Research Community Aaron D. Gitler Profile details Stanford Medicine Basic Science Professor, Department of Genetics 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) Lead Researcher(s) Tony Wyss-Coray Aaron D. Gitler Team Members Anne Brunet Michael Bassik Sergiu P. Pasca Carolyn Bertozzi 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 Lead Researcher(s) Aaron D. Gitler Team Members Rogelio A. Hernández-López Alice Y Ting Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Clinical / translational research Brain Resilience Scholar Awards | 2023 Elucidating the role of alternative polyadenylation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) Lead Researcher(s) Yi Zeng Team Members 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 Lead Researcher(s) Kang Shen Team Members 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) Lead Researcher(s) Kang Shen Team Members Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Discovery science Related News View All News Knight Initiative news Knight symposium highlights advances in brain resilience research The Knight Initiative's Year-End Symposium and Research Showcase featured a wide range of promising new approaches to understanding brain aging, resilience, and neurodegeneration. Jul 10 2024 Brain aging Knight Initiative news Bold ideas to advance healthy brain aging win inaugural Knight Initiative grants The Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural 2022 Innovation and Catalyst Grants. Dec 8 2022 Brain aging Brain development Brain function Wu Tsai Neuro News Wu Tsai Neuro & Knight Initiative announce 2023 postdoctoral scholars Interdisciplinary Postdocs and Brain Resilience Scholars will advance knowledge of brain health and aging. Jan 27 2023 Discovery science Clinical / translational research Technology development
Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2017 Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project (Phase 2) Lead Researcher(s) Tony Wyss-Coray Aaron D. Gitler Team Members Anne Brunet Michael Bassik Sergiu P. Pasca Carolyn Bertozzi
Innovation Awards | 2022 Unleashing engineered T cells as disease sensors and therapeutic actuators for neurodegenerative disease Lead Researcher(s) Aaron D. Gitler Team Members Rogelio A. Hernández-López Alice Y Ting Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Clinical / translational research
Brain Resilience Scholar Awards | 2023 Elucidating the role of alternative polyadenylation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) Lead Researcher(s) Yi Zeng Team Members Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Discovery science Neurodegenerative disorders
Catalyst Awards | 2022 Unlocking brain resilience with HDAC inhibition Lead Researcher(s) Kang Shen Team Members 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) Lead Researcher(s) Kang Shen Team Members Aaron D. Gitler Research Keywords Neurodegenerative disorders Discovery science
Knight Initiative news Knight symposium highlights advances in brain resilience research The Knight Initiative's Year-End Symposium and Research Showcase featured a wide range of promising new approaches to understanding brain aging, resilience, and neurodegeneration. Jul 10 2024 Brain aging
Knight Initiative news Bold ideas to advance healthy brain aging win inaugural Knight Initiative grants The Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural 2022 Innovation and Catalyst Grants. Dec 8 2022 Brain aging Brain development Brain function
Wu Tsai Neuro News Wu Tsai Neuro & Knight Initiative announce 2023 postdoctoral scholars Interdisciplinary Postdocs and Brain Resilience Scholars will advance knowledge of brain health and aging. Jan 27 2023 Discovery science Clinical / translational research Technology development
