How the Brain Builds Itself
Sergiu P. Pasca - Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Bonnie Uytengsu & Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
Dr. Sergiu Pasca's lab employs state-of-the-art stem cell biology, genome engineering, imaging and neuroscience approaches to identify the dynamical processes that go awry in neural cells derived from patients with neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia, and what should be therapeutically targeted in these conditions.
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants
Exploring the evolution of human brain development with cerebral cortical spheroids
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 8 - 2016
Research News
Stanford Medicine team creates advanced model for studying brain development, disorders
September 16, 2026 - Stanford Medicine News
The ability to study brain disorders that arise before birth has taken a leap forward as Stanford Medicine...
‘The human brain remains the final frontier’
July 24, 2025 - Stanford Report News
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member, Clark Center resident faculty member, and neuroscientist...
Sergiu Pasca Wins the 2024 Schaller Prize for Translational Neuroscience
June 4, 2024
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty member and Clark Center building resident faculty Sergiu Paşca has won the 2024 Chica and Heinz...