiliates Holden Maecker, Joseph Wu, Mark Davis, and Francois Haddad, an assessment blending several measures of immune-cell responsiveness predicted cardiovascular problems in individuals who likely would have slipped under the radar. -
Stanford part of Bay Area Biohub collaboration for health research
September 21, 2016 - Stanford News
Stanford faculty will be part of a new collaboration created by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, co-led by Bio-X affiliate Steve Quake, to study biotechnology together with UC Berkeley and UCSF. -
Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash wins prestigious MacArthur grant
September 21, 2016 - Stanford News
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. -
Carla Shatz wins the 2016 Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award!
September 6, 2016
Bio-X Director Carla Shatz has won the the 2016 António Champalimaud Vision Award. -
Join us Wednesday, August 24th!
August 24, 2016
Join us for the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program Symposium! There will be 8 faculty talks, followed by a poster session with over 130 posters. -
Stanford researchers describe how the human body creates different classes of antibodies
August 2, 2016 - Stanford News
Bio-X affiliates Steve Quake's and Mark Davis's first, detailed map of the body's antibody production could suggest new treatment options for immune disorders. -
Study identifies brain areas altered during hypnotic trances
July 28, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
By scanning the brains of subjects while they were hypnotized, researchers under Bio-X affiliate Michael Greicius were able to see the neural changes associated with hypnosis. -
Stanford chemists craft catalyst for making biodegradable plastics
July 28, 2016 - Stanford News
A long-standing collaboration between Stanford, including Bio-X affiliate Robert Waymouth, and IBM chemists has led to the development of a catalyst that could make biodegradable plastics derived from renewable materials. -
One researcher’s journey to understand the molecular basis of aging, using blood
July 27, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Hanadie Yousef studies how the body ages under Bio-X affiliate Tony Wyss-Coray. Her current research is based on a study from the lab of Bio-X affiliate Thomas Rando. -
How data can help us understand cancer and its treatment
July 27, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
The dream, say Bio-X affiliates Jan Liphardt and Russ Altman, is to have cancer-relevant medical data flow unimpeded around the world, so that everyone, wherever they are, can see and use this information. -
Stanford research cites child mortality as major factor in lifespan inequality gap
July 20, 2016 - Stanford News
Researchers under Bio-X affiliate Shripad Tuljapurkar found that a reduction in child mortality is a key driver in the declining lifespan inequality gap in wealthy countries. -
Anti-tumor antibodies could counter atherosclerosis
July 14, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliates Nicholas Leeper, Irv Weissman, and Thomas Quertermous find that a biological drug could be used to combat cardiovascular disease by targeting the actual lesions bearing direct responsibility: atherosclerotic plaques. -
Researchers coax human stem cells to rapidly generate bone, heart muscle
July 14, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study under Bio-X affiliates Irv Weissman, Anshul Kundaje, William Talbot, and Philip Beachy shows that combining positive and negative signals can steer stem cells down developmental paths to become specialized tissues that could be used in the clinic. -
Stanford students replicate museum objects from the Cantor Arts Center
July 14, 2016 - Stanford News
Stanford physics and history students under Bio-X affiliate Hideo Mabuchi explore how hands-on investigations can provide insights into the past in an art and science learning lab. -
Spinning wheels: Cycling as a strategy to cope with ADHD
July 13, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate Allan Reiss is working with the non-profit the Specialized Foundation, planning to use a precision-health approach to develop treat individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). -
Mapping the human embryo, cell by cell
July 13, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliates Vittorio Sebastiano, Bertha Chen, and Hiromitsu Nakauchi have devised a way to study the gene-expression patterns of individual cells to identify regions of the blastocyst that give rise to a structure that makes the tissues of the embryo. -
How do you build a helmet that prevents concussions?
July 13, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
Bio-X affiliate, bioengineer, and former football player David Camarillo aims to reinvent the helmet to prevent brain injury. -
Stanford research details ‘one-two punch’ of climate and land use changes on certain species
July 11, 2016 - Stanford News
A study from Bio-X affiliate Elizabeth Hadly highlights that paying attention to current and future regional climate can help decision-makers minimize harm to at-risk species. -
Surgeries found to increase risk of chronic opioid use
July 11, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new study under Bio-X affiliate Sean Mackey reinforces the need for surgeons and physicians to monitor patients' use of painkillers following surgery and use alternative methods of pain control whenever possible. -
22-year-old marks five years of life with mechanical heart pump
July 8, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Partly due to clinical work by Bio-X affiliates David Rosenthal and Daniel Bernstein, Edgar Arredondo has lived with a ventricular assist device for longer than any other patient being treated at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. -
Stanford-led effort creates a new way to analyze and control networks
July 8, 2016 - Stanford News
In an interconnected world, a new analytical framework from Bio-X affiliate Jure Leskovec enables researchers to better understand everything from social media sharing to the flight patterns of commercial airlines. -
A faster way to find drugs to target some of the body’s key catalysts
July 6, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford researchers under Bio-X affiliate Daria Mochly-Rosen find a molecule to knock out an enzyme that ratchets up damage to the heart during a heart attack. -
Microscopy for all: Stanford bioengineer shares his pocket-sized vision with kids of the world
July 6, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate Manu Prakash has “a very simple vision of every single kid in the world carrying around a microscope in their pocket.” -
Cheap blood test can discriminate between bacterial, viral infections
July 6, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A simple blood test in development could accurately identify which patients need antibiotics, Stanford researchers under Bio-X affiliate Purvesh Khatri say. -
Developing new ways to control light
July 5, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
Bio-X affiliate Jennifer Dionne's work to harness light will allow us to create even more advanced electronics, among other technologies. -
Finding Medicine Where You Least Expect It
July 5, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
Bio-X affiliate and bioengineer Christina Smolke turns yeast into painkillers. -
Study points to deep brain stimulation devices for Parkinson’s
June 30, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate Jin Hyung Lee and 2012 Stanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow Andrew Weitz have married two sophisticated brain-research technologies to facilitate a clearer understanding of the brain circuitry underlying Parkinson’s disease.