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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Of mice and men: Researchers compare mammals’ genomes to aid human clinical research
November 19, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Research by Bio-X affiliated faculty Michael Snyder comparing human and mouse genomes reveals both shared principles and differences in how genes are regulated. -
Stanford team creates computer vision algorithm that can describe photos
November 18, 2014 - Stanford Report
Computers only recently began to get the software needed to discern unknown objects; now, research by Bio-X affiliated faculty Fei-Fei Li takes machine-learning to the next level with a system that can describe objects and put them into context. -
Stanford team creates computer vision algorithm that can describe photos
November 18, 2014 - Stanford Report
Research by Bio-X affiliated faculty Fei-Fei Li has taken computer vision to the next level with a system that can describe objects and put them into context. -
Chemists develop 'nanoreactor' for discovering new chemical reactions
November 17, 2014 - Stanford Report
Research by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Todd Martinez and Vijay Pande involves a new computer model to identify unknown chemical mechanisms that could improve energy production and storage, or the development of new medicines. -
‘Big data’ approach helps pinpoint possible new stent drug to prevent heart attacks
November 17, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliated faculty Euan Ashley, Vinicio de Jesus Perez, and Thomas Quertermous say that replacing the current drug used to coat artery-opening stents with a more targeted one could reduce blood clots and heart attacks. -
Tumor suppressor also inhibits key property of stem cells, researchers say
November 13, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty Julien Sage, Marius Wernig, Steven Artandi, and Anne Brunet have shown that retinoblastoma protein binds to and inhibits genes necessary for stem cell pluripotency. -
Retinal-scan analysis can predict advance of macular degeneration
November 5, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Partially supported by a Bio-X IIP Seed Grant, a new computer algorithm designed by Bio-X affiliates Daniel Rubin and Rob Tibshirani could help physicians predict whether a patient’s macular degeneration will progress within a year’s time. -
Oxytocin levels in blood, cerebrospinal fluid are linked, study finds
November 4, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new study partly supported by Bio-X/Bio-X NeuroVentures Program, by affiliated faculty Karen Parker, Joseph Garner, Samuel Cheshier, Sonia Partap, and Antonio Hardan and Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow Tara Trujillo, shows that oxytocin levels in blood are correlated to levels in cerebrospinal fluid. -
Stanford engineers discover how to record the forensic history of chemical contaminations in water
November 3, 2014 - Stanford Report
Bio-X affiliated faculty Sindy Tang has invented a time capsule, a tiny chemistry lab designed to take a fingerprint of contamination and also disclose when it occurred. -
New molecular imaging technology could improve bladder-cancer detection, researchers say
October 29, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Researchers under Bio-X affiliates Joseph Liao, Irv Weissman, Matt van de Rijn, and Sam Gambhir have developed a new imaging method that targets a protein known as CD47 in human bladder cancer. -
New way of genome editing could cure hemophilia in mice; may be safer than older method, study shows
October 29, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A technique developed under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Mark Kay and Matthew Porteus could provide an improved method of replacing faulty, disease-causing genes. -
Study finds brain abnormalities in chronic fatigue patients
October 28, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Radiology researchers under Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michael Zeineh and Allan Reiss have discovered that the brains of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have diminished white matter and white matter abnormalities in the right hemisphere. -
Group classes teach parents effective autism therapy, study finds
October 27, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new study under Bio-X affiliated faculty member Antonio Hardan has found that parents who learned an autism therapy in group classes helped their children with the disorder improve their language skills. -
Stem cells' rapid response due to short-lived RNA messages
October 16, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stem cells stay developmentally nimble by actively targeting key RNA messages for destruction. Bio-X affiliated faculty members Howard Chang and Marius Wernig say this 'anti-epigenetics' works to ensure the transience of genetic information. -
