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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Foreign antibodies mobilize immune system to fight cancer, study finds
April 29, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Edgar Engleman has found that a mouse’s T cells can be primed to attack and eliminate a malignant tumor by injecting antibodies from another mouse with resistance to the tumor. -
Photovoltaic retinal implant could restore functional sight, researchers say
April 27, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The researchers, under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Daniel Palanker and James Harris, have tested the device only in animals so far, but a clinical trial is planned next year in France. -
Brain tumor growth stimulated by nerve activity in the cortex, study finds
April 23, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
New research by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michelle Monje, Robert Malenka, and Parag Mallick and 2014 Bio-X USRP Participant Alyssa Noll shows that high-grade gliomas increase their growth by hijacking the machinery of neuroplasticity. -
Kobilka, Snyder elected to AAAS membership
April 23, 2015 - Inside Stanford Medicine
Bio-X affiliated faculty members Brian Kobilka, MD, and Michael Snyder, PhD, will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this fall. -
Stanford team makes biotechnology interactive with remote-control labs
April 21, 2015 - Stanford Report
Using biotic processing units, Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ingmar Riedel-Kruse, 2014 Bio-X Morgridge Family SIGF Fellow Zahid Hossain, and 2013 Bio-X Travel Award recipient Nate Cira let people interact with cells or do experiments from afar. -
Karl Deisseroth wins prestigious Albany Prize
April 20, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center resident Karl Deisseroth will be honored for his seminal role in the field of optogenetics, which allows scientists to manipulate nerve-cell activity in freely moving animals to study their behavior. -
Viral proteins may regulate human embryonic development
April 20, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Human embryos make viral proteins within days of fertilization, a study under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Joanna Wysocka, Catherine Blish, and Howard Chang shows. These proteins affect gene expression and may protect the cells from infection. -
Scientists detect lymphoma relapse by monitoring cell-free tumor DNA
April 17, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliated faculty members Ash Alizadeh and Maximilian Diehn find that cell-free tumor DNA monitoring is better at detecting disease in relapsing lymphoma patients than circulating tumor cells or imaging methods. -
Cell type responsible for scarring, skin-cancer growth identified
April 16, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michael Longaker, Irv Weissman, Peter Lorenz, and Geoffrey Gurtner find that a single cell type in the skin of mice contributes to scarring after wound healing or radiation damage, and facilitates the growth of melanoma. -
Encountering a wall corrects 'GPS' cells in mouse brains, study finds
April 16, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliated faculty members Lisa Giocomo and Surya Ganguli, partially supported by a 2014 Bio-X IIP Seed Grant, have found more evidence that the brain’s grid cells help a mouse mentally map its location. -
Adherence to blood thinner best with pharmacist management
April 14, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Mintu Turakhia found that adherence to a new-generation anticoagulant, used to prevent stroke in heart disease patients, is best at sites with pharmacist-led management. -
Stanford population-health sciences to add director, research opportunities
April 13, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The center, under the directorship of Bio-X affiliated faculty member Mark Cullen, will offer research funding, education and access to insurance claims and medical records. -
Study deciphers the noise in the human brain
April 8, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Electrical recordings directly from the human brain show remarkable precision in the coordination of widely distributed regions involved in memory recall, at rest and during sleep. -
Stanford-led study finds limited mutations involved in transmission of drug-resistant HIV
April 7, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A study finds 4 mutations in strains of drug-resistant HIV, which researchers with Bio-X affiliated faculty Robert Shafer say is spreading at a more modest rate than feared. -
Aluminum battery from Stanford offers safe alternative to conventional batteries
April 6, 2015 - Stanford Report
The new aluminum-ion battery developed by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Hongjie Dai could replace many of the lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today. -
Scientists unveil sex-linked control of genes
April 2, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new study by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Marius Wernig and Garry Nolan shows that mature cells enter a unique transition state when being reprogrammed to iPS cells. -
Ants' intruder defense strategy could lead to better email spam filters, Stanford biologist finds
April 1, 2015 - Stanford Report
Bio-X affiliated faculty member Deborah Gordon presents a model suggesting that the human immune system and ants use similar distributed defense strategies. -
Researchers identify 'bridge' state necessary for cellular reprogramming
April 1, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new study by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Marius Wernig and Garry Nolan shows that mature cells enter a unique transition state when being reprogrammed to iPS cells. -
Ants in Space study launches citizen science for students worldwide
March 30, 2015 - Stanford Report
Stanford biologist and Bio-X affiliated faculty member Deborah M. Gordon, who sent ants to the International Space Station in January 2014, promotes a teacher-tested lesson plan to help students direct their energy toward studying ants. -
New way to sort cells without limitations of traditional methods
March 30, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The method is analogous to analyzing a smoothie to find what fruits went into making it, researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Ash Alizadeh and Maximilian Diehn say. -
Interactive map aims to improve cancer care in developing nations
March 26, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
With cancer on the rise in the developing world, Stanford oncologist and Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ami Bhatt and her colleagues have unveiled an interactive map designed to connect international experts in cancer care and research. -
Porteus receives $1M stem cell grant for ‘bubble boy disease’
March 26, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The grant, awarded to Bio-X affiliated faculty member Matthew Porteus, will allow the researcher to pursue a stem-cell-based gene therapy approach to correcting a form of severe combined immunodeficiency in humans. -
Stanford engineer helps crack mystery of bird flight
March 23, 2015 - Stanford Report
A team lead by Bio-X affiliated faculty member David Lentink has identified the design qualities that make bird wings famously efficient over a wide range of flight styles. -
Global collaboration leads to discovery of insulin-resistance mutation
March 23, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
An international team led by Stanford researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Thomas Quertermous has discovered a gene associated with insulin resistance, a condition in which the body doesn’t use insulin properly. -
Stanford neuroscientists find that noisy neurons are critical for learning
March 18, 2015 - Stanford Report
A computer model of brain function, developed under Bio-X affiliates Bill Newsome, Kwabena Boahen, and Tirin Moore, helps explain a 20-year-old finding that the way a single noisy neuron fires in the brain can predict an animal's decisions. -
Biologists show how the evolution of physical traits can influence behavior
March 18, 2015 - Stanford Report
Stanford biology Professor and Bio-X affiliated faculty member Russell Fernald and Bio-X Bowes Fellow Ryan York have shown how the rapid evolution of other physical traits has played a role in determined mating behaviors in African cichlid fish. -
Scientists discover how to change human leukemia cells into harmless immune cells
March 16, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ravindra Majeti found a method that can force dangerous leukemia cells to mature into harmless immune cells. -
Stanford researchers unravel secrets of shape-shifting bacteria
March 16, 2015 - Stanford Report
Stanford bioengineers under Bio-X affiliated faculty member KC Huang have created a time-lapse video that shows this process of how bacteria essentially go undercover in ways that might trick the human immune system. -
Stanford researchers solve the mystery of the dancing droplets
March 11, 2015 - Stanford Report
In Bio-X affiliated faculty member Manu Prakash's lab, years of research satisfy a graduate student's curiosity about the molecular minuet he observed among drops of ordinary food coloring. -
Stanford launches smartphone app to study heart health
March 9, 2015 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A free iPhone app, launched by Bio-X affiliated faculty Michael McConnell and Euan Ashley, allows users to contribute to a study of human heart health while learning about the health of their own hearts.