We've got big news: @Stanford has named Kang Shen as the next director of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute! Together we will continue our mission to advance our understanding of the #mind and #brain in health and disease.
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- It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Krishna Shenoy. He was a pillar of our community, a brilliant scientist and a beloved mentor and colleague. We share our condolences with Krishna’s family, trainees and colleagues. Details to come on a planned memorial service.
- Stanford is hiring seven open faculty positions in the neurosciences! These include neurobiology, brain computer interface (BCI), molecular and cellular neurobiology, pathology, and neuropathology. Learn more buff.ly/3ZIzTkL
- Welcome our newest faculty scholar, Laura Gwilliams (@GwilliamsL)! Using linguistics, psychoacoustics, machine-learning analyses, and human brain recordings, she aims to enhance our understanding of how our brains process speech at multiple levels.
- A flexible material called "neurostring" can measure neurotransmitters #serotonin and #dopamine in soft #brain and #gut tissue. The invention, led by @ZhenanBao & Xiaoke Chen, will advance the #WuTsaiNeuro @BrOrganogenesis program. via @StanfordBioX:
- Dopamine and serotonin work together in opposite ways, like the accelerator and the brakes on a car, to help the brain learn from rewards, according to new Wu Tsai Neuro-funded research by Rob Malenka and Daniel Cardozo Pinto (@dcardozopinto). Learn more: neuroscience.stanford.edu/ne
- Scientists can now visualize the full spectrum of electrical communication between the human brain and cells in real time thanks to the development of a new genetically encoded voltage indicator called ASAP5 by @MichaelLinLab and team at Wu Tsai Neuro. neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/new-volta…
- A global team of 150 neuroscientists, including Wu Tsai neuro affiliate Andreas Tolias @AToliasLab, reveals new cell types, characteristics, organizational & functional principles, and a new way to classify cells. Learn more: alleninstitute.org/news/scientist… @StanfordMed @AllenInstitute
- What are the three main components of creativity? Bending, blending, and breaking, explains @davideagleman. stanford.io/2AiB8dq
- Congratulations to Laura Gwilliams (@GwilliamsL), our newest @StanfordBrain faculty scholar, on this remarkable advance in the study of human speech! Read more about her work here:Researchers @UCSF, led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD, have used #Neuropixels probes to record activity from hundreds of individual neurons while participants listened to speech. Out today in @Nature, this study gives us a view into how the brain analyzes the sounds in words.
00:00 - We welcome @Stanford grad students and postdocs from under-represented bkgds in #neuroscience to apply for our new Pathways to Neurosciences program with @Stanford_Neuro @TopNeuroDocs @StanfordPSY stanford.io/3trtOsU cc @bioaims @stanfordSURPAS @StanfordVPGE @BlackInNeuro
- The 10th Annual Neurosciences Symposium is here! We're celebrating a decade of catalyzing discovery, cultivating community, and accelerating impact in the neurosciences.
- The 11th Annual Neurosciences Symposium is here! We're exploring the co-evolution of AI and neuroscience—a thriving space of innovation and discovery. #BrainsAndMachines
- Meet Erin Kunz, a PhD student in Electrical Engineering, who is making strides in the Brain Computer Interface (BCI) field! She is developing brain-implanted BCIs to restore speech in ALS patients. Learn more about her path to neuroscience research: buff.ly/3qgHUjC









