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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Vantage Point: We don't just need precision medicine, we need precision health
January 11, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Lloyd Minor, Dean of the School of Medicine and Bio-X Executive Committee Member, hopes leaders will set their sights higher for the health of the American people. -
New battery shuts down at high temperatures and restarts when it cools
January 11, 2016 - Stanford Report
Researchers under Bio-X affiliates Zhenan Bao and Yi Cui have invented a lithium-ion battery that turns on and off depending on the temperature, which could prevent battery fires that have plagued laptops, hoverboards and other electronic devices. -
Apply for the 2016 Stanford Bio-X, Stanford Neurosciences Institute (SNI), and ChEM-H Fellowships!
January 8, 2016
The Stanford Bio-X Leadership Council is pleased to announce the 13th annual competition for Stanford Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships. -
Tweak in gene expression may have helped humans walk upright
January 7, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study under Bio-X affiliates David Kingsley and Gill Bejerano of the tiny stickleback fish led to the identification of a genomic region possibly linked to modifications in human toes and feet that enable upright walking. -
Odds are good that risky gambling choices are influenced by a single brain connection, Stanford research shows
January 7, 2016 - Stanford Report
Findings from Bio-X affiliate Brian Knutson could help understand and treat gambling or addiction disorders. -
Toenail trim saves lab mice from common, life-threatening skin condition
January 6, 2016 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new technique developed under Bio-X affiliated faculty Joseph Garner helps preserve valuable research mice from a condition that is the most common, preventable reason for euthanasia. -
Stanford biologists discover that flexible gene expression may regulate social status in male fish
January 5, 2016 - Stanford Report
Scientists under Bio-X affiliate Russell Fernald show how the selective expression of genes through epigenetics can regulate the social status of African cichlid fish. -
Stanford scientists look deeper into the body with new fluorescent dye
December 23, 2015 - Stanford Report
Researchers under Bio-X affiliates Hongjie Dai and Zhen Cheng, including 2013 Mona M. Burgess SIGF and Stanford Bio-X Fellow Bo Zhang, invented a long wavelength near-infrared fluorescent molecule to improve the imaging depth of glowing dyes. -
Stroke recovery in mice improved by Ambien, study shows
December 18, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study by Bio-X affiliates Gary Steinberg, John Huguenard, and Stephen Smith shows that Zolpidem (trade name Ambien) increased the rate at which mice that had strokes recovered their pre-stroke sensory acuity and motor coordination. -
U.S. needs a new approach for governance of risky research, Stanford scholars say
December 17, 2015 - Stanford Report
The United States needs better oversight of risky biological research, according to Stanford scholars including Bio-X affiliate David Relman. -
New microscopy technique maps mechanical properties of living cells
December 16, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliates Manish Butte and Olav Solgaard, partially supported by a Stanford Bio-X IIP Seed Grant, have developed a way to use atomic force microscopy to measure cells, which could pave the way for better understanding immune disorders and cancer. -
Stanford researchers develop microscope that allows first-ever look at live muscle units in action
December 16, 2015 - Stanford Report
A new microscope developed by Bio-X affiliates Scott Delp and Mark Schnitzer could provide unique insights into treating muscular degenerative diseases. -
Interactions between attention-grabbing brain networks weak in ADHD
December 15, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
According to research by Bio-X affiliate Vinod Menon, the neural circuits that help us pay attention and stop daydreaming exert less influence on brain activity in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder than in other kids. -
Overprescribing of opioids is not limited to a few bad apples
December 14, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliates Nigam Shah find that prescribing of opioids — such as morphine, oxycodone and hydrocodone — is widespread for the Medicare population. -
Stunning diversity of gut bacteria uncovered by new approach to gene sequencing devised at Stanford
December 14, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A technique developed by Bio-X affiliates Michael Snyder and Serafim Batzoglou can reveal differences in the genomes of multiple species and subspecies of microbes. -
Stanford scientists crack mystery of the Sierra Nevada's age
December 11, 2015 - Stanford Report
