Research Community Aaron D. Gitler Profile details Stanford Medicine Basic Science Professor Knight Initiative Funded Researchers, Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Affiliates View Stanford Profile Gitler Lab Related Projects Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2017 Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project (Phase 2) Funded Researcher(s) Tony Wyss-Coray Aaron D. Gitler Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2015 Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project Innovation Awards | 2022 Unleashing engineered T cells as disease sensors and therapeutic actuators for neurodegenerative disease Funded Researcher(s) Aaron D. Gitler Rogelio A. Hernández-López Alice Ting Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Clinical / translational research Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Brain Resilience) | 2023 Elucidating the role of alternative polyadenylation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) Funded Researcher(s) Yi Zeng Faculty Sponsor(s) Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Discovery science Neurodegenerative disorders Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2015 Stroke Collaborative Action Network Catalyst Awards | 2022 Unlocking brain resilience with HDAC inhibition Funded Researcher(s) Kang Shen Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Brain resilience Discovery science Catalyst Momentum Awards | 2025 Understand the regulatory dynamics of “resilience networks” during development, healthy aging and disease models (renewed) Funded Researcher(s) Kang Shen Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Discovery science Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Brain Resilience) | 2026 Condensate-mediated organization of the gene expression machinery in healthy and diseased neurons Funded Researcher(s) Heankel Lyons Faculty Sponsor(s) Aaron D. Gitler Catalyst Momentum Awards | 2025 Understand the regulatory dynamics of “resilience networks” during development, healthy aging and disease models (renewed) Funded Researcher(s) Kang Shen Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Discovery science Catalyst Awards | 2022 Unlocking brain resilience with HDAC inhibition Funded Researcher(s) Kang Shen Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Brain resilience Discovery science Related News View All News Stanford Medicine Digging for clues into the mechanisms of ALS Knight Initiative researcher Aaron Gitler and his team are searching for answers to a major ALS mystery Oct 20 2026 Brain aging Discovery science Molecules and cells The Jane Coffin Childs Fund Wu Tsai Neuro trainees named Jane Coffin Childs Fellows Brain Resilience Postdoc Heankel Lyons and Pathways to Neurosciences trainee Airi Yoshimoto will receive three years of funding from the Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research Jun 24 2026 Brain aging Brain function Molecules and cells Research news Why do some cells die in ALS but not others? New Knight Initiative research identifies a molecular signature in vulnerable cells that could lead to treatments to promote ALS resilience Jun 24 2026 Brain aging Molecules and cells Discovery science
Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2017 Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project (Phase 2) Funded Researcher(s) Tony Wyss-Coray Aaron D. Gitler
Innovation Awards | 2022 Unleashing engineered T cells as disease sensors and therapeutic actuators for neurodegenerative disease Funded Researcher(s) Aaron D. Gitler Rogelio A. Hernández-López Alice Ting Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Clinical / translational research
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Brain Resilience) | 2023 Elucidating the role of alternative polyadenylation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) Funded Researcher(s) Yi Zeng Faculty Sponsor(s) Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Discovery science Neurodegenerative disorders
Catalyst Awards | 2022 Unlocking brain resilience with HDAC inhibition Funded Researcher(s) Kang Shen Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Brain resilience Discovery science
Catalyst Momentum Awards | 2025 Understand the regulatory dynamics of “resilience networks” during development, healthy aging and disease models (renewed) Funded Researcher(s) Kang Shen Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Discovery science
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards (Brain Resilience) | 2026 Condensate-mediated organization of the gene expression machinery in healthy and diseased neurons Funded Researcher(s) Heankel Lyons Faculty Sponsor(s) Aaron D. Gitler
Catalyst Momentum Awards | 2025 Understand the regulatory dynamics of “resilience networks” during development, healthy aging and disease models (renewed) Funded Researcher(s) Kang Shen Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Discovery science
Catalyst Awards | 2022 Unlocking brain resilience with HDAC inhibition Funded Researcher(s) Kang Shen Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Brain resilience Discovery science
Stanford Medicine Digging for clues into the mechanisms of ALS Knight Initiative researcher Aaron Gitler and his team are searching for answers to a major ALS mystery Oct 20 2026 Brain aging Discovery science Molecules and cells
The Jane Coffin Childs Fund Wu Tsai Neuro trainees named Jane Coffin Childs Fellows Brain Resilience Postdoc Heankel Lyons and Pathways to Neurosciences trainee Airi Yoshimoto will receive three years of funding from the Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research Jun 24 2026 Brain aging Brain function Molecules and cells
Research news Why do some cells die in ALS but not others? New Knight Initiative research identifies a molecular signature in vulnerable cells that could lead to treatments to promote ALS resilience Jun 24 2026 Brain aging Molecules and cells Discovery science
