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Huge congratulations to Institute member Phil Beachy, PhD, professor of urology and developmental biology, who will receive the 2026 Arthur Kornberg and Paul Berg Lifetime Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences this November! Read on for more: brnw.ch/21x6gWu
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So proud of Karl!! ♥️. Stanford University professor Karl Deisseroth wins 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine med.stanford.edu/news/all-ne…
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Excited to share our new study describing uRARE-seq, a tumor-naive #LiquidBiopsy method for analyzing urine cell-free RNA (cfRNA) in #BladderCancer and other genitourinary cancers. Out today in @NatureMedicine 🧵 1/16 rdcu.be/bRoXk7REWtRa
Work from our Institute member @michelle_monje! Congrats, Michelle!
Childhood brain tumors that form working electrical connections with healthy neurons grow more slowly in animals treated with an anti-seizure drug, Stanford Medicine research showed. brnw.ch/21x62N1 #childhoodCancer
Our new SCBRM PhD students got their white coats at this ceremony! Congrats to all — we can't wait to see how you contribute to our program and science in general!
A new crop of Stanford Medicine doctoral students prepare for the launch of their scientific journeys with advice from a Nobel Prize winner. stan.md/3VC6hHB
ALT Incoming biosciences PhD students receive lab coats and inspiration at Stanford Medicine
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Bone marrow transplants offer surprising way to treat mitochondrial disease, Stanford Medicine study shows med.stanford.edu/news/all-ne…
📣 Calling all prospective PhD scholars! 📣
Want to learn more about the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine PhD Program? Join us via Zoom for our 2026 Preview Day on Wednesday, September 30 from 9 a.m. - noon PST! brnw.ch/21x5I64
Congratulations to the winners of our first-ever ISCBRM lab photo contest! The top 3 are below and the full gallery can be seen here: brnw.ch/21x5mqS
Jansen’s disease, a debilitating genetic disorder, affects only 30 people in the entire world – this article, featuring Institute member Matt Porteus, tells the story of three of them, two sons and a ferociously determined mother: brnw.ch/21x55nO
Want to learn more about the SCBRM graduate program? Join us via Zoom for our 2026 Preview Day on Sept 30 from 9 a.m. - noon PST to speak with Institute faculty and students about our research, the application process, and much more.
RSVP here: brnw.ch/21x4QO3
Check out this incredible research on microglia featuring Institute member Sidd Jaiswal and postdoc Julia Belk!
The brain's immune system has long been thought to operate largely independently from the rest of the body. New research finds immune cells from the blood can enter the human brain during aging and transform into specialized microglia.
Learn more: brainresilience.stanford.edu…
ALT Postdoctoral Fellow Julia Belk and a colleague conduct research in the Jaiswal Lab.
ALT An illustration of the brain (in green and yellow) connected to the blood vessels of the body (in red). Image credit: Emma Vidal.
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Gaining therapeutic access to the human brain is one of the biggest unsolved problems in biomedical science.
Today @nature, we uncover a massive influx of immune cells into the human brain during aging, revealing that the brain is more accessible than previously thought. 1/
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In just 4 days, @michelle_monje, 2025 winner of The Brain Prize, will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture at the Japanese Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting in Kobe.
For more information:
neuro2026.jnss.org/en/
@jnsorg
#BrainPrize #Neuroscience #JNS
Institute member Tony Oro is part of a research team awarded $26 million by ARPA-H to help develop a spray called NueSKIN, which uses gene-editing technology to help treat skin disease wounds. Read on for more: brnw.ch/21x4vbx
Institute member Hiro Nakauchi and his collaborators have made siginificant progress on a new organ transplantation method. Read on for more: brnw.ch/21x48ed
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An honor to discuss our recent @Nature paper with @EricTopol on his Ground Truths podcast! See his fantastic thread below and a link to our conversation here: erictopol.substack.com/p/a-b…
For treatment and outcomes for cancer, the tumor microenvironment (TME) is pivotal, but we've never had a non-invasive way to assess it. Until now, a blood test breakthrough! (<-a term I use sparingly)
Pictured below, schematically, the TME surrounds the cancer cells and consists of immune cells, blood vessel (endothelial) cells, fibroblasts and matrix
The cyclops isn’t real, but cyclopia is. Learn more about one-eyed organisms just in time for The Odyssey with this story featuring our own Phil Beachy. brnw.ch/21x3M0P
Institute member Ayelet Voskoboynik has found that electrical pulses help rejuvenate sea squirts. “Understanding this mechanism is the key to unlocking how we might one day slow stem cell aging and trigger rejuvenation pathways," she says. brnw.ch/21x3oSu
Institute member Aaron Newman's work on mapping the tumor microenvironment was recently featured on on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" in the segment "How AI Is Helping Revolutionize Early Cancer Detection." See more in the full clip: brnw.ch/21x366D @AaronNewmanLab
