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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New gene-editing technology makes precise changes to millions of cells
May 8, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
A new gene-editing technology from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Lars Steinmetz and Ron Davis and Stanford Bio-X USRP participants Julia Schulz and Tucker Burnett enables scientists to make and track thousands of edits at once. -
Artificial intelligence in medicine: predicting patient outcomes and beyond
May 8, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Nigam Shah discusses a new study in which a machine learning system predicts patient outcomes, and he outlines the implications for artificial intelligence in medicine. -
Third-hand smoke increases asthma severity in mice
May 7, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Stephen Galli is working to learn how Exposure to 'third-hand smoke' — the chemicals left behind on surfaces after smoke has dissipated — increases the severity of asthma symptoms in mice. -
Deep learning comes full circle
May 4, 2018 - Stanford News
Artificial intelligence drew much inspiration from the human brain but went in its own direction. Now, AI has come full circle and is helping neuroscientists like Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Daniel Yamins better understand how our brains work. -
Good fences make good neighbors: Stanford researchers unravel mystery about a well-known cancer culprit
May 3, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Howard Chang and Christina Curtis solve a mystery: how DNA mutations can increase expression of Myc, a cancer-associated gene. -
Stanford researchers map intricacies of lung cancer in one of their own
May 3, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
When Stanford Bio-X founding faculty member James Spudich was diagnosed with lung cancer, researchers had a rare, and unexpected, opportunity to study healthy and diseased human tissue at an unprecedented level of detail. Numerous other Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members, including Stanford Bio-X founding faculty member Steve Chu, are contributing. -
New study sheds light on the complex dynamics of Parkinson’s disease
May 2, 2018 - Stanford News
Stanford Bio-X affiliates Mark Schnitzer and Jun Ding set out to test a seminal theory of Parkinson’s disease and several related conditions. What they found is more complex than anyone had imagined. -
Research could help design drugs so as to minimize unwanted side effects
May 2, 2018 - Stanford News
With computer simulations and experiments, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ron Dror revealed new information on a molecular pathway that enables roughly half of all medications to achieve their desired effects but also causes many side effects. -
Scientists find fear, courage switches in brain
May 2, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Andrew Huberman found that pinpoint stimulation of a cluster of nerve cells in mice's brains encouraged timid responses to a perceived threat, but stimulation of an adjacent cluster induced boldness and courage. -
Stanford team tests sleep monitoring for asthma patients
May 2, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Ask a child with asthma how easily they can breathe, and you won’t get an objective answer. But a team of researchers including Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member David Cornfield is developing a way to predict asthma attacks in advance. -
Scientists find possible autism biomarker in cerebrospinal fluid
May 2, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Low levels of vasopressin in CSF are linked to low social ability in monkeys and to autism in children, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Karen Parker, Joseph Garner, and Antonio Hardan found, in work partly supported by Bio-X NeuroVentures. -
Scientist develops protein mimic to help injured lungs breathe
May 1, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The material developed by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Annelise Barron could be used to synthesize a film that coats the inner surface of lungs, possibly leading to better, cheaper treatments for acute lung injury in humans. -
Researchers develop a water-based battery to store solar and wind energy
April 30, 2018 - Stanford News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Yi Cui has developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could fill a missing piece in the nation’s energy puzzle by storing wind and solar energy, lessening the need to burn carbon-emitting fossil fuels. -
Tackle opioid addictions at the onset, the doctor’s office, Stanford researchers urge
April 30, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
In a JAMA opinion piece, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Gary Peltz and Tom Sudhof argue for policymakers and health leaders to combat opioid addictions early. -
Scientists pin key differences in young, older people’s immune cells on environment
April 26, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty PJ Utz, Purvesh Khatri, and Mark Davis, found that chemical adjuncts affixed to DNA-associated proteins become more diverse with age. -
UK Biobank data opens up window into genetics of disease
April 25, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
A biobank released hundreds of thousands of anonymized medical records and genetic data. Stanford Bio-X affiliates Manuel Rivas, Erik Ingelsson, Euan Ashley, and Carlos Bustamante used it to track down new links between genetics and disease. -
CRISPR used to genetically edit coral
April 23, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
In a proof-of-principle study, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member John Pringle used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system to modify genes in coral, suggesting that the tool could one day aid conservation efforts. -
Pediatric obesity, depression connected in the brain
April 23, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Reward centers in the brains of children and teenagers who are obese and depressed show abnormalities that suggest the two conditions are neurologically connected, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Manpreet Singh has found. -
Collaboration aims to improve cancer care in Nigeria
April 20, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Physicians including Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Ami Bhatt are engaged in a wide-ranging collaboration with the country’s ministry of health and doctors at major university-affiliated hospitals to improve several areas of cancer care. -
Stanford scientists create gold nanoparticles in water
April 19, 2018 - Stanford News
The discovery, from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Dick Zare, that water microdroplets can replace potentially toxic agents in the creation of gold nanoparticles and nanowires could help usher in a new era of “green chemistry.” -
Doctors use robotic assistant to detect source of girl’s seizures
April 19, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A robotic assistant helped doctors, including Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Brenda Porter and Gerald Grant, detect seizures deep in Gracin Hahne’s brain without having to open her skull or even shave her head. -
Lung cancer patient finds health again at Stanford
April 19, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Eight years after being diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer, whose treatment led to other health complications, Ginger Powell is cancer-free. Her doctors include Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Melanie Hayden Gephart. -
Tiny, light-sensitive chips could one day restore sight to the blind
April 18, 2018 - Stanford News
Millions are slowly losing their vision to diseases of the retina like age-related macular degeneration. A device from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Daniel Palanker, supported by a Stanford Bio-X IIP Seed Grant, may help some of them see again. -
Swarms of tiny organisms mix nutrients in ocean waters
April 18, 2018 - Stanford News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members John Dabiri, Jeff Koseff, and Stephen Monsmith find that massive swarms of tiny oceanic organisms create enough turbulence when they migrate to redistribute ocean waters. -
Are mechanical or biological heart valves best?
April 17, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and heart surgeon Joseph Woo discusses his award-winning research that examined the pros of cons of mechanical versus biological valve replacements. -
Altered immune cells clear childhood brain tumor in mice
April 16, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
In mice, a fatal brainstem tumor was cleared by injecting it with engineered T cells that recognized the cancer and targeted it. The discovery, from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Michelle Monje and Crystal Mackall, is moving to human trials. -
Bone marrow transplantation at Stanford: 30 years and counting
April 11, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Robert Negrin outlined the history of Stanford's bone marrow transplantation program and touched on research and other developments in the field over the past 30 years. -
A tale of the two-faced macrophage and cancer
April 10, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Irv Weissman finds that when associated with tumors, immune cells known as macrophages can be both good and bad: they can help cancer spread and curb its growth. -
A conversation with veteran Stanford brain researcher Rob Malenka
April 9, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
In an interview in the journal Neuron, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Rob Malenka discusses a range of subjects from reflections on his own career trajectory to his approach to boosting those of his trainees to the future of neuroscience. -
Physical activity helps fight genetic risk of heart disease
April 9, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
In an observational study of almost a half-million participants, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Erik Ingelsson discovered an association between high fitness levels and low heart disease, even among those at genetic risk.