Undergrad fellows, upcoming events, and more
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Dedicated to understanding how the brain gives rise to mental life and behavior, in health and in disease.
Institute Announcements
Introducing our 2024 Undergraduate Fellows
Please join us in welcoming this year's Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Opportunity (NeURO) fellows! The NeURO program supports Stanford undergrads who wish to join a research lab and provide an introduction to the fundamentals of neuroscience research.
Trainee Lunches with Neuro Seminar Speakers
Are you a Stanford trainee who is interested in meeting with one of the upcoming speakers??Each week, up to 8 graduate students and postdocs are invited to enjoy a lunch with the speaker after the seminar.?Sign up for the opportunity to have lunch with them!
Upcoming events
Knight Initiative Symposium | Year-end Symposium and Research Showcase
Join us at a year-end symposium and brain resilience research showcase, featuring trailblazing research supported by the Knight Initiative, a neuroscience poster session, and a reception for the community.
Thurs, May 23, 2024?| 11 am; Registration required.
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Neuroscience?across?campus
Podcast
Wu Tsai Neuro |?From Our Neurons to Yours
Our podcast is back for season 4! Follow the latest episodes, where we bring you to the frontiers of neuroscience to understand what makes us human.
Stanford neuroeconomist Nik Sawe delves into the neuroscience of environmental decision-making, and why long-term thinking is so hard for our brains.?
Stanford anesthesiologist Boris Heifets discusses studies that could change our understanding of the renaissance in psychedelic medicine.
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Stanford Neuroscience in the news
Wu Tsai Neuro | Neuroscience sheds light on childhood gut disorders
The recent discovery that intestinal neurons normally self-organize into a striped pattern around the time of birth could help explain wide-ranging GI disorders in children, say Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Julia Kaltschmidt and Lori Dershowitz. Listen to our podcast episode with Kaltschmidt
Stanford Medicine |?Brain organoids and assembloids are new models for elucidating, treating neurodevelopmental disorders
New research led by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Sergiu Pasca on Timothy syndrome may have implications?beyond the rare genetic disorder — including conditions like schizophrenia. Supported by the Wu Tsai Neuro Big Ideas in Neuroscience grant program.? Also covered in NPR
Stanford Report | Seven Stanford faculty named AAAS Fellows
Seven Stanford faculty, including Knight Initiative Director Tony Wyss-Coray, are among the 502 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Stanford Medicine | Stanford Medicine-led study identifies novel target for epilepsy treatment
A little-understood part of the brain appears to be involved in starting seizures and keeping them going, according to Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Ivan Soltesz and team.
Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michael Greicius and others share their expertise on the limitations of the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi.
Scope Blog | Could anesthesia-induced dreams wipe away trauma?
Cases of patients who recovered from trauma after dreaming under surgical anesthesia spur Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Boris Heifets and his team to investigate dreaming as therapy.
Get Involved
Knight Symposium Poster Session and Contest
Deadline: May 8, 2024
The Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is hosting a year-end Symposium and Research Showcase, which will include a neuroscience research poster session and contest. Stanford-affiliated attendees from all neuroscience disciplines and career stages are invited to present posters at the symposium poster session.?
Always great to read about the exciting research being catalyzed by Wu Tsai Neuro!