Our Goal
Our goal is to identify new cellular and small molecule-based strategies that improve the clinical treatment of nerve injury. Our lab is the scientific arm of the Stanford Facial Nerve Center, a specialized, multidisciplinary treatment center for facial paralysis and related conditions.
Lab News
Pepper Lab received funding from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Pepper Research Lab has been awarded a grant from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for their research titled “Automated Assessment of Facial Palsy in Patient Videos via Deep Learning”.
Max Bjorni awarded a Goldwater Scholarship
Congratulations to Max Bjorni for his Goldwater Scholarship in recognition for his achievement and potential as a future scientist.
Way to go Max!
Chrisa Faniku wins the Stanford Bio-X best poster award
On February 26th, our postdoc, Chrisa Faniku, presented her poster “The Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Facial Nerve Regeneration Following Injury” at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program Poster Session.
Bio-X program would like to congratulate her on the excellence and presentation of the poster. Of the 100 posters presented, it was selected as a winner!
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