People who receive the shingles vaccine may have a lower risk of developing dementia, with some studies estimating a 15-20% reduction.
Includes research by @pascalge.bsky.social supported by a Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Pilot Grant.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/w...
Michael Greicius, Stanford Neurologist, Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Steering Committee member, and founding director of the Stanford Memory Disorders Center.
Victor Henderson, Stanford Neurologist
Stanford neurologists Michael Greicius and Victor Henderson explain what science knows about why women develop Alzheimer’s disease at higher rates than men—and the many things science doesn’t yet know.
Learn more: med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
Did you know that most Parkinson's patients experience constipation, loss of smell, or sleep disruptions years or even a decade before movement symptoms?
This week's guest, Kathleen Poston, thinks these early symptoms present an incredible opportunity for the field. Take a listen!
Looking forward to seeing y’all
Kathleen Poston is a neurologist and division chief for movement disorders at Stanford Medicine. She's also a member of the steering committee for the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Wu Tsai Neuro.
Todd Coleman, Kathleen Poston, and Linda Nguyen speak at the 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Symposium.
Symptoms like constipation, sleep disturbances, and loss of smell can appear years before Parkinson's diagnosis. In today's podcast, Kathleen Poston discusses ongoing research exploring where Parkinson's begins and how to slow its progression.
Listen now: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-p...
Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Affiliate Kalanit Grill-Spector participates in a brainstorming session with other Institute affiliates at the 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Scientific Retreat.
Postdoc Scholar Pilleriin Sikka shares a scientific talk titled "Anesthesia-Induced Dreaming: Frequency, Safety, and Therapeutic Outcomes" at the 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Retreat.
Wu Tsai Neuro faculty affiliates and members of their labs share their scientific discoveries and spark new collaborations at the 2024 Institute Retreat poster session.
2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Retreat attendees gather for a group photo.
We invite Wu Tsai Neuro faculty affiliates and members of their labs to join us on Monday, May 18, at our 2026 Institute Retreat.
⚠️ Attendance is limited. Registration required.
🧠 Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/events/2026-...
🎟️ Register here by April 21: wutsaineuro-retreat-26.zite.so
Rahul Nagvekar, a Genetics PhD candidate at Stanford University in the Brunet Lab, presents his research in a talk titled, "Engulfment by brain myeloid cells of a short-lived vertebrate."
Jordan Moore, a Postdoc at Stanford University in the Buckwalter Lab, shared his research in a talk titled, Injectable Drug-Eluting Scaffold To Improve Cognition after Ischemic Stroke."
Jordan Moore, a Postdoc at Stanford University in the Buckwalter Lab, shared his research in a talk titled, Injectable Drug-Eluting Scaffold To Improve Cognition after Ischemic Stroke."
Rahul Nagvekar, a Genetics PhD candidate at Stanford University in the Brunet Lab, presents his research in a talk titled, "Engulfment by brain myeloid cells of a short-lived vertebrate."
Yesterday, Jordan Moore, a postdoc in the Buckwalter Lab, discussed his research, "Injectable Drug-Eluting Scaffold To Improve Cognition after Ischemic Stroke." Rahul Nagvekar @brunetlab.bsky.social shared his research in a talk, "Engulfment by brain myeloid cells of a short-lived vertebrate."
Guosong Hong looks through a microscope in the lab.
Could we make the brain see-through?
Light scatters in brain tissue, limiting how deeply we can study neural activity. In today’s podcast, Guosong Hong discusses how transparent brains could help scientists better understand how neural circuits work.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-see...
Several staff scientist positions available in our lab at Stanford University!
More details and application at the link below
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From rejuvenating brain plasticity with magnetic stimulation to tracking genome changes with age, Stanford researchers are exploring new paths to brain aging and resilience.
The Knight Initiative is supporting 4 of 8 new seed grant projects. Read more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/new-ide...
This paper was so cool I kept writing "this is wild" in the margins. I love how @christophthaiss.bsky.social and his team followed the science all the way from microbes in the guts of aging mice to changes in gut-brain communication and its impact on memory formation!
A clearer picture of brain aging is emerging.
Explore recent research supported by the Knight Initiative on early signals of lifespan, cellular recycling in the brain, and mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration in our Winter 2026 review.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/winter...
Bruker's manufacturer representative, Saaussan Madi, shared datasets on marmoset brains, which exemplified how isotropic resolution allows precise determination of fiber tracks. Image courtesy of J. Hata and H. Okano of Keio University, CIEA, Kanagawa, Japan.
Apply for Neuroimaging Pilot Grants and explore the possibilities of MRI in neuroscience research!
The Neurosciences Preclinical Imaging Lab invites Stanford researchers of all career stages to apply. Awards up to $6,000.
Learn more and apply by April 10: neuroscience.stanford.edu/shared-resou...
Congrats to our 2026 Neurosciences Postdoc Scholars!
They bring expertise in biology, chemistry, engineering, genetics, physiology, neuroscience, psychiatry, and radiology to research projects spanning different scales of neuroscience.
Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/announc...
Pythons produce a hunger-suppressing molecule called pTOS after meals. The same molecule tells human and mouse brains it's time to stop eating. Image description: Yellow python with a black background. Image credit: Denis Doukhan/Pixabay.
New study on Pythons—snakes that can go a year without eating—hints at a potential weight-loss drug with fewer side effects than GLP-1 drugs. Research led by the Long Lab at Stanford and supported in part by the Knight Initiative.
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/study-p...
Christoph Thaiss is a Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute affiliate, an assistant professor of pathology at Stanford Medicine, and a core investigator at the Arc Institute in Palo Alto.
