In an effort to help the newest accomplished crop of science graduate students as they dive into their roles as “researchers exploring the unknown,” Stanford …
Month: October 2013
Now that's using your head: Bike-helmet monitor alerts emergency contacts after a crash
For me, the hardest thing about loving someone is knowing I can't always be with them. That's why I keep my eyes peeled for the …
BBC study: Oh, what a difference an hour of sleep makes
With two Nobel winners this week, our Stanford office is positively humming with excitement, activity and pride. There's really only one thing that's in short …
Scientists identify a precise part of the brain that's associated with our sense of standing upright
Spatial orientation - knowing which way is up and which way is down - is such a basic, subconscious skill that most of us don't …
Are you happy now? Stanford Roundtable spotlights the science of happiness and wellbeing
Most of us would like to improve our health and maximize our happiness. Yet, for many, the biology behind what makes you happy and how our emotions …
For award-winning scientist, a finished experiment is like a piece of completed art
Another video on the work of recent Nobel winner Thomas Südhof, MD - this one featuring his wife, Lu Chen, PhD, an associate professor of …
Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt at press conference: “Science is a passion”
“There actually are websites where people make predictions about who will get the Nobel Prize, and I’m happy to report I wasn’t on any of …
No average morning for Nobel winner Michael Levitt
What a scene at the home of Nobel winner Michael Levitt, PhD, early this morning. While much of the world around him was sleeping, Levitt could be found …
Stanford’s Michael Levitt wins 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Updated 9:15 AM: For those who want to join the Nobel excitement, a press conference with Levitt is being held at 10 AM Pacific time …
Nobel winner Michael Levitt’s work animates biological processes
Proteins control nearly all of life's functions, but how they self-assemble or fold is an unsolved problem in biology. Understanding how folding goes awry could …
Caught in the act! Fast, cheap, high-resolution, easy way to tell which genes a cell is using
A new technique promises to provide huge amounts of information about which genes in a cell are hard at work and which are sleeping. This, …
My dad, the Nobel winner
It's not every day that you learn your parent has won a coveted prize like the Nobel. I was interested, then, to hear the thoughts of Moritz …
Upcoming Stanford Health Policy Forum to focus on mental illness
The horrifying mass murders at the Washington Navy Yard and Sandy Hook Elementary School were both committed by individuals with long-standing mental-health problems. The events galvanized a …
The lure of research: How Nobel winner Thomas Südhof came to work in the basic sciences
If there's any award more coveted among basic scientists than the Lasker Award, it's the Nobel Prize. The former is often said to be a …
Traumatic brain injuries: An issue both on the battlefield and the playing field
Last week I had the distinct honor of caring for a wounded veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) while handling munitions. He was literally …
Celebrate good (Nobel) times – come on!
The fact that Thomas Südhof, MD, was almost 6,000 miles away from home didn't stop the party yesterday: A group of postdoctoral scholars and graduate students from several labs …