Brain Broadcast: Neuroscience:Translate awards, upcoming events, and more
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As we head into spring quarter, Brain Broadcast will take a short break and return in April with more exciting news and events.
Spotlight
Announcing our 2025 Neuroscience:Translate awards
The Neuroscience:Translate grant program supports teams of cross-disciplinary researchers to help them advance their research toward practical use.
This year's awardees span the schools of Electrical Engineering, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics.
Neurosciences Community Labs Lunch and Learn
Would you like to learn about the scientific resources that are available at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Community Labs?
Join our Neurosciences Community Labs: Lunch & Learn event on April 9 at 12:00pm PST! Register by April 7 to attend.
Our podcast is back
From Our Neurons to Yours is back for another season! Join us as we criss-cross scientific disciplines to bring you to the frontiers of brain science.
Get involved
Apply for research grants
The Koret Human Neurosciences Community Lab aims to empower investigators of all levels to explore the possibilities of EEG and/or TMS in their research with awards of up to $10,000 to use in the lab.
Application deadline: April 11, 2025
The Neurosciences Preclinical Imaging Lab (NPIL) invites researchers of all career stages—whether this would be your first time using neuroimaging, or you are an experienced MRI researcher—to apply. This grant awards up to $6,000 each to be used for NPIL services.
Application deadline: April 11, 2025
Providing awards of up to $300,000 over two years, this grant program sparks groundbreaking collaborations across Stanford by funding novel ideas that combine diverse expertise to tackle critical challenges in neuroscience.
Application deadline: April 25, 2025
Opportunities and fellowships
The Brain Resilience Lab seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to lead research, analyze multi-omics data, and develop predictive models for a project focused on brain resilience and neurodegeneration. To apply, please submit a cover letter, CV, and contact information for three references. In your cover letter, please describe your research interests and alignment with the mission of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience.
Application instructions in the job description
Upcoming events
Neuroscience news
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute: Brain imaging and stimulation technologies receive 2025 Neuroscience:Translate awards
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Photo highlights
Neurosciences Seminar
Aryn Gittis shared a talk on “Circuit-inspired strategies to improve treatments for Parkinson’s disease” at a Neurosciences Seminar.
Brain Resilience Seminar
Nico van Donk discussed his research about “Unleashing engineered T cells as disease sensors and therapeutic actuators for neurodegenerative disease,” and Takeshi Uenaka on “Microglia-neuron interactions in regulating protein aggregation in human cell models” at a recent Brain Resilience Seminar.
Knight Initiative Special Seminar
Marco Prinz of The University of Freiburg delivered a special seminar on “The myeloid side of the brain,” showcasing microglia’s role as 'never sleeping watchdogs' of brain health.
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