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Driver of neurodegenerative diseases revealed
In searching for how a gene mutation associated with the cell’s recycling center leads to a rare disease, the team identified a missing link in neurodegenerative conditions
September 14, 2023
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Christine Jacobs-Wagner won ASM Award for Basic Research
Institute Scholar Christine Jacobs-Wagner won 2024 ASM Award for Basic Research.
September 08, 2023
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Pushing cells to the extreme
On a quest to learn how physical forces impact our immune system, Hawa Racine Thiam is fascinated by donut-shaped nuclei, cells that spew out their DNA, and immunology in space.
August 28, 2023
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Michael Fischbach named a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow
Institute Scholar Michael Fischbach named a Department of Defense’s Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, which will support his work programming functions in various microbial communities
August 17, 2023
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Carolyn Bertozzi Featured in Forbes 50 over 50 Innovation List
Carolyn Bertozzi was recognized on the 2023 Forbes 50 over 50 Innovation List.
August 03, 2023
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Flipping a Switch and Making Cancers Self-Destruct
Institute Scholar Nathanael Gray, Gerald Crabtree and team devised a strange new molecule that could lead to drugs that arm genes and make cancers work against themselves.
July 31, 2023
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Lei Stanley Qi named a national finalist for 2023 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Institute Scholar Lei Stanley Qi named a 2023 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists national finalist.
July 26, 2023
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Potent anti-cancer therapy created using ‘click chemistry’
Researchers at UCL and Stanford including our director Carolyn Bertozzi created a three-component therapy to combat cancer using click chemistry.
July 24, 2023
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The future of antibiotic synthesis
Chemical engineer Chaitan Khosla explains why microbes make the best drug factories in the world — and why science is still playing catch-up.
July 14, 2023
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Carolyn Bertozzi named Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2023
This Stanford professor developed a new form of chemistry. Now she’s deploying it against cancer
July 06, 2023
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Stanford University’s Innovative Medicines Accelerator and Intonation Research Laboratories form a collaboration to fight cancerous neuroendocrine tumors
The goal of the collaboration is to rapidly improve care for patients with tumors that form from hormone-releasing cells.
June 22, 2023
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From Our Neurons to Yours Podcast: Exercise and the Brain
Institute Scholar Jonathan Long discusses his recent discovery of a new molecule produced when we exercise that appears to be linked to health benefits.
June 22, 2023
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Carolyn Bertozzi named 2024 Priestley medalist
The award recognizes Bertozzi's development of bioorthogonal chemistry and service to chemistry community.
June 20, 2023
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Institute Scholar Steven Banik named a 2023 Beckman Young Investigator
Researchers including our Institute Scholar Steven Banik were selected to receive $6.6M in science funding for cutting-edge research.
June 14, 2023
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Understanding how different cell types respond to exercise could be key step toward exercise as medicine
Institute Scholar Jonathan Long and team’s new research explores how exerkines could one day be used as medicine to treat obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and more.
June 14, 2023
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Institute Scholars Steven Banik and Christopher Barnes named 2023 Pew Biomedical Scholars
Steven Banik and Christopher Barnes named Pew Biomedical Scholars for their work aiming to optimize delivery of therapeutic drugs for diseases and combat spread of coronaviruses.
June 13, 2023
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Brain cancer specialists hope Biden’s Moonshot speeds therapies
Researchers including Institute Scholar Paul Mischel gathered in Washington D.C. for President Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative that aims to cut death rate from cancer.
June 12, 2023
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CBI trainee Mekedlawit Setegne recognized as recipient of 2023 DARE Fellowship
The DARE Doctoral Fellowship Program awards two-year fellowships to advanced Stanford doctoral students who want to investigate and prepare for academic careers.
May 19, 2023
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Carolyn Bertozzi: Nobel Prize Conversations
Meet chemist and 2022 Nobel Prize laureate Bertozzi. In this episode she speaks about her two life-long loves: organic chemistry and music.
May 10, 2023
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Durable, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could help fill in gaps around the world
In a study led by Institute Scholar Peter Kim, a low-cost COVID-19 vaccine that does not require refrigeration provided immunity in rhesus monkeys for one year.
April 17, 2023