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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Improving patient safety with bedside computer vision
April 5, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Can computers carry out hospital safety-monitoring tasks better than humans? A research team including Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Fei-Fei Li has been testing the idea; so far, it's working well. -
Stanford researcher making strides toward understanding autism
April 5, 2018 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Inspired by family members to pursue a science career, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Karen Parker is working to better understand the biological basis of social functioning as related to autism. -
Telomerase-expressing liver cells regenerate the organ
April 4, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A subset of liver cells with high levels of telomerase renews the organ during normal cell turnover and after injury, according to Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Steven Artandi. The cells may also give rise to liver cancer. -
A new report by Stanford researchers and Common Sense Media examines the potential effect of virtual reality on children
April 4, 2018 - Stanford News
As virtual reality grows, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jeremy Bailenson works to help parents understand potential impacts of the technology on children. -
Timing of stress-hormone pulses controls weight gain
April 3, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A circadian code controls the switch that produces fat cells, according to Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Mary Teruel. The work was supported by a 2014 Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant. -
Machine-learning algorithm measures changes in gender, ethnic bias
April 3, 2018 - Stanford News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members James Zou and Dan Jurafsky show that, over the past century, linguistic changes in gender and ethnic stereotypes correlated with major social movements and demographic changes in the U.S. Census data. -
Bienenstock recognized for contributions to the advancement of science
February 12, 2018 - The Dish
Arthur Bienenstock, professor of photon science, emeritus, is the winner of the 2018 Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, given by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). -
Still in high school, a Stanford researcher is named a Science Talent Search finalist
February 6, 2018
Rohan Mehrotra started doing research at 14. Now, with Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Richard Zare as mentor, he’s a finalist in the 2018 Science Talent Search. -
Submit a Letter of Intent for the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program!
January 12, 2018
Stanford Bio-X is now accepting Letters of Intent for the 9th Round of the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program. -
Apply for the 2018 Stanford Bio-X, Stanford Neurosciences Institute, and Stanford ChEM-H Fellowships!
January 9, 2018
The Stanford Bio-X Leadership Council is pleased to announce the 15th annual competition for Stanford Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships. -
Paul Yock wins National Academy of Engineering's Gordon Prize
January 4, 2018 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty Paul Yock is being honored for establishing Stanford Biodesign to help innovators create devices and technologies that improve health care. -
Last chance to apply for the 2018 Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program!
October 2, 2017
The Stanford Bio-X Program would like to announce our call for applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Program with funding available starting in the summer of 2018. -
Visiting Scholar Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation
November 10, 2017
The Stanford Bio-X Program and the Novo Nordisk Foundation would like to announce our call for applications for the Visiting Scholar Fellowships @ Stanford Bio-X! -
Hospital discharges for prescription opioids down, heroin discharges surge
October 2, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
The findings of a new study led by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Tina Hernandez-Boussard and Catherine Curtin suggest that illicit drugs are beginning to replace prescription opioids as the source of the national drug epidemic. -
Study shows one federal food program may lead to lower health-care expenditures
October 2, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Sanjay Basu finds that participation in the Supplement-al Nutrition Assistant Program is associated with lower health-care expenditures. -
New research links language of online product descriptions with sales
September 29, 2017 - Stanford News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Dan Jurafsky has found that products in Japan sell better if their advertising includes polite language and words that invoke cultural traditions or authority. -
New technique that uses light to separate mirrored molecules
September 25, 2017 - Stanford News
Left- and right-handed versions of molecules look similar but have different effects. Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Jennifer Dionne's lab is developing an optical filter to sort these molecules, which could lead to purer and safer drugs and agrichemicals. -
Immune cells release “red flag” to activate muscle stem cells in response to damage
September 25, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
How muscle stem cells are activated is a mystery, but Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Brian Feldman and Thomas Rando have found another player in muscle regeneration. -
Brain scans may predict future abilities of kids with fragile X syndrome
September 21, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Allan Reiss has shown that early brain scans may help answer these future-oriented questions for children with fragile X syndrome, the most common genetic cause of developmental disabilities and autism. -
Brain cancer growth halted by absence of protein
September 20, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
High-grade gliomas cease growing in mice if a signaling molecule called neuroligin-3 is absent or its activity is blocked with drugs, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Michelle Monje and Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Lydia Tam find. -
Plan for digital companies and workers’ rights in an online world
September 15, 2017 - Stanford News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Michael Bernstein and Margaret Levi are addressing the future of work, with technology platforms and policies to protect workers’ rights and help employers assess employee qualifications as part of Stanford’s Cyber Initiative. -
Stanford researchers team up to reduce pollution and improve health
September 14, 2017 - Stanford News
Brick kiln pollution is ubiquitous in South Asia. An interdisciplinary team led by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Stephen Luby combines satellite data and political persuasion to track kilns, raise awareness, and convince owners to use cleaner tech. -
Research uncovers the neurons that drive thirst
September 14, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
What makes us thirsty? The answer, from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Liqun Luo and Karl Deisseroth and Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Michael Chen, lies in a set of neurons that make life unpleasant for those behind on fluid intake. -
Exploring the capitation reimbursement model for primary care
September 12, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Sanjay Basu set out to figure out whether, and to what degree, a capitation payment model could help a primary care practice shift from the traditional fee-for-service system to one based on population health management. -
Immune system changes during pregnancy are precisely timed
September 1, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
A woman’s immune system changes throughout a normal pregnancy, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Martin Angst, Garry Nolan, Robert Tibshirani, David Stevenson, and Gary Shaw have found, which could lay the groundwork for predicting preterm birth. -
Insect eyes inspire new solar cell design by Stanford researchers
August 31, 2017 - Stanford News
A new solar cell developed by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Reinhold Dauskardt, inspired by the compound eyes of insects, could help scientists overcome a major roadblock to solar panels made of perovskite. -
Goldilocks effect: Dying cells send signals to keep organ size “just right”
August 31, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Lucy O'Brien, Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Sang Ngo, and Travel Award recipient Jackson Liang found a path of communication between dying cells and stem cells that create their replacements. -
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Amplifying signals to detect cancer early
August 31, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Prior Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant and Stanford Bio-X Fellow Amin Aalipour, working with Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Sam Gambhir, is interested in fighting diseases by developing early detection techniques. -
College freshmen turn to empathic people in stressful times
August 30, 2017 - Stanford News
In an era of nearly boundless online “friend” networks, Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Jamil Zaki found that students are able to distinguish those real-life friends who are most able to help them deal with stressful times. -
Fathers of American newborns keep getting older
August 30, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
While data on the moms of newborn American children has been abundant, equivalent data on dads hasn’t — a gap that Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Michael Eisenberg and his team have now filled.