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Imagine losing your ability to speak. You know what you want to say, but the brain-to-muscle connection for forming words no longer works.
Can BCIs bypass those broken circuits to help people speak again? Erin Kunz shares how they work and what’s ahead.
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Can BCIs bypass those broken circuits to help people speak again? Erin Kunz shares how they work and what’s ahead.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Could brain implants read our thoughts? (Not yet)
Join us as we talk with Erin Kunz about building brain-computer interfaces to restore speech to people
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November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Imagine losing your ability to speak. You know what you want to say, but the brain-to-muscle connection for forming words no longer works.
Can BCIs bypass those broken circuits to help people speak again? Erin Kunz shares how they work and what’s ahead.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Can BCIs bypass those broken circuits to help people speak again? Erin Kunz shares how they work and what’s ahead.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
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From molecular atlases of aging to emerging ideas about immune pathways, synapses, and glial biology, scientists from Stanford, @ucsfhealth.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk, and @alleninstitute.org shared new brain resilience research at our recent symposium.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
From molecular atlases of aging to emerging ideas about immune pathways, synapses, and glial biology, scientists from Stanford, @ucsfhealth.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk, and @alleninstitute.org shared new brain resilience research at our recent symposium.
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With @hankgreely.bsky.social & supported by @danafoundation.bsky.social @brainorganogenesis.bsky.social @stanfordbrain.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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An amazing group of scientists, philosophers, legal scholars, ethicists, policy makers, patient advocates, funders and trainees convened at Asilomar for one of the most stimulating meetings I have had the privilege to organize, focused on the ethics of research with neural #organoids & #assembloids
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
An amazing group of scientists, philosophers, legal scholars, ethicists, policy makers, patient advocates, funders and trainees convened at Asilomar for one of the most stimulating meetings I have had the privilege to organize, focused on the ethics of research with neural #organoids & #assembloids
Could brain implants read our thoughts? Not yet.
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Could brain implants read our thoughts? Not yet.
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Neuroengineer Erin Kunz builds BCIs to restore speech in people with paralysis. She explains how they decode brain signals—and why imagined thoughts are harder to access than you might think.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Scientists and ethicists, including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates @sergiuppasca.bsky.social and Hank Greely, call for an international process to guide the field of human neural organoids.
Read the full @statnews.com story: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
Read the full @statnews.com story: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Scientists and ethicists, including Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates @sergiuppasca.bsky.social and Hank Greely, call for an international process to guide the field of human neural organoids.
Read the full @statnews.com story: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
Read the full @statnews.com story: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
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“We’re making a helmet people can wear that delivers ultrasound to the brain, and we plan to initiate clinical testing of this protocol in the next few months,” said Raag Airan.
With Knight Initiative support, they plan to test it on people soon.
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With Knight Initiative support, they plan to test it on people soon.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“We’re making a helmet people can wear that delivers ultrasound to the brain, and we plan to initiate clinical testing of this protocol in the next few months,” said Raag Airan.
With Knight Initiative support, they plan to test it on people soon.
🔗 brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/new-ult...
With Knight Initiative support, they plan to test it on people soon.
🔗 brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/new-ult...
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Fantastic talks at yesterday's seminar!
Ted Wilson - Unveiling early Alzheimer’s: biomarkers and breakthroughs on the path to brain resilience.
Raag Airan - Ultrasonic debris clearance for improving neurofluid flow and decreasing neuroinflammation.
Ted Wilson - Unveiling early Alzheimer’s: biomarkers and breakthroughs on the path to brain resilience.
Raag Airan - Ultrasonic debris clearance for improving neurofluid flow and decreasing neuroinflammation.
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fantastic talks at yesterday's seminar!
Ted Wilson - Unveiling early Alzheimer’s: biomarkers and breakthroughs on the path to brain resilience.
Raag Airan - Ultrasonic debris clearance for improving neurofluid flow and decreasing neuroinflammation.
Ted Wilson - Unveiling early Alzheimer’s: biomarkers and breakthroughs on the path to brain resilience.
Raag Airan - Ultrasonic debris clearance for improving neurofluid flow and decreasing neuroinflammation.
We welcome three Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows (SIGFs)—Sarah Zou, Nick M, and Pengli Wang! Projects include efforts to decode traumatic brain injury (TBI), map brain-body communication, and find treatments for rare childhood diseases.
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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Welcomes 2025 Stanford Interdisciplinary
Stanford doctoral students spanning neuroscience, chemical engineering, and electrical engineering are
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November 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We welcome three Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows (SIGFs)—Sarah Zou, Nick M, and Pengli Wang! Projects include efforts to decode traumatic brain injury (TBI), map brain-body communication, and find treatments for rare childhood diseases.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/wu-tsai...
