Announcing the 2023 Stanford Bio-X PhD Fellows!
May 30, 2023
Stanford Bio-X is delighted to announce the 2023 cohort for the Stanford Bio-X PhD Graduate Student Fellowships.
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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Apply for the 2021 Stanford Bio-X, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, and Stanford ChEM-H Fellowships!
January 6, 2021
The Stanford Bio-X Leadership Council is pleased to announce the 18th annual competition for Stanford Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships. -
Stanford researchers develop lab-on-a-chip that turns blood test snapshots into continuous movies
December 21, 2020 - Stanford News
The new device, developed by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Tom Soh, Eric Appel and Jelena Vuckovic with Stanford Bio-X Bowes Fellows Caitlin Maikawa and Alexander Yoshikawa, can continuously sense levels of virtually any protein or molecule in the blood. The researchers say it could be transformative for disease detection, patient monitoring and biomedical research. -
Purifying widely used antibiotic could reduce risk it poses to hearing, study finds
December 17, 2020 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Alan Cheng and Anthony Ricci have discovered a simple method of reformulating gentamicin, a commonly used and highly effective antibiotic, that could reduce the risk it poses of causing deafness. -
Stanford scientists assemble human nerve circuit driving voluntary movement
December 16, 2020 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Clark Center building resident and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Sergiu Pasca, collaborating with Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Hannes Vogel, used human stem cells to assemble a working nerve circuit connecting brain tissue to muscle tissue. The research, which was supported by Stanford Bio-X, could enable scientists to better understand neurological disorders that affect movement. -
Small molecule restores muscle strength, boosts endurance in old mice
December 10, 2020 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A single protein is a master regulator of mouse muscle function during aging, a Stanford study from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Helen Blau and Stanford Bio-X Travel Award Recipient Adelaida Palla finds. Blocking this protein increased muscle strength and endurance in old animals. It may play a role in age-related muscle weakening in humans. -
Researchers develop new tool for watching and controlling neural activity
December 11, 2020 - Stanford News
An interdisciplinary team of scientists under Clark Center building residents and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Alice Ting and Karl Deisseroth, and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Robert Malenka has created a new molecular tool to help us better understand the cellular basis of behavior. -
Stanford scientists find water can transform into hydrogen peroxide when condensing on cold surfaces
November 23, 2020 - Stanford News
A Stanford research team led by Bio-X affiliated faculty Dick Zare and Robert Waymouth, which recently discovered an unexpected new chemical behavior of water when tiny droplets form from water vapor, has extended the findings to natural, everyday water condensation. -
2020-2021 RFP LIVE! Visiting Scholar or Visiting Postdoc Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation
November 20, 2020
RFP LIVE NOW: the Stanford Bio-X Program and the Novo Nordisk Foundation have opened its call for applications for the Visiting Scholar or Visiting Postdoc Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X! -
High-risk, high-reward grants awarded to four Stanford researchers
October 8, 2020 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Annelise Barron, Peter Kim, Siddhartha Jaiswal and Keren Haroush will receive grants totaling $10 million to fund their investigations. The awards support risky efforts that could potentially have a big impact in the biomedical sciences. -
Join us at the Stanford Bio-X Fellows Symposium on October 6!
October 6, 2020
Join us at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, October 6 over Zoom! A talk by Stanford Bio-X Fellow alum Dr. Kathryn Keenan will be followed by brief research talks from our 21 new 2020 Stanford Bio-X Fellows! -
Dr. Carla Shatz Featured on 'Clear+Vivid' Podcast with Alan Alda
September 8, 2020
Dr. Carla Shatz shared insights from her research on brain aging on the podcast Clear+Vividwith Alan Alda! Check out the episode, "Making an Old Brain Young"! -
In Memory of Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir
July 18, 2020
Dr. Sam Gambhir, the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research, the Chair of Stanford Radiology, Director of the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) as well as the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, and a long time member of and friend to Stanford Bio-X, will be remembered for his remarkable generosity and contributions to the Stanford community, and for his tireless work resulting in innumerable scientific advancements. -
Announcing the 2020 Stanford Bio-X Graduate Fellows!
May 28, 2020
Stanford Bio-X is pleased to announce the 2020 cohort for the Stanford Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships. -
The "brain stethoscope" converts brain waves into sound to detect seizures - Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant
The award-winning "brain stethoscope" converts brain waves into sound to detect seizures: Drs. Josef Parvizi, Professor of Neurology, and Chris Chafe, Duca Family Professor of Music and Director of the Center for Computer Research in Music & Acoustics, discuss their Stanford Bio-X supported collaboration.
