News
- February 22, 2021
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Laura M.K. Dassama uses structural biology expertise to search for sickle cell disease therapies
- This chemist wants to find a small molecule to encourage the production of fetal hemoglobin to help people with the disease—including herself
- Institute Scholars
- January 28, 2021
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DARPA awards $3.2 million to a group led by Institute Scholar Michael Fischbach
- Long-lasting, bacteria-based repellent is the goal of DARPA project aiming to protect U.S. soldiers overseas.
- Institute Scholars
- January 05, 2021
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Stanford single-dose nanoparticle vaccine for COVID-19
- Researchers at Stanford are working to develop a single-dose vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 that could potentially be stored at room temperature.
- Knowledge Centers, Institute Scholars
- December 04, 2020
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A look inside Stanford’s expanded Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) lab
- University photographer Andrew Brodhead takes us inside Stanford’s expanded Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) lab.
- IMA
- November 15, 2020
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Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium highlights rising stars
- Faculty at Stanford, Berkeley and UCSF faculty invited early career scientists to share their contributions to human health research.
- November 11, 2020
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Carolyn Bertozzi named Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H
- Chemistry Professor Carolyn Bertozzi says recruiting world-class scientists and engineers and developing ChEM-H into a hub where doctors and researchers can come together.
- Institute Scholars, Knowledge Centers
- November 05, 2020
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Steven Banik to join Stanford ChEM-H as an assistant professor of chemistry
- Steven Banik. who will join Stanford ChEM-H, in winter 2021 talks about his path to ChEM-H, his passion for molecular design and his vision for an interdisciplinary lab.
- Institute Scholars
- October 20, 2020
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ChEM-H Director Carolyn Bertozzi is a Falling Walls Finalist
- Professor Bertozzi is breaking the wall by transforming human health interdisciplinarily.
- Institute Scholars
- October 12, 2020
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Shipped kits, simulations: Instructors try adapting labs, but still run up against virtual learning limitations
- Science and engineering instructors are shipping lab kits and using virtual simulations in an effort to recreate the hands-on experience for students learning remotely.
- Institute Scholars
- October 08, 2020
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High-risk, high-reward grants awarded to four Stanford researchers
- Annelise Barron, Peter Kim, Siddhartha Jaiswal and Keren Haroush will receive grants totaling $10 million to fund their investigations.
- Institute Scholars
- October 05, 2020
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Jeffrey Glenn granted $14.3 million to develop broad spectrum drugs
- Stanford researcher is pursuing antiviral drugs with broad efficacy against enteroviruses, which cause common colds and polio, and coronaviruses including the one that causes COVID
- Knowledge Centers
- July 29, 2020
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Stanford chemists craft molecular scalpels to clear unwanted proteins from cell surfaces
- Stanford chemists have developed a new tool that shuttles unwanted cell surface proteins to their deaths.
- Institute Scholars
- July 21, 2020
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Stanford researchers develop a portable blood ammonia detector
- This device offers a significantly faster and easier method for detecting ammonia levels in blood, which can reach dangerous levels in people with certain diseases.
- Seed Grants
- July 02, 2020
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More blood proteins cross into the brain than some thought, according to Stanford researchers
- New Stanford research recasts the brain vasculature, commonly known as the “blood-brain barrier,” as an active interface that allows many proteins from the blood into brain cells.
- Trainees
- June 25, 2020
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National Institute on Aging awards $15 million to Stanford’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
- Stanford-based center’s affiliated faculty and staff, aided by more than 400 volunteers, conduct research on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and related disorders.
- Institute Scholars
- June 24, 2020
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Anthony Flores on jumping into research and hoping for a place to land
- ChEM-H Undergrad Scholar and graduating senior Anthony Flores talks to us about jumping into research, directed evolution, and important mentors from his Stanford career.
- Trainees
- June 04, 2020
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Democratizing access to resources for Stanford researchers
- Stanford Vice Provost and Dean of Research Kathryn Moler wants all research resources to be as readily available to enable faculty and students to pursue innovative research.
- May 26, 2020
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ChEM-H researchers uncover role of membrane sugars in flu infection
- ChEM-H graduate students reveal how the forest of sugars on a cell’s surface could help in the defense against flu infection.
- Trainees, Institute Scholars
- May 22, 2020
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Stanford pivots its Long-Range Vision to contribute to global recovery
- At the Academic Council meeting, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne discussed how Stanford is pivoting its Long-Range Vision in light of COVID-19.
- IMA
- May 21, 2020
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The Innovative Medicines Accelerator turns its focus on COVID-19
- Stanford’s new IMA arose before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, but now its programs are focused entirely on helping faculty generate and test new medicines to slow the spread.
- IMA, Knowledge Centers