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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Possible psoriasis drug target identified
June 13, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliates Peter Marinkovich and Paul Khavari have discovered a protein involved in psoriasis, a highly common skin disease, opening up new potentials for therapy. -
Study finds differences in male, female brain activity during cooperation
June 8, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
When researchers under Bio-X affiliate Allan Reiss asked people to cooperate with a partner, then tracked the brain activity of both participants, they found that males and females had different patterns of shared brain activity. -
Ramping up treatment of parasitic worm disease cost-effective
June 7, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study from Bio-X affiliate Jason Andrews supports a greatly expanded treatment program for parasitic worm diseases that could save millions from disability and possible death in sub-Saharan Africa. -
Gigantic datasets reveal unexpected insights into global medical treatments
June 6, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford bioinformatician Nigam Shah and an international team asked some simple questions about health using the electronic medical records of 250 million patients. -
Reproducible research: A hunt for the truth
June 3, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers including Bio-X affiliate John Ioannidis write that “reproducibility,” “replicability” and several other terms are not used consistently in scientific communication. -
Study provides insight into bacterial resilience, antibiotic targets
June 3, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study by researchers under Bio-X affiliates KC Huang and Stanley Qi has generated a new understanding of the fundamental gene networks that make bacteria so resilient to environmental stress and, increasingly, to antibacterial drugs. -
Why Online Voting Is a Danger to Democracy
June 2, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
Stanford computer scientist and Bio-X affiliate David Dill says Internet voting would be "a complete disaster." -
Carla Shatz wins Kavli Prize
June 2, 2016 - Stanford News
Bio-X Director Carla Shatz has won the Kavli Neuroscience Prize for her work understanding how the brain forms the proper connections. Affiliate Calvin Quate has won the Kavli Nanoscience Prize for his role in inventing the atomic force microscope. -
Stem cells shown safe, beneficial for chronic stroke patients
June 2, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliate Gary Steinberg finds that people disabled by a stroke demonstrated substantial recovery long after the event when modified adult stem cells were injected into their brains. -
How modeling air turbulence can improve wind farm performance
June 2, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
Bio-X affiliate Sanjiva Lele finds that what matters is not how a single turbine will perform, but how a system — a farm — of hundreds or even thousands of turbines will perform over time. -
Artificial muscle fibers help keep muscle stem cells potent in lab
May 30, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Artificial collagen-based muscle fibers and a specialized broth developed under Bio-X affiliated faculty Thomas Rando and Sarah Heilshorn and Bio-X Bowes Fellow Rebecca DiMarco help muscle stem cells stay primed and ready for transplant. -
A tendency to gravitate toward similar mates does not seem to be changing the American gene pool
May 30, 2016 - Stanford News
Bio-X affiliate Ben Domingue finds that while people show preferences for those with similar traits, there aren't similar changes in how genetics associate with spouses. -
Different brain cells process positive and negative experiences
May 26, 2016 - Stanford News
Combining cutting-edge techniques, Bio-X affiliates Karl Deisseroth, Liqun Luo, Jennifer McNab, and Casey Halpern and Bio-X Fellow Brian Hsueh have revealed that neurons in the prefrontal cortex are built to respond to reward or aversion. -
How we can help save the coastal marine ecosystem
May 24, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
Bio-X affiliates Alexandria Boehm and George Somero lead efforts to counteract the acidification and degradation of marine environments, especially along the northern Pacific Coast. -
New Stanford-developed tool allows easier study of blood cancers
May 24, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
The new method of implanting cells to create a human bone-like structure in mice allows investigators under Bio-X affiliate Ravindra Majeti to study a whole host of blood cancers and other diseases that they had trouble studying before. -
5 Questions: Desiree LaBeaud on the Zika virus
May 20, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Infectious disease expert and Bio-X affiliate Desiree LaBeaud discusses the local risks of contracting the Zika virus, what precautions residents can take and what travelers outside the United States should do to avoid infection with the virus. -
Tracking autism: a social neuroscientist’s hunt for autism biomarkers
May 19, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate Karen Parker explores the biological underpinnings of how animals and people behave in social situations and is testing promising new medications to improve social functioning in people with autism. -
Less decline than expected in rate of brain, spine defects after folic acid fortification program
May 18, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Rates of neural tube birth defects were dropping before folic acid food fortification began in the 1990s, but the decline has slowed, according to Bio-X affiliate Gary Shaw. -
Small wonder: How nanotechnology could detect and treat cancer
May 17, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A growing field called nanotechnology is allowing Bio-X affiliates Sam Gambhir and Shan Wang to manipulate molecules and structures much smaller than a single cell to enhance our ability to see, monitor and destroy cancer cells in the body. -
Mom's voice activates many different regions in children's brains
May 16, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A far wider swath of brain areas is activated when children hear their mothers than when they hear other voices, and this brain response predicts their social communi-cation ability, a study under Bio-X affiliates Vinod Menon and Carl Feinstein finds. -
Stanford engineers design a home urine test that could scan for diseases
May 16, 2016 - Stanford News
Researchers under Bio-X affiliate Audrey Ellerbee Bowden, including 2014 USRP participant Matthew Millett, created a urinalysis system that uses a black box and smartphone camera to analyze a standard medical dipstick. -
In his final Academic Council address, President Hennessy reflects on major successes of his tenure
May 12, 2016 - Stanford News
In addition to restoring the original university plan and fostering multidisciplinary research, the President's proudest achievement was making Stanford affordable. -
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: How gamers have advanced the RNA field
May 12, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
During last year’s Big Data in Biomedicine conference, Bio-X affiliate Rhiju Das shared details about an online game he co-created called Eterna. -
The hidden lives of RNA molecules revealed by Stanford technique
May 12, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Bio-X affiliate and genome scientist Howard Chang outlines a clever new technique devised in his laboratory to determine the three-dimensional structure of RNA molecules. -
NASA videos highlight using omics to study what happens to a body in space
May 11, 2016 - Stanford Medicine Scope
NASA recently produced a series of web videos that discuss its twins study and features Bio-X affiliate Michael Snyder, a principal investigator on one of the projects. -
Innovations in medical imaging are reshaping the war against cancer
May 11, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
Bio-X affiliate Adam de la Zerda discusses an advanced imaging technique that can help detect early-stage tumors and guide surgeons with precision. -
There is hope for concussion prevention
May 11, 2016 - Stanford Engineering
Armed with new insights on traumatic brain injuries, bioengineer and Bio-X affiliate David Camarillo advocates rethinking the designs and standards of protective gear. -
Stanford Trauma Center saves boy's hand — and life
May 5, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
When Elijah Olivas' hand was severed in a car accident, dozens of experts from Stanford’s pediatric trauma team, including Bio-X affiliates Samuel Cheshier and Karl Sylvester, coordinated to perform 20 hours of life- and limb-saving surgery. -
Financial fraud targeting older adults often involves appeals to emotions
May 3, 2016 - Stanford News
Stanford researchers under Bio-X affiliate Ian Gotlib found that when an older person's emotions reach states of excitement and anger, they are more likely than young people to show interest in fraudulent appeals. -
Stanford Biodesign marks 15 years with new name, focus
May 3, 2016 - Stanford News
The program, headed by Bio-X affiliate Paul Yock, has been renamed the Byers Center for Biodesign, and it’s now focusing on creating health-care technology that’s affordable.