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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.
Upcoming Events (Click Event to See Details)
- January 12: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar – Kang Shen, introducing Thursday’s seminar (see below)
- January 13: TRAM Lecture – John L. Hennessy, “Careers and Research: a Personal Perspective”
- January 13: What Matters to Me & Why – Lucy Shapiro
- January 14: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar – Kang Shen, “Mechanisms of Neuronal Morphogenesis - how does a neuron take its shape?”
- January 14: ReMS Lecture – Liqun Luo, “On the Teneurin Track: Synaptic Partner Matching Molecules” & Maximilian Diehn, “Role of KEAP1 in Airway Stem Cells and Squamous Cell Lung Cancers”
- January 14: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar – Nikta Fakhri, Biophysics, MIT
- January 21: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar – Irene Chen, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara
- January 25: Biology Seminar – Kabir Peay, “Microbes, mutualism and the nature of soil biodiversity”
- February 9: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar – Michael Lin, introducing Dr. David Schaffer’s work (see below)
- February 11: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar – David Schaffer, “Novel Technologies to Investigate the Neural Stem Cell Niche”
- February 17: Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Symposium
- February 25: Collective Behavior in Biology – speakers include: Nicholas Ouellette, Deborah Gordon, Dan McFarland, Tobias Meyer, Mary Teruel, & Manu Prakash
Research, Awards, and Highlights
Please visit the Bio-X website for more news updates.
Vantage Point: We don't just need precision medicine, we need precision health
Essay by Lloyd Minor, Dean of the School of Medicine and Stanford Bio-X Executive Committee Member:
The dean of the School of Medicine hopes the country’s leaders will set their sights higher in their quest to improve the health of the American people.
New Stanford battery shuts down at high temperatures and restarts when it cools
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Zhenan Bao and Yi Cui:
Stanford researchers have invented a lithium-ion battery that turns on and off depending on the temperature. The new technology could prevent battery fires that have plagued laptops, hoverboards and other electronic devices.
Tweak in gene expression may have helped humans walk upright
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members David Kingsley and Gill Bejerano:
A study of the tiny stickleback fish led to the identification of a genomic region possibly linked to modifications in human toes and feet that enable upright walking.
Odds are good that risky gambling choices are influenced by a single brain connection, Stanford research shows
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Brian Knutson:
Whether a person will place a risky bet comes down to a newly discovered tract of neurons spanning two brain regions. The findings could help understand and treat gambling or addiction disorders.
Stanford biologists discover that flexible gene expression may regulate social status in male fish
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Russell Fernald:
Scientists show how the selective expression of genes through epigenetics can regulate the social status of African cichlid fish. The work sheds light on how our genetic code might affect social relations.
Toenail trim saves lab mice from common, life-threatening skin condition
Feature on research by Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member Joseph Garner:
A new Stanford-developed technique helps preserve valuable research mice from a condition that is the most common, preventable reason for euthanasia.
January 12: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Pre-Seminar
Speaker: Kang Shen, Professor of Biology and Pathology, 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
January 14: Stanford Bio-X Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Seminar
Speaker: Kang Shen, Professor of Biology and Pathology, Stanford University
Title: “Mechanisms of Neuronal Morphogenesis - how does a neuron take its shape?”
Time/Location: 12:15pm, Clark Center Room S360
Small lunch to be provided at 12:00pm
Contact: C. Huber
January 14: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Speaker: Nikta Fakhri, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
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.
January 21: Frontiers in Quantitative Biology Seminar
Speaker: Irene Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara
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.
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
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
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!
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.
Speaker: John L. Hennessy, PhD, President of Stanford University and Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Title: “Careers and Research: a Personal Perspective”
Time/Location: 3:00-4:00 PM, Berg Hall – Li Ka Shing Center
Reception will follow.
Contact: jlili@stanford.edu
January 13: What Matters to Me & Why
Speaker: Lucy Shapiro, D.K. Ludwig Professor, Department of Developmental Biology and Director, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
What Matters to Me and Why encourages reflection within the Stanford community on matters of personal values, beliefs, and motivations in order to better understand the lives and inspirations of those who shape the University.
Time/Location: 12:00-1:00 PM, Common Room in the Center for Inter-Religious Community, Learning and Experiences (CIRCLE) – Old Union, 3rd Floor
Contact: dianea1@stanford.edu
First Speaker: Liqun Luo (Biology)
Title: “On the Teneurin Track: Synaptic Partner Matching Molecules”
Second Speaker: Maximilian Diehn (Radiation Oncology)
Title: “Role of KEAP1 in Airway Stem Cells and Squamous Cell Lung Cancers”
Time/Location: 12:00-1:00 PM, Munzer Auditorium
Contact: reh@stanford.edu
Lecture series sponsored by Bio-X.
Speaker: Kabir Peay, Stanford University
Title: “Microbes, mutualism and the nature of soil biodiversity”
Host: Professor Tim Stearns
Time/Location: 4:00 PM, Clark Center S360
Contact: epierson@stanford.edu
OIA Seed Grant: Invite Your International Collaborator to Stanford
The Office of International Affairs is pleased to announce another round of seed grants available to faculty to invite their international collaborators to Stanford. For more information about this funding opportunity, please see the announcement on our website.
To learn more about OIA seed grants, feel free to visit our website for a full list of previous grant recipients and a brief description of their projects.
Proposals are due by 4PM on January 22, 2016.
Contact: Pauline Larmaraud, Assistant Director, Office of International Affairs, plarm@stanford.edu or 650-723-1984
Neurotechnologies for Analysis of Neural Dynamics (NAND)
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows:
Neurotechnologies for Analysis of Neural Dynamics (NAND) is an intensive 4-week summer course designed to introduce physicists, mathematicians, engineers and computer scientists to the major questions and techniques of modern neuroscience, with a special emphasis in both lecture and laboratory components on neurotechnologies.
Grants from the NIMH and Burroughs Wellcome Foundation will help to meet the full financial needs of all admitted students.
Course Dates: June 12, 2016 – July 9, 2016
Application Deadline: February 1, 2016
Details: nand.princeton.edu
Contact: Alan Gelperin, Princeton University.