Research Community

Michael Bassik

Michael Bassik

Associate Professor of Genetics

Knight Initiative Funded Researchers, Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Affiliates

Seed Grant | 2015 In vivo selection for gene mutations that counteract photoreceptor degeneration
Seed Grant | 2021 Mapping the Mitophagy Network in Parkinson’s Disease
Brain Resilience Scholar Award | 2023 Neuron-glia interactions in regulating protein aggregation in human cell models.
Lead Researcher(s)

Takeshi Uenaka
Team Members

Marius Wernig

Michael Bassik
Research Keywords

Discovery science

Neurodegenerative disorders
Research Accelerator Award | 2021 NeuroPlant Initiative
Neurosciences Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards | 2021 Mechanisms of myelin membrane expansion
Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2018 NeuroPlant Initiative
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
SIGF - Graduate Fellowship | 2016 Understanding why neurons die in disease
Brain Resilience Catalyst Award | 2024 Identifying mechanisms of dopaminergic neuron resilience and their roles in Parkinson’s disease
Lead Researcher(s)

Michael Bassik

Monther Abu-Remaileh
Research Keywords

Neurodegenerative disorders

Clinical / translational research