Highlights

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.

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.

Patients' genetic profiles could prevent fatal doses of common drug

February 25, 2009
Research conducted by Clark Center faculty member Russ Altman.
New immune system 'atlas' allows quicker diagnosis of kidney transplant rejection

February 25, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Minnie Sarwal.
Engineers create 'intelligent' molecules

February 18, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Christina Smolke and Drew Endy.
New software refines popular but tricky lab technique

February 18, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Juan Santiago.
When love beckons, male elephants can feel it in their bones

February 13, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell.
Study explains cancers' resistance to radiation

February 11, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Michael Clarke, with contributions Bio-X affiliate Irving Weissman and Clark Center faculty member Stephen Quake.
Stanford professors elected to NAE

February 10, 2009
Five Stanford faculty, including Bio-X affiliated faculty members William Dally and Chaitan Khosla and Clark Center faculty member Paul Yock, are elected to National Academy of Engineering.
GCEP announces $5.6 million in research awards

February 4, 2009
New agreement for Global Climate and Energy Project will help support research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Zhenan Bao and Nick Melosh.
Surgery without scars: Hospital pioneers natural orifice procedures

February 4, 2009
New surgical procedure utilized by Stanford surgery faculty.
Scientists identify protein component necessary for repeated cell replication

February 4, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Steven Artandi.
Software speeds up molecular simulations

February 4, 2009
Research conducted by Clark Center faculty member Vijay Pande.
Innovation in imaging may catch earliest signs of arthritis

January 28, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Garry Gold and Brian Hargreaves.
Scientists improve MRI sensitivity

January 28, 2009
Research conducted by Stanford faculty taught by Bio-X affiliated faculty Calvin Quate.
Sociability connected to particular region of brain

January 28, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Allan Reiss.
New policy would boost stem cell research in state and nationwide

January 14, 2009
Federal policy change could support stem cell research conducted by Stanford faculty, including Bio-X affiliates Michael Longaker and Irv Weissman.
Researchers create first functional stem cell niche

January 7, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty members Irving Weissman, Jill Helms, and Calvin Kuo.
Scientists identify new kind of stem cell found in testes

January 7, 2009
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty Renee Reijo Pera.
Six Stanford scholars named AAAS fellows

January 5, 2009
Award bestowed on several Stanford faculty, including Bio-X affiliates Theodore Jardetzky, Robert Malenka, and Irving Weissman.
Life on Earth got bigger in two, million-fold leaps

December 22, 2008
Research conducted by Bio-X affiliated faculty Jonathan Payne.
New findings with old twist: Cell movements totally modular, study reveals

December 3, 2008
Research conducted by Clark Center faculty member Tobias Meyer.
Web site enables scientists to analyze proteins pro bono

December 3, 2008
New bioinformatics website launched by Bio-X affiliated faculty member Arend Sidow.
Blood scanner detects even faint indicators of cancer

December 1, 2008
Research conducted by Clark Center faculty member Ron Davis and Bio-X affiliated faculty member Shan Wang.
First-ever case study tracks cancer-killing cells in human

November 19, 2008
Research conducted by Clark Center faculty member Sam Gambhir and Bio-X affiliated faculty member David Paik.
Gates Foundation gives three Grand Challenges Explorations grants to Stanford

November 5, 2008
Grants awarded to Bio-X affiliated faculty members Mark Davis, Andrew Fire, and Christina Smolke.

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