Inflammation triggers cell fusions that could protect neurons, Stanford research shows

A surprise finding suggests that chronic inflammation may trigger the fusion of bone marrow-derived blood cells (shown in green) with certain neurons (shown in red), and that may play a role in protecting neurons against damage. More »

Minx Fuller, PhD, professor of developmental biology, and Ron Levy, MD, professor of medicine, learned on April 29th that they were among the 72 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Rick Aldrich, who left Stanford a couple of years ago for UT-Austin, was also elected. This is among the very highest honors a scientist can achieve.

Elsie Gyang, SMS I, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and will be obtaining a Masters in Health Policy, Planning and Financing through a joint program offered by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics and Government.

Lyen Huang, SMS 6/6, has been awarded a scholarship by the Kaiser Permanente Asian Association and The Permanente Medical Group for his work with the Pacific Free Clinic. The award is given to a graduating medical student for service to the community at large.

Ranjana Advani, MD

Position: Associate professor

Department: Medicine - Oncology

Research: Her lab studies novel therapies for the treatment of Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas and cutaneous lymphomas.

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May 15 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM

BRAUN AUDITORIUM

Sustaining food, biofuel and forests on a full earth

Dr. David Tilman from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota, will discuss this topic. Details »

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