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Manu Prakash, PhD, came into focus on my laptop for a Zoom meeting. It was early June, and blue and white waves behind him caught my eye. Bright sun lit his face and jacket, and

Every cell is beholden to a phenomenon called cell fate, a sort of biological preset determined by genetic coding. Burgeoning cells take their developmental cues from a set of core

Dr. Hernández-López will pioneer novel approaches for designing synthetic protein receptors for engineering cellular communication.

A Q&A with bioengineer Stanley Qi on the past, present, and future of CRISPR.

Combining a deep curiosity and “recreational biology,” Manu Prakash discovered how a simple cell produces remarkably complex behavior, all without a nervous system.

Stanford researchers revealed the replication process of SARS-CoV-2 using super-resolution microscopy, which may have applications for drug development.

Fordyce founded Next-Gen Faculty Symposium supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM

Tiny plankton play a huge role in regulating natural systems, but they remain poorly understood. Manu Prakash leads an international effort to develop solutions.

Research finds link between between acoel and symbiotic algae gene networks

As of May 2024, the Stanford Biomedical Computation major has graduated over 108 students since its inception. There are currently 48 students enrolled in the program.

Karl Deisseroth and his collaborators introduced the Human Neural Circuitry program that uses a high-powered data-gathering infrastructure to process and study brain activity.

High school students visited the university as part of Stanford’s Introduction to Bioengineering, a dual-credit course program that provides talented students in low-income communi

When Daniel Stauber ’25 M.S. ’25 first came to Stanford, he knew that he wanted to do research using the CRISPR gene editing technology.

The rapidly evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus threatens the progress made in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic. A promising novel drug candidate, designed at the atomic level, could help docto

Stanford professor Steve Quake among others talks to The New York Times about their work on Cell Atlases using A.I..

A molecular “snapshot” of a protein can be critical to understanding its function. Scientists at Stanford and NYU have published and investigated a new structure of the protein LAG

Cell therapies for cancer can be potentially enhanced using a CRISPR RNA-editing platform, according to a new study published Feb. 21 in Cell.