Knight Initiative scientists tracked every moment of the life of the African turquoise killifish, showing that behavior alone can forecast whether an animal will live a long or short life
Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Anne Brunet explores what aging really is, how lifestyle choices might influence longevity, and the promising frontiers of aging research
Aging causes changes in gut bacteria in mice, hampering communication between the intestines and the brain—but restoring this connection helped old mice form memories as well as young animals.
Knight Initiative scientists tracked every moment of the life of the African turquoise killifish, showing that behavior alone can forecast whether an animal will live a long or short life
The Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery Prizes will give Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong and Knight Initiative-supported researcher Pascal Geldsetzer $750,000 each over three years to develop research on neurodegenerative diseases.
Brain Resilience Postdoctoral Scholar Annie Goettemoeller is studying how epilepsy-like activity might drive the spread of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain
Degradation-resistant proteins pass from neurons to glial cells in a process that may spread protein clumps around the brain, according to a study in mice.
The database of lysosomal proteins is already helping researchers study how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work—or don’t—in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases
From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible
Join us as we look back on some of the key studies we covered here at Wu Tsai Neuro and the Knight Initiative in 2025 to give a (very partial) overview of the impact of our community’s research efforts this past year
