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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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. -
Weis named chair of Department of Structural Biology
September 11, 2014 - Inside Stanford Medicine
Bio-X Affiliate William Weis, PhD, an expert on X-ray crystallography, will now chair a department that includes two Nobel laureates. -
Stanford scientists map white matter connections within the human brain
September 10, 2014 - Stanford Report
Roughly 100 trillion connections between neurons make it possible for the brain to function. Bio-X affiliate Brian Wandell's group has devised a technique for mapping these connections with greater accuracy than ever before. -
Optogenetics earns Deisseroth Keio Prize in Medicine
September 10, 2014 - Inside Stanford Medicine
Bio-X supported faculty affiliate Karl Deisseroth in developing the technique of optogenetics, which uses light to control the activity of the brain, and which has won him the 2014 Keio Prize in Medicine. -
Stanford engineers aim to connect the world with ant-sized radios
September 9, 2014 - Stanford Report
A collaborative research team led by Bio-X affiliate Amin Arbabian develops tiny radios-on-a-chip designed to serve as controllers or sensors for the 'Internet of Things.' -
UV light can turn gene into source of skin cancers, researchers find
September 7, 2014 - Inside Stanford Medicine
Researchers under Bio-X affiliates Paul Khavari and Aaron Straight have identified a previously unknown oncogene that drives the development of a common human skin cancer in response to exposure to sunlight. -
Celebrating Women in Science
September 3, 2014 - The Scientist
The Celebrating Women in Science Series conducted an interview with Carla Shatz, David Starr Jordan Director of Stanford Bio-X. -
Stanford scientists reveal complexity in the brain's wiring diagram
September 3, 2014 - Stanford Report
A Stanford Bio-X team under Bio-X affiliates Karl Deisseroth and John Huguenard, with Bio-X Bowes Fellow Joanna Mattis and Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Minsuk Hyun, found that the brain's wiring is more complex than expected. -
Humans, flies, worms: Researchers work to understand gene expression across organisms
August 27, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliates Michael Snyder and Anshul Kundaje's attempt to identify how genes are regulated among humans, flies and worms finds significant similarities and differences. -
New drug promises relief for inflammatory pain, scientists say
August 27, 2014 - Inside Stanford Medicine
Researchers under Bio-X affiliate Daria Mochly-Rosen have discovered that a compound they developed could potentially serve as a painkiller, with particular utility for East Asians with an alcohol-metabolizing enzyme mutation. -
Eye implant developed at Stanford could lead to better glaucoma treatments
August 25, 2014 - Stanford Report
A tiny eye implant developed by Bio-X affiliate Stephen Quake's lab could pair with a smartphone to improve the way doctors measure and lower a patient's eye pressure. -
Stanford bioengineers close to brewing painkillers without using opium from poppies
August 24, 2014 - Stanford Report
Under Bio-X affiliate Christina Smolke, a decade-long effort in genetic engineering is close to creating yeast that makes palliative medicines in stainless steel vats. -
Targeted brain stimulation aids stroke recovery in mice, scientists find
August 18, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Optogenetically stimulating mice’s brains five days after stroke improved the animals’ motor control and brain biochemistry, Bio-X affiliates Gary Steinberg and Karl Deisseroth find. -
New research sheds light on how children’s brains memorize facts
August 17, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliate Vinod Menon's research finds that children shift from counting on their fingers to remembering math facts, the hippocampus and its functional circuits support the brain’s construction of adultlike ways of using memory. -
Looking for origins of Alzheimer’s disease to find a treatment
August 15, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Scientists including Bio-X Director Carla Shatz and Bio-X affiliated faculty Frank Longo, Ben Barres, and Tony Wyss-Coray, are at the forefront of research into how Alzheimer’s disease develops, with an eye on finding better ways to predict and treat the illness. -
Scientists create remote-controlled nanoscale protein motors
August 15, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A bioengineering team led by Bio-X affiliate Zev Bryant has built molecular motors to further the study of cell function. -
Researchers uncover cancer-causing mechanism behind powerful human oncogene
August 11, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Research led by Bio-X affiliate Dean Felsher shows that suppressing the expression of just five genes can mimic the effect of a powerful cancer-causing protein called Myc. -
Digoxin tied to increased risk of death in patients with atrial fibrillation
August 11, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A new study headed by Bio-X affiliate Mintu Turakhia shows that longtime remedy to treat heart problems is now linked with a higher risk of death for those diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. -
Researchers use fruit flies to unlock mysteries of human diabetes
August 7, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Partly funded by Bio-X, researchers under Bio-X affiliate Seung Kim, including Bio-X Bowes Fellow Ron Alfa, have developed a technique to measure insulin levels in fruit flies, promoting the uses of this insect for diabetes research. -
Stanford scientists create remote-controlled nanoscale protein motors
August 5, 2014 - Stanford Report
A bioengineering team led by Bio-X affiliate Zev Bryant builds molecular motors to further the study of cell function. Component DNA is drawn from very different organisms. -
Stanford scientists use lasers and carbon nanotubes to look inside living brains
August 6, 2014 - Stanford Report
A team including Bio-X affiliates Hongjie Dai and Calvin Kuo and Bio-X Fellow Bo Zhang has developed a non-invasive technique to view blood flow in the brain.