Knowles Lab News & Events

American Epilepsy Society Fellowship

Congratulations to Dr. Kala Nair, who was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society!

2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Retreat

Dr. Juliet Knowles and Dr. Belen Perez enjoyed giving presentations at the 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Retreat in Santa Cruz!

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford Announces Seed Grant Recipients

Juliet Knowles has received a seed grant with co-investigator Jonathan Long for their work "Novel ketone-derived anticonvulsant agents for the treatment of childhood refractory epilepsy".

SynGap Research Grant Awarded

The SynGAP Research Fund announced a $130,000 grant to the Knowles Lab at Stanford University to support research on SynGAP-related intellectual disability (SRID). SRID is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder that causes severe intractable epilepsy, intellectual disability and is one of the leading genetic causes of autism.

2023 Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award

The Knowles lab is honored and grateful to receive the 2023 McKnight Foundation Neurobiology of Disease award! The funds will be used to study neuron-to-OPC synapses in epilepsy.

PODCAST: Seizures can promote more seizures through maladaptive myelination, new findings suggest

Vicious Cycle: Epilepsy Seizures Could Encourage More Seizures

Seizures tend to get progressively worse over time in people with epilepsy, and a new study in mice suggests why that might be the case.

CURE Epilepsy Grant

The Knowles Lab has been awarded a grant to study the therapeutic potential for targeting myelin plasticity in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

CURE Epilepsy Discovery: Investigating Mechanism of the Progression of Epilepsy

New research by Dr. Juliet Knowles on the mechanisms of the progression of epilepsy that has the potential to help with future epilepsy treatments.

2022 McCormick and Gabilan Faculty Awards

Congratulations, Juliet Knowles, MD, PhD, on your 2022 McCormick Faculty Award. This award was established to support the advancement of women in medicine and/or medical research directly, or by supporting the mentoring, training and encouragement of women pursuing the study of medicine, in teaching medicine, and engaging in medical research.

Brain plasticity promotes worsening of epileptic seizures, study finds

A brain mechanism needed for learning explains why epileptic seizures become more frequent, but a finding in rodents offers hope for treatment, according to a new study.

The brain ‘learns’ to have seizures more efficiently and frequently over time, mouse study shows

Scientists found that mice and rats that suffered from seizures commonly seen in people with epilepsy developed changes in the wiring of their brains that advanced the disease. A closer look showed that the cementing of these signals was driven by a process that also supports learning, memory, and attention.

5/2021: Congratulations to Knowles Lab member Tristan Saucedo, who received a 2021 Stanford Major Grant to support his summer research project on myelination and EEG coherence. Tristan also received a Stanford BioX Undergraduate Research Fellowship in 2020.

4/2021: Congratulations to Knowles lab member Haojun (Lucy) Xu, whose original children’s book, Good Night Lucy: The Virus Fighter, was published in Japan. The book, which will help children (and possibly adults, too) understand how viruses and the immune system interact, is being translated into multiple languages.