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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute @StanfordBrain Nov 3

Immune cells from the blood can enter the aging brain and replace the brain's native immune cells, microglia. Stanford pathologist and computer scientist Julia Belk explains the discovery and what it could mean for Alzheimer’s disease.

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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute @StanfordBrain Nov 2

Introducing the Stanford #DigitalBrain Project!

This new initiative will use advanced brain imaging and machine learning to build predictive models of human brain activity and lay the groundwork for more personalized treatments for brain disorders.

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Faculty members and trainees involved in the Stanford Digital Brain Project at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, pictured in the courtyard of the Stanford Neurosciences Building. Back: Laura Gwilliams, Dan Yamins, Justin Gardner, Brian Wandell, Jonathan Polimeni, Jiyao Wang, Ehsan Adeli, Tony Norcia, Anthony Wagner; Front: Kalanit Grill-Spector, Atlas Kazemian, Wonkyeong Lee, Vaidehi Natu, Seda Akbiyik, Saskia Bollmann, Milena Kaestner, Xan McPherson, Klemen Kotar. Not pictured: Russ Poldrack.

Koret Human Neurosciences Community Lab Director Milena Kaestner (left) and Wu Tsai Neuro and HAI Faculty Scholar and Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Gwilliams (right) demonstrate the OPM-MEG system, a key pillar of the Stanford Digital Brain Project's experimental campaign, with Alexandria McPherson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Gwilliams Laboratory of Speech Neuroscience.

Associate Professor of Radiology Jonathan Polimeni, Research Engineer Saskia Bollmann, Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow Seda Akbiyik, and Kalanit Grill-Spector, the Susan S. and William H. Hindle Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and professor of psychology, discuss data from the 7T MRI at the Lucas Center for Imaging at Stanford Medicine.

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute @StanfordBrain Oct 21

Naoshige Uchida of Harvard University presented his research in a talk titled "The core neural circuit for learning to predict" at our first Mind, Brain, Computation, and Technology seminar of the scholastic year.

An attentive audience listens to Dr. Naoshige Uchida of Harvard University discuss his research in a talk titled "The core neural circuit for learning to predict" at a recent MBCT Seminar. Photo credit: Zulema Garibo

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute @StanfordBrain Oct 15

Our 13th Annual Stanford Neurosciences Symposium has begun! Our topic: Building the Brain. We’re exploring how our brains wire themselves up from a few cells into the three pounds of matter in our skulls that makes us who we are.

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute @StanfordBrain Oct 12

Wu Tsai Neuro's Community Lab directors and Sarafan ChEM-H | Stanford University's Nucleus directors hosted a shared resources lunch and learn event for Stanford affiliates interested in using the facilities and learning about the internal and external resources available.