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Applications for the 2016 Stanford Bio-X Graduate Fellowships are now open!

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The Bio-X Leadership Council is pleased to announce the 13th annual competition for Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships and for Stanford Neurosciences Institute (SNI) and ChEM-H Fellowships.

To be considered for review, complete applications must be submitted online, with all required materials emailed or received, not postmarked, by March 9, 2016 at 5pm PST.


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We are now accepting Letters of Intent for the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program, Round 8!

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The Stanford Bio-X IIP awards provide seed funding for high-risk, high-reward collaborative proposals including basic research leading to fundamental discoveries, as well as innovative technology.

Letters of Intent must be received by: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 by 5:00 PM (PST).


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Stanford Interdisciplinary

A culture of collaboration drives innovative discoveries in areas vital to our world, our health and our intellectual life.


Upcoming Events (Click Event to See Details)


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Found: A molecule mediating memory meltdown in aging immune systems

Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jorg Goronzy:
Research that identified a surface protein that could explain why people's immune system declines as they age.


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The latest on the pregnancy risks for women with lupus

Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Julia Simard:
A descriptive study to clarify the pregnancy risks for women who are diagnosed, and may be diagnosed, with lupus.


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Cautious green light for CRISPR use in embryos in the U.K.; Stanford's Hank Greely weighs in

Feature on research by Scientific Leadership Council Member and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Hank Greely:
Hank Greely gives his take on U.K. approval to apply CRISPR on human embryos.


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Growing resistance to vital HIV drug raises concern

Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Robert W. Shafer:
Research on the need to develop drug regimens to treat HIV effectively for as long as possible due to increasing instances of resistance to the antiviral tenofovir.


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Fast, accurate cystic fibrosis test developed at Stanford

Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ron Davis:
The new technique will allow for more comprehensive newborn screening, while also cutting the time and cost needed for testing.


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Stanford engineers have good news for Stephen Colbert: It is plausible to climb like Spider-Man

Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Mark Cutkosky:
By using a novel controllable adhesive system, a Stanford engineer shows that a person can scale a glass wall just like Spidey.


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A group of scholars look to early 20th century radio technology to help improve Internet security

Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Jelena Vuckovic:
A new study shows how harnessing the quantum properties of light can create a transmission technology impervious to eavesdropping.


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Wearable device detects, analyzes real- time changes in chemical composition of sweat

Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Ron Davis:
Complementary electronic technologies underlie a newly developed, wearable sensor that can help monitor what is happening inside the body.


Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants Symposium - February 17 1 - 5:30 pm - Clark Center Auditorium

February 17: Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Symposium

Speakers: Drs. Ada Poon, Jin Hyung Lee, Mary Teruel, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Peter Kim, Daniel Spielman, Mark Kay, and Nicholas Melosh
Time/Location: 1:00pm-4:00pm, Clark Center Auditorium
Poster Session: 4:00pm-5:30pm, Nexus Café
Contact: C. Huber
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty, students, postdocs, and lab members: contact C. Huber to present a poster!


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February 4: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar

Speaker: Arjun Raj, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Time/Location: 2:00pm, Clark Center Auditorium
To sign up for the mailing list, please send a blank message to frontiers-qbiojoin@lists.stanford.edu.
Series partially sponsored by Stanford Bio-X.


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February 8: Stanford Bio-X Workshop

Acquisition and Analysis Software for Basic to Advanced Microscopy Applications: A Practical Workshop for Open Source Acquisition Software and for GPU Accelerated Deconvolution Software for Clear Fluorescence Images in Real-Time
Time/Location: 10:00am-3:00pm, Clark Center S360
“One-on-One” Sessions with Facilitators: 12:30- 5:00PM: Deconvolution
3:00-5:00PM: Open source imaging software. Bring your image stacks to see them deconvolved.
RSVP Required: open to Stanford faculty, students, researchers, and staff. RSVP by email here!


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February 9: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar

Speaker: Michael Lin, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University
Attend the pre-seminar to learn more about Thursday's seminar topic!
Time/Location: 12:15pm, Clark Center Room S361
Small lunch to be provided at 12:00pm
Contact: C. Huber


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February 11: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar

Speaker: David Schaffer, Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience, UC Berkeley
Title: “Novel Technologies to Investigate the Neural Stem Cell Niche”
Time/Location: 12:15pm, Clark Center Room S360
Small lunch to be provided at 12:00pm
Host: Michael Lin, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University
Contact: C. Huber


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February 11: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar

Speaker: Long Cai, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, CalTech
Time/Location: 2:00pm, Clark Center Auditorium
To sign up for the mailing list, please send a blank message to frontiers-qbiojoin@lists.stanford.edu.
Series partially sponsored by Stanford Bio-X.


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February 25: Collective Behavior in Biology

First Meeting
Speakers include: Nicholas Ouellette (Civil Engineering); Deborah Gordon (Biology); Dan McFarland (Graduate School of Education); Tobias Meyer (Chemical & Systems Biology); Mary Teruel (Chemical & Systems Biology); Manu Prakash (Bioengineering)
Time/Location: 11:00am-2:00pm, Clark Center S361
Lunch to be provided.
Please RSVP here!
Contact: Daniel Cohen
Series partially sponsored by Stanford Bio-X.


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February 3: TRAM Lecture

Speaker: Carla J. Shatz, PhD, Sapp Family Provostial Professor, Professor of Biology and Neurobiology, David Starr Jordan Director, and Stanford Bio-X
Title: “Careers and Research: a Personal Perspective”
Time/Location: 3:00-4:00 PM, LK120 – Li Ka Shing Center
Contact: jlili@stanford.edu


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February 4: ReMS Lecture

First Speaker: Stephen Quake (Bioengineering and Applied Physics)
Title: “Single Cell Genomics”
Second Speaker: Xinnan Wang (Neurosurgery)
Title: “Mitochondrial Transport in Parkingon’s Disease”
Time/Location: 12:00-1:00 PM, Munzer Auditorium
Contact: reh@stanford.edu
Lecture series sponsored by Bio-X.


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February 8: Biology Seminar

Speaker: Peter Walter, UC San Fransisco
Title: “From Protein Folding to Cognition: The Serendipitous Path of Discovery”
Host: Biology Department Postdocs
Time/Location: 4:00 PM, Clark Center Auditorium
Contact: epierson@stanford.edu


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February 17: EMBS Meeting

Speaker: Steve Stephansen, CEO, LifeWave Biomedical
Title: “mHealth Physiologic Monitoring Solutions with Ultra Wideband RF Radar”
Time/Location: 7:30 PM, Room M-114, Stanford University Medical School
Optional dinner location: Stanford Hospital cafeteria, 6:15 PM (no host, no reservations)
Contact: c.k.doniger@sbcglobal.net


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