Decoy drug allows brains of adult mice to form new connections
October 15, 2014 - Stanford Report
A team of scientists under Dr. Carla Shatz, the director of Stanford Bio-X, has restored the ability of adult mice to form new connections in the brain. If the finding works in people, it has the potential to help adults recover from stroke and forms of blindness or to prevent the loss of connections in Alzheimer's disease. -
Engineers develop tiny, sound-powered chip to serve as medical device
October 15, 2014 - Stanford Report
Using ultrasound to deliver power wirelessly, Bio-X affiliated faculty Amin Arbabian and Butrus Khuri-Yakub are working on a new generation of medical devices that would be planted in the body to monitor illness, deliver therapies and relieve pain. -
Stanford scientists create a 'smart' lithium-ion battery that warns of potential fire hazards
October 13, 2014 - Stanford Report
Bio-X affiliated faculty member Yi Cui and colleagues have created a lithium-ion battery that alerts users of potential overheating and fire. -
Researchers get more than $23 million to launch centers for big-data research
October 9, 2014 - Inside Stanford Medicine
Two new Stanford-based centers led by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Mark Musen and Scott Delp aim to help scientists manage and use large, complex data sets. -
Bio-X Affiliate W.E. Moerner Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
October 8, 2014 - Stanford Report
Bio-X affiliated faculty W.E. Moerner wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on optical microscopes. -
Miniature wireless device creates better way of studying chronic pain
October 7, 2014 - Stanford Report
With funding from Bio-X through our 7th round of Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grants, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Ada Poon, Scott Delp, and David Clark are creating a small wireless device that will improve studies of chronic pain. -
Five scientists nab awards for high-risk, high-return research
October 6, 2014 - Inside Stanford Medicine
The NIH has announced that Bio-X affiliated faculty member Sean Wu will receive a Pioneer Award, and Bio-X affiliated faculty member Michael Bassik will receive a New Innovator Award. -
Efforts to refine tools for recording brain activity get $1 million boost with NIH grant
October 2, 2014 - Stanford Dish
The NIH's BRAIN Initiative awards $1 million to Bio-X affiliated faculty Mark Schnitzer and Michael Lin. -
Scientists use stem cells to learn how common mutation in Asians affects heart health
September 24, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliates Joseph Wu and Daria Mochly-Rosen studied heart muscle cells from stem cells to find why a genetic mutation leads to an increased risk of heart disease. -
Researchers create 'evolved' protein that may stop cancer from spreading
September 22, 2014 - Stanford Report
With funding from a Bio-X IIP Seed Grant, Bio-X affiliate Jennifer Cochran and Dr. Amato Giaccia and Bio-X Fellow Mihalis Kariolis have found that experimental therapy stopped the metastasis of cancers in mice, pointing toward an alternative to chemo. -
Immune response turned up high by flu during pregnancy, study finds
September 22, 2014 - Inside Stanford Medicine
Research by Bio-X affiliated faculty Catherine Blish, Mark Davis, and Susan Holmes indicates that immune cells from pregnant women are strongly activated by influenza, which may explain the increased risk of flu complications in pregnancy. -
Cichlid fish genome helps tell story of adaptive evolution, Stanford scientists say
September 22, 2014 - Stanford Report
By analyzing the genomes of African cichlid fish, Bio-X affiliated faculty Russell Fernald has provided insight into the genetic mechanisms that drive species diversification. -
Gel-like padding being developed by a Stanford Bio-X team could help cells survive injection and heal spinal cord injuries
September 17, 2014 - Stanford Report
With funding from a Bio-X IIP Seed Grant, Bio-X affiliates Sarah Heilshorn, Giles Plant, and Andy Spakowitz are developing a gel to protect cells from the trauma of injection. -
Stanford scientists track the rise and fall of brain volume throughout life
September 17, 2014 - Stanford Report
Stanford scientists under Bio-X affiliate Brian Wandell have shown how the brain changes throughout life, and created a standard curve that can be used to assess whether patients are maturing and aging normally. -
Stanford bioengineers develop a toolkit for designing more successful synthetic molecules
September 16, 2014 - Stanford Report
Bio-X affiliate Christina Smolke introduces a computer model that could provide better blueprints for building synthetic genetic tools. -
Stanford students ease life in the zoo
September 11, 2014 - Inside Stanford Medicine
In a class with Bio-X affiliate Joseph Garner, a dozen Stanford sophomores have designed ways to enrich the lives of the giraffe, lions and kinkajou at the San Francisco Zoo.