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/wu-tsai...
How can brain activity predict stock prices or viral videos?
In today’s podcast, Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson explores how brain signals shape choice, risk, and attention—bridging neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurofo...
In today’s podcast, Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson explores how brain signals shape choice, risk, and attention—bridging neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurofo...
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How can brain activity predict stock prices or viral videos?
In today’s podcast, Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson explores how brain signals shape choice, risk, and attention—bridging neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurofo...
In today’s podcast, Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson explores how brain signals shape choice, risk, and attention—bridging neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/neurofo...
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“By the time we examine an autopsied brain-tissue sample, a pathologist will have rinsed it with alcohol, removing lipids,” said Knight Initiative director Tony Wyss-Coray, D. H. Chen Professor II and @stanfordneuro.bsky.social professor. “So, we can miss them.”
med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
Rethinking Alzheimer's: How these tiny balls of fat factor in
A classic but ignored Alzheimer’s hallmark — myriad oily droplets in brain cells called microglia — may help connect several of the disorder’s better known but not well understood features.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“By the time we examine an autopsied brain-tissue sample, a pathologist will have rinsed it with alcohol, removing lipids,” said Knight Initiative director Tony Wyss-Coray, D. H. Chen Professor II and @stanfordneuro.bsky.social professor. “So, we can miss them.”
med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
Ask someone about the nervous system in the gut, and chances are you’ll get a blank stare—or maybe, “There’s a nervous system in the gut?”
Dr Kaltschmidt and Dr. Coleman discuss exciting discoveries from the frontiers of the “gut-brain axis.”
Read more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/celebra...
Dr Kaltschmidt and Dr. Coleman discuss exciting discoveries from the frontiers of the “gut-brain axis.”
Read more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/celebra...
‘A celebration’ of the gut and the brain
Organizers of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s 12th annual symposium share exciting new discoveries
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October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ask someone about the nervous system in the gut, and chances are you’ll get a blank stare—or maybe, “There’s a nervous system in the gut?”
Dr Kaltschmidt and Dr. Coleman discuss exciting discoveries from the frontiers of the “gut-brain axis.”
Read more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/celebra...
Dr Kaltschmidt and Dr. Coleman discuss exciting discoveries from the frontiers of the “gut-brain axis.”
Read more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/celebra...
Last week, our lab directors hosted a Neurosciences Community Labs Lunch & Learn. Attendees interested in using the facilities learned about the internal and external resources offered by the community labs. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Last week, our lab directors hosted a Neurosciences Community Labs Lunch & Learn. Attendees interested in using the facilities learned about the internal and external resources offered by the community labs. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
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We're incredibly proud of this recognition — thanks so much to everyone for listening and sharing our conversations from the frontiers of brain science!
Our podcast won 2 Signal Awards (@signalawards.bsky.social) for brand storytelling in Science & Education!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
October 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We're incredibly proud of this recognition — thanks so much to everyone for listening and sharing our conversations from the frontiers of brain science!
Our podcast won 2 Signal Awards (@signalawards.bsky.social) for brand storytelling in Science & Education!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our podcast won 2 Signal Awards (@signalawards.bsky.social) for brand storytelling in Science & Education!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
🥈 Silver Signal Award
🏅 Listener's Choice Award
Thanks to our fascinating guests, wonderful audience, host Nicholas Weiler, and podcast producer Michael Osborne for making this possible!
Why does social isolation reshape the brain?
This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.
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This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Why does social isolation reshape the brain?
This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.
🎙️ neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-our...
This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.
🎙️ neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-our...
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Thank you to our wonderful speakers and everyone who joined us at the Fall 2025 Symposium and Poster Session! It was a day full of insights into the latest research on healthy brain aging, resilience, and various neuroscience studies at Stanford.
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thank you to our wonderful speakers and everyone who joined us at the Fall 2025 Symposium and Poster Session! It was a day full of insights into the latest research on healthy brain aging, resilience, and various neuroscience studies at Stanford.
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Our Fall Symposium is today! We look forward to our poster session and talks by:
John W. Day, Soyon Hon @soyonhonglab.bsky.social,
Alina Isakova, Andrew C. Yang, Hongkui Seng @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, and Xuchen Zhang.
John W. Day, Soyon Hon @soyonhonglab.bsky.social,
Alina Isakova, Andrew C. Yang, Hongkui Seng @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, and Xuchen Zhang.