Could boosting gut–brain communication prevent memory loss?
New research by @christophthaiss.bsky.social suggests restoring vagus nerve activity can reverse cognitive decline in aging mice. He joins us to discuss microbes, memory, and internal senses.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/could-b...
Every minute counts in a stroke. On the Health Compass podcast, Maya Adam talks with a Stanford engineer and physician developing a device that could shape the future of treatment. youtu.be/RzT-xef1j_A
@stanfordbrain.bsky.social
Dr. Kaestner works with a research subject in the Koret Human Neurosciences Lab at Wu Tsai Neuro.
Interested in leveraging EEG and/or TMS in your research? The Koret Human Neurosciences Lab at Wu Tsai Neuro invites Stanford researchers to apply for Human Neuro Pilot grants, awarding up to $10,000 per grant.
Learn more and apply by April 10: neuroscience.stanford.edu/shared-resou...
Wu Tsai Neuro and Sarafan ChEM-H researchers get pizza at the Pi Day celebration.
Wu Tsai Neuro and Sarafan ChEM-H researchers get pie at the Pi Day celebration.
Wu Tsai Neuro and Sarafan ChEM-H researchers wait in line for pizza, pie, and sweet treats at the Pi Day celebration.
Wu Tsai Neuro and Sarafan ChEM-H researchers wait in line for pizza, pie, and sweet treats at the Pi Day celebration.
π may be irrational, but celebrating it is perfectly reasonable.
In celebration of Pi Day, the Wu Tsai Neuro and Sarafan ChEM-H communities hosted a joint social event that brought together Stanford researchers across neuroscience, chemistry, and health sciences.
I've been thinking about this study ever since I heard Claire present the early stages of the work at one of our symposia several years back. So glad to be finally be able to share this unusual and fascinating story! Congrats to the team for this new publication.
Ravi Nath and Claire Bedbrook stand in an aisle of shelves filled with fish tanks. Photo by Andrew Brodhead.
On today's podcast, we talk with neuroscientists Claire Bedbrook and Ravi Nath about their new study, which found that an animal's lifespan can be predicted surprisingly early by observing its behavior. @brunetlab.bsky.social @deisseroth.bsky.social
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Annie Goettemoeller, a Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Postdoctoral Scholar supported by the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience, in her lab.
Annie Goettemoeller looks through a microscope in her lab. Photo by Andrew Brodhead.
Ongoing research explores how epilepsy-like activity may influence the spread of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain. This work is led by Brain Resilience Postdoc Scholar Annie Goettemoeller in the Soltesz Lab @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social.
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu/news/qa-prob...
This week we are introducing neuromodulatory assembloids.
Over the past few years, many circuits and cell-cell interactions have been modeled in assembloids, but these systems have not systematically incorporated neuromodulation.
Moderated discussion with Justin Gardner (Moderator, Associate Director of Psychology at Stanford), Kohitij Kar (York University), Hidehiko Inagaki (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience), Janice Chen (Johns Hopkins University), and Caroline Runyan (University of Pittsburgh).
Janice Chen shares research in a talk titled "Studying memory for natural events across multiple timescales."
Caroline A. Runyan discusses research in a talk titled "State-dependent population codes across cortex."
Jay McClelland (MBCT Faculty Director, Stanford professor, and Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate) opens the symposium.
Cheers to a successful Mind, Brain Computaiton, and Technology Symposium on Linking Timescales of Behavior and Neural Activity through Recurrent Computation!
Thank you to our incredible speakers, attendees, and community for making this possible.
Meena Chakraborty, PhD Candidate, Stanford University, presents her research at the March 2026 Brain Resilience Seminar.
Bianca Palushaj presents her research at the March 2026 Brain Resilience Seminar.
Imani Porter presents her research at the March 2026 Brain Resilience Seminar.
Julian Garcia, Brain Resilience Postdoc, shared his research in a talk titled "The light side of the force."
In our monthly seminar, Julian Garcia of the Wendy Liu Lab presented his research in a talk titled "The Light Side of the Force." Meena Chakraborty of the Bhatt Lab discussed her research, "The gut-immune-brain connection in Parkinson's Disease," with lab mates Bianca Palushaj and Imani Porter.
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the UEP, welcoming new Institute Scholars, a groundbreaking atlas of lysosomal proteins, employee spotlight, and more.
Check out The ChEM-H Quarterly, Winter 2026 edition: mailchi.mp/stanford/the...
This week on the podcast, we talk with one of our Big Ideas in Neuroscience teams about their initiative to kick-start a new neuroscience of pregnancy. About time, too! Can't wait to see what they discover!
Katrin J Svensson, Associate Professor of Pathology
Nirao Shah, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories and Clinical Translational Neurosciences Incubator), of Neurobiology and, by courtesy, of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Longzhi Tan, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
How does pregnancy reshape the mother's brain at a molecular level?
In today’s podcast, Nirao Shah and Katrin Svensson discuss the new Stanford Neuro-Pregnancy Initiative with Longzhi Tan and what neuroscience can tell us about pregnancy.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/new-neu...
thank you @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social for covering our work in this article!
Laura Gwilliams (left), Jill Kries (second from left) and other members of the Gwilliams lab discuss the neuroscience of language. In the lab's latest paper, Kries, Gwilliams, and KU Leuven's Maaike Vandermosten investigated the underlying mechanisms of post-stroke aphasia. Image by Jess Alvarenga.
In stroke patients with aphasia, the brain spends too little time processing ambiguous sounds, suggesting new targets for precision therapies. (@lauragwilliams.bsky.social, @kriesjill.bsky.social)
Read the story by @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social here: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-bra...
