The other day I received an email from Stanford psychologist Russell Poldrack, PhD, letting me know about a new study, about which he wrote, “A …
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Art of Neuroscience competition highlights beauty of the brain
I'll admit that I’m a sucker for neuroscience research. Who doesn’t want to know how and why we behave the way we do? Or how …
Undergraduates tackle growing threat of antibiotic resistance
A few months ago I had the opportunity to watch some undergraduate teams pitch their start up biotech ideas to a group of Stanford scientists …
Helping bridge the divide between engineers and neuroscientists
I write a lot about the various ways that faculty at Stanford collaborate, often between schools and departments that speak very different academic languages. Those …
Guided missile for killing cancer
One cruel reality about cancer chemotherapy is that what kills cancer also damages other cells in the body. That’s why people going through chemotherapy often …
Stanford neurobiologist Carla Shatz wins Kavli Neuroscience Prize
Yesterday, the Stanford Neurosciences Institute hosted the annual Shooter lecture with Eve Marder, PhD, of Brandeis University as the guest speaker. Unfortunately, as happens, she …
“Down to the brass tacks” of getting optogenetics into the clinic
Soon after bioengineer Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, first developed a way of controlling neurons using light, researchers started employing the technique (called optogenetics) to understand diseases …
Filtering pollution one nostril at a time
Last year I followed a team of Biodesign fellows from India as they spent six months at Stanford learning the biodesign process: identifying medical needs …
X-rays probe structure of potential cancer drug
Here are two things I hadn’t necessarily thought go together: drug development and X-ray beams. But it turns out the two are closely connected. I recently …
How can crude oil aid brain imaging?
What happens when two Nobel Laureates get talking? They hatch a crazy plan to take teeny tiny diamonds from crude oil and – presto change-o …
Resurrected drug fights multiple viruses
Virus are elusive foes. It seems like every year there's a new one in the news - Ebola recently and now Zika - not to …
Seeing under the skin
A few years ago I met with Adam de la Zerda, PhD, who was then a very new assistant professor in structural biology. Most young …
Better drugs, fewer plants
I remember when I was young and learning about Native people making use of plant products for drugs and other things. The one that really …
Do the brain’s intricate folds hold clues to autism?
When mechanical engineer Ellen Kuhl, PhD, came to Stanford in 2007, she was studying the physical forces that affect how the heart functions. But some of …
Key to collaboration: location, location, location. And coffee.
Since the 1980s, Stanford has founded 18 interdisciplinary institutes that bring faculty together from different schools and departments. The goal is for people from diverse …
A team approach to international health
When it comes to issues in international public health, the challenge is more than just one of medicine. Solutions require people from multiple disciplines to …