October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our Fall Symposium is today! We look forward to our poster session and talks by:
John W. Day, Soyon Hon @soyonhonglab.bsky.social,
Alina Isakova, Andrew C. Yang, Hongkui Seng @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, and Xuchen Zhang.
John W. Day, Soyon Hon @soyonhonglab.bsky.social,
Alina Isakova, Andrew C. Yang, Hongkui Seng @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, and Xuchen Zhang.
Congrats to Bianxiao Cui on receiving the Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health!
Dr. Cui will use this grant to support research to uncover and target a newly identified survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells.
Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Dr. Cui will use this grant to support research to uncover and target a newly identified survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells.
Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
October 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Congrats to Bianxiao Cui on receiving the Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health!
Dr. Cui will use this grant to support research to uncover and target a newly identified survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells.
Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Dr. Cui will use this grant to support research to uncover and target a newly identified survival mechanism of metastatic cancer cells.
Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Six @stanford.edu scientists, including Anne Brunet @brunetlab.bsky.social, have been awarded High-Risk, High-Reward Research program grants from the National Institutes of Health.
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
October 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Six @stanford.edu scientists, including Anne Brunet @brunetlab.bsky.social, have been awarded High-Risk, High-Reward Research program grants from the National Institutes of Health.
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
This will support Brunet's work on the peripheral nervous system, organs & aging.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Great talks at our recent seminar! Featuring:
Kristy Zera - Blocking the VLA4/VCAM1 axis prevents infarct-induced neurodegeneration by reducing neuroinflammation & promoting vascular integrity
Carla Shatz - Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
Kristy Zera - Blocking the VLA4/VCAM1 axis prevents infarct-induced neurodegeneration by reducing neuroinflammation & promoting vascular integrity
Carla Shatz - Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Great talks at our recent seminar! Featuring:
Kristy Zera - Blocking the VLA4/VCAM1 axis prevents infarct-induced neurodegeneration by reducing neuroinflammation & promoting vascular integrity
Carla Shatz - Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
Kristy Zera - Blocking the VLA4/VCAM1 axis prevents infarct-induced neurodegeneration by reducing neuroinflammation & promoting vascular integrity
Carla Shatz - Convergence of signals for pruning at a synaptic receptor implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
What happens in our brains when we sketch?
Explore the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist @judyefan. We discuss how we can better understand what we observe, how we process info, what happens when we put it on a canvas, and more.
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Explore the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist @judyefan. We discuss how we can better understand what we observe, how we process info, what happens when we put it on a canvas, and more.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/doodles...
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
What happens in our brains when we sketch?
Explore the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist @judyefan. We discuss how we can better understand what we observe, how we process info, what happens when we put it on a canvas, and more.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/doodles...
Explore the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist @judyefan. We discuss how we can better understand what we observe, how we process info, what happens when we put it on a canvas, and more.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/doodles...
Congrats to the Seed Grant awardees! Projects include efforts to develop new tools for delivering drugs to the brain; study the role of neuropeptide molecules in pain & brain signaling; and probe the links between genetics, inflammation, & Alzheimer’s.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Congrats to the Seed Grant awardees! Projects include efforts to develop new tools for delivering drugs to the brain; study the role of neuropeptide molecules in pain & brain signaling; and probe the links between genetics, inflammation, & Alzheimer’s.
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/pain-al...
🔗 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/pain-al...
Great news! Our podcast, From Our Neurons to Yours, is a finalist for the Listener’s Choice Award in Science & Education at @signalawards.bsky.social!🎙️
Help us win and vote here by Oct. 9: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Great news! Our podcast, From Our Neurons to Yours, is a finalist for the Listener’s Choice Award in Science & Education at @signalawards.bsky.social!🎙️
Help us win and vote here by Oct. 9: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
Help us win and vote here by Oct. 9: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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Join us on Oct 9 at a symposium featuring brain resilience and aging research, including a clinical presentation with a patient’s perspective, poster session, and social! Registration required.
Stanford affiliates, sign up to present a poster by Oct 2.
brainresilience.stanford.edu/events/knigh...
Stanford affiliates, sign up to present a poster by Oct 2.
brainresilience.stanford.edu/events/knigh...
September 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Join us on Oct 9 at a symposium featuring brain resilience and aging research, including a clinical presentation with a patient’s perspective, poster session, and social! Registration required.
Stanford affiliates, sign up to present a poster by Oct 2.
brainresilience.stanford.edu/events/knigh...
Stanford affiliates, sign up to present a poster by Oct 2.
brainresilience.stanford.edu/events/knigh...