Institute Scholars
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How exercise can curb your Thanksgiving appetite
According to research led by Institute Scholar Jonathan Long, intense exercise may curb your appetite for a few hours. Moderate exercise, like a walk, may make you hungrier.
November 22, 2023
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Paul Mischel won Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award
Paul Mischel received the 2023 Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award in recognition of his exceptional work in cancer genomics and ecDNA.
November 16, 2023
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Unlocking pathways to break down problem proteins presents new treatment opportunities
Carolyn Bertozzi and team who previously pioneered a new kind of protein degradation have mapped out how the process works, which could lead to new drug therapies for diseases.
October 25, 2023
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Nicole Martinez named a 2023 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announces the 2023 Class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering.
October 16, 2023
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Hawa Racine Thiam receives 2023 Dr. Laure Aurelian Biomedical Research Award
Institute Scholar Hawa Racine Thiam receives Stanford Medicine's Dr. Laure Aurelian Biomedical Research Award
October 04, 2023
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NIH High-Risk, High-Reward grants awarded to Polly Fordyce, Stanley Qi and Steven Banik
This year Stanford awardees are researching safer cancer immunotherapies, the importance of mRNA location in cells, synthetic biology-based “smart medicine,” and much more.
October 03, 2023
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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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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