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"Bellymount" for a See-Through Fly
January 27, 2020 - PLOS Biology
New technology from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Lucy O'Brien and KC Huang, Bio-X Fellow Andrés Aranda-Díaz, and Travel Award Recipient Leslie Ann Koyama allows scientists to observe visceral organs and gut bacteria inside living fruit flies. -
“Organoids” Reveal How Human Forebrain Develops
January 24, 2020 - Scientific American
Work from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members and Clark Center resident faculty Sergiu Pasca and Jonathan Pritchard, as well as Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Howard Chang and William Greenleaf: Studying gene expression in human brain tissue grown in the lab could offer insight into disorders such as autism. -
Stanford researchers conduct census of cell surface proteins
January 22, 2020 - Stanford Humanities & Sciences
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Liqun Luo and Alice Ting, as well as Stanford Bio-X Fellow Shuo Han and Bio-X USRP alum Ricardo Guajardo, have developed a new technique for systematically surveying proteins on the outer surface of cells, which act like molecular social cues to guide cell-cell interactions and assembly into tissues and organs. -
Towards better therapies for ovarian cancer - Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant
Towards better therapies for ovarian cancer: Drs. Sarah Heilshorn, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and, by courtesy, of ChemEng and BioE, and Erinn Rankin, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and OBGYN, discuss their Stanford Bio-X supported collaboration!
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Carla Shatz in Nature: "Orderly desk, orderly mind"
January 14, 2020 - Nature Magazine
Carla Shatz stays organized to help her spot ways in which brain circuits rewire themselves. -
Submit a Letter of Intent for the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program!
January 10, 2020
Stanford Bio-X is now accepting Letters of Intent for the 10th Round of the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program. -
Interdisciplinary advances can help us understand the complexity of the brain - Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant
Interdisciplinary advances can help us understand the complexity of the brain: Dr. Sergiu Pasca, Assistant Professor of Psych & Behavioral Sciences, and Dr. Hunter Fraser, Associate Professor of Biology, share the progress of their Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant!
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Apply for the 2020 Stanford Bio-X, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, and Stanford ChEM-H Fellowships!
January 8, 2020
The Stanford Bio-X Leadership Council is pleased to announce the 17th annual competition for Stanford Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships. -
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant launches a new interdisciplinary research technique!
A Stanford Bio-X seed grant helped launch a new interdisciplinary research technique: Drs. Polly Fordyce, Assistant Professor of Genetics & Bioengineering and Co-Director of the Stanford Microfluidics Foundry, and Martha Cyert, the Dr. Nancy Chang Professor, share how!
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A discovery about a neural circuit located deep in the brains of female mice may give scientists a map to learn more about female human brains
November 14, 2019 - Stanford Medicine Scope
A discovery about how a neural circuit located deep in the brains of female mice changes in response to estrogen could offer insight into human brains. The discovery, by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Nirao Shah, of neurons that drive mice’s innate ability to identify the sex of other mice highlights the importance of biological influences on sex-specific behaviors. -
RFP LIVE! Visiting Scholar or Visiting Postdoc Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation
November 5, 2019
RFP LIVE NOW: the Stanford Bio-X Program and the Novo Nordisk Foundation have opened its call for applications for the Visiting Scholar or Visiting Postdoc Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X! -
Visiting Scholar or Visiting Postdoc Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation
October 17, 2019
Coming live soon: the Stanford Bio-X Program and the Novo Nordisk Foundation will be announcing our next call for applications for the Visiting Scholar or Visiting Postdoc Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X! -
Stanford Bio-X CryoEM Workshop
Join us for the upcoming Stanford Bio-X CryoEM Workshop September 24-25, 2019! This workshop will feature talks from numerous faculty, as well as a scientific poster session. Please register.
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Apply for the 2020 Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program!
September 23, 2019
The Stanford Bio-X Program would like to announce our call for applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Program with funding available starting in the summer of 2020. -
Brain tumors form synapses with healthy neurons
September 18, 2019 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Michelle Monje and Robert Malenka, Stanford Bio-X Genentech Postdoctoral Fellow Anna Geraghty, and Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant Lydia Tam have found that high-grade gliomas wire themselves into the healthy brain, receiving and interpreting electrical signals from normal neurons. Their work is featured on the cover of Nature. -
Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program Symposium - August 2019
Join us for the upcoming Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program Symposium on August 29, 2019! This symposium will feature talks from numerous faculty, as well as a scientific poster session.