Last October, when Lilly suddenly collapsed on the playground, she was rushed to Valley Children's Hospital. She was diagnosed with an arteriovenous malformation (#AVM) and airlifted to @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social for brain surgery. Now, she's back at school. kmph.com/news/local/f...

Fresno girl turns brain recovery journey into mission to help others

10-year-old Lilly Heater of Fresno went to school healthy. Before classes began, she told a friend her head hurt and collapsed on the playground.

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Our 2026-2027 Seminar Series in Basic and Translational Research kicks off this Friday, 10/2! Pavithra Viswanath, PhD @pavithraviswanath.bsky.social of @ucsfimaging.bsky.social presents "Developing an integrated metabolic therapy and imaging strategy for brain tumors." cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

In a new Science Advances study, @sanjeevherr.bsky.social, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, Todd Hollon, MD, & their colleagues at UCSF & @umich.edu present an AI model that predicts where #glioblastoma is likely to recur, paving the way for earlier, targeted interventions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We're excited to be in Rome this weekend at #EANO2026! @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neuropsychologist Melissa Brie, PsyD, is presenting her work developing a telehealth-based educational series about integrative health for patients living with a brain tumor. @eortc.org

We were honored to host Carlos Rodriguez Aceves, MD, from Mexico City, for our 10th Annual Peripheral Nerve Day! This hands-on workshop, led by @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon Line Jacques, MD, trains our #neurosurgery residents in techniques for nerve decompression and repair. #SurgSky

🧠📈 🧪A new @natneuro.nature.com study led by Samantha Brosler, Jessie Liu, PhD, Alex Silva, and @changlabucsf.bsky.social presents a brain implant that decodes both speech & gestures — another milestone to restoring natural communication for people with paralysis. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Researchers have observed how neuronal circuits in the human brain resolve such a dilemma in real time, revealing a ‘tug of war’ between rival neuronal groups go.nature.com/4h6w2ac

Take a risk or play it safe? Neuronal tug-of-war helps the brain decide

Using a video game involving bombs and treasure chests, researchers show how neural activity flickers between two regions of the frontal cortex when the brain weighs up a tricky decision.

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🧠📈 In a new @natneuro.nature.com study, researchers at UCSF and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social identify how the brain encodes approach-avoidance decisions in the orbitofrontal cortex, finding that activity in this region predicts a person's decision before they act: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This brain implant uses AI to read brain activity for intended words and gestures simultaneously go.nature.com/4j3u1y0

‘Multifunctional’ brain implant translates speech and gestures in real time

A neural device uses artificial intelligence to read brain activity for intended words and gestures simultaneously.

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🧪 🧠🟦 In this week’s issue of @nature.com, Daniel Lim, MD, PhD, and his UCSF colleagues uncover how a gene's location — at the nuclear lamina in storage or near nuclear speckles — plays a key role in regulating its activity during human brain development. neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/the-gen...

For people w/ Parkinson’s, unsteady walking can be one of the hardest symptoms to treat. Now a brain stimulation system adapts w/ each step, improving stability & reducing falls. “This is an important step toward a new generation of brain therapies,” Dr. Doris Wang says. https://ucsfh.org/3UBGten

Brain Stimulation That Adapts to Parkinson’s Patients’ Every Step - UCSF MedConnection

UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person walks, helping improve gait and reduce falls in people with Parkinson’s dis...

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The #MeningiomaSymposium 2026 taking place in Rome is just three weeks away. Learn more about this focused, single-track meeting that will bring together international leaders in #meningioma #research and #ClinicalCare here: meningiomasymposium.wma.co.at#programme

Congratulations to Harish Vasudevan Lab on its first R01 to study neurofibromatosis tumor suppressors in nerve sheath tumors! Learn more here: reporter.nih.gov/search/n0B0c... @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Congrats to @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neuropsychologist Christina Weyer Jamora, RN, PhD, on being selected as an @acrmrehab.bsky.social Fellow! 🎉 This award recognizes her work in the field of rehabilitation medicine to address the cognitive & emotional challenges of living with a brain tumor.

Endoscopic surgery has applications in reconstruction as well as decompression, says @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon Jang Won Yoon, MD. Read more in Becker's Spine Review about how he's been using the technique to treat metastatic spine tumors ➡️ www.beckersspine.com/spine/how-en...

Announcing the 2026 ACRM Fellows. Please Join us at the Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 14 October at 5:15 PM where they will be presented with the designation of ACRM Fellowship (FACRM) Link: https://acrm.org/acrm-fellows #ACRM2026 #ACRM #FACRM #ACRMFellows #DC #ACRMConference #Events

Great presentation from and discussion with our 4th Annual Spine Neurosurgery Lecturer, Dr. Praveen Mummaneni (@neurosurgucsf.bsky.social)! Dr. Mummaneni presented "Translating 2026 Spine Research into Daily Practice." #BCMNeurosurgery

For Andy Daniel, PhD, studying how brain tumors affect the brain’s function was personal after his grandmother’s diagnosis. His resolve led him from St. Lucia & @illinoistech.bsky.social to postdoctoral research in the Hervey-Jumper lab at UCSF. www.iit.edu/student-expe... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

UCSF neurosurgeon Christopher Ames, MD, spoke to Becker's Spine Review about the promise of digital twins to optimize complex spinal deformity surgery for each patient. More about the "tremendous step forward" this approach represents ➡️ www.beckersspine.com/spine/digita... @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

Great to have UCSF neurosurgeon