Recent research by Stanford Earth scientists under Bio-X affiliate Page Chamberlain uses new techniques to shed light on the contentious history of California's iconic mountain range. -
Scientists reveal brain circuit mechanisms underlying arousal regulation
December 10, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study under Bio-X affiliate Jin Hyung Lee and 2012 Bio-X Bowes Fellow Andrew Weitz shows that a circuit in a brain structure called the thalamus acts like a radio, with stations at different frequencies appealing to different "listening" audiences. -
Skyscraper-style chip design boosts performance by factor of a thousand
December 11, 2015 - Stanford Report
A new skyscraper-like design for processor and memory chips, designed by Bio-X affiliates Subhasish Mitra, H.-S. Philip Wong, and Kenneth Goodson and based on materials more advanced than silicon, provides the next computing platform. -
Stanford engineers invent process to accelerate protein evolution
December 7, 2015 - Stanford Report
A tool developed by Bio-X affiliates Jennifer Cochran and Daniel Herschlag and 2011 Bio-X Bowes Fellow Sungwon Lim facilitates testing millions of mutated proteins in a matter of hours or days, speeding the search for medicines, enzymes and biosensors. -
Infertile men have a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, study finds
December 7, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Men who are infertile have a higher risk of developing a variety of other health problems, according to a new study under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michael Eisenberg and Mark Cullen. -
Common treatment for prostate cancer appears to double Alzheimer’s risk
December 7, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Short-circuiting the need for expensive clinical trials, researchers under Bio-X affiliates Nigam Shah and Nicholas Leeper uncovered an association between androgen blockers and cognitive decline by examining patient medical records. -
Killifish project explores the genetic foundation of longevity
December 3, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliates Anne Brunet and Carlos Bustamante are using the African turquoise killifish as a model to study longevity and have provided its genetic information as a resource for the research community. -
Biologists develop novel antiviral approach to preventing viral infections that cause dengue fever
December 1, 2015 - Stanford Report
By targeting fundamental cellular machinery, the antiviral approach developed in Bio-X affiliate Judith Frydman's lab could prevent infections that affect hundreds of millions. -
Researchers find sleep gene linked to heart failure
November 30, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty Euan Ashley and Thomas Quertermous have identified a previously unknown association between heart function and a narcolepsy-linked pathway, which could provide a promising direction for treatment research. -
Engineers develop 'invisible wires' that could improve solar cell efficiency
November 25, 2015 - Stanford Report
Scientists under Bio-X affiliate Yi Cui have discovered how to make the electrical wiring on top of solar cells nearly invisible to incoming light. The new design, which uses silicon nanopillars to hide the wires, could dramatically boost solar-cell efficiency. -
Culture factors into why we like or dislike people, new research shows
November 24, 2015 - Stanford Report
Psychologist Jeanne Tsai, with contributions from Bio-X affiliate Brian Knutson, found different cultures value different positive facial expressions, and that these differences arise in deep brain circuits that can predict who people like and dislike. -
Ancient viral molecules essential for human development
November 23, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Research under Bio-X affiliated faculty Vittorio Sebastiano, Joanna Wysocka, and Wing Wong indicates that genetic residue from ancient viral infections has been repurposed to play a vital role in acquiring pluripotency. -
New class of RNA tumor suppressors identified
November 23, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Research by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Paul Khavari and Jody Puglisi finds that two short, “housekeeping” RNA molecules block cancer growth by binding to an important cancer-associated protein called KRAS. -
Biologists trace how human innovation impacts tool evolution
November 23, 2015 - Stanford Report
Bio-X affiliated faculty member Marcus Feldman's lab has devised a computer model that could help solve a long-standing mystery over why the introduction of new tools in prehistoric societies sometimes comes in periodic bursts. -
Nine professors elected fellows of AAAS
November 23, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The nine Stanford faculty elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science include Bio-X affiliates Karlene Cimprich, Gerald Crabtree, Stephen Galli, John Huguenard, Calvin Kuo, and Thomas Rando.