Events

Knight Initiative Fall 2025 Symposium

The Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford invites the community to a symposium highlighting recent progress in brain resilience and aging research. This event will also include a clinical presentation with a patient's perspective. A topics in neuroscience poster session will follow the talks and showcase the latest research from Stanford community members. Registration is required to attend this in-person only event. 

Poster Session & Registration

We encourage Stanford-affiliated attendees from all disciplines and career stages to present research at the symposium poster session. 

Sign up to present a poster here by October 2

Registration is required to attend this in-person-only event.

Register here by October 2

Featuring the following speakers

Stay tuned for event details.

Schedule

  • Registration, coffee & cookies

  • Opening: Tony Wyss-Coray, Knight Initiative Director

  • John W. Day, Stanford University

    Clinical background & ALS presentation w/ Q&A

  • Hongkui Zeng, Allen Brain Institute

    Dynamic changes of brain cell types in development and aging

  • Andrew C. Yang, Gladstone Institute and UCSF

    Tuned T cell activation enables CNS residency and revises neuroimmune privilege

  • Break & Topics in Neuro Poster Session

  • Alina Isakova, Knight Initiative Laboratory

    Aging trajectories and regional diversity in the human brain

  • Xuchen Zhang, Stanford University

    SPARCL1: a young brain-enriched factor directly promotes synapse formation

  • Soyon Hong, University College London

    Neuro-glia-immune crosstalk conferring synapse vulnerability in neurodegeneration

  • Social and Poster Session

  • Symposium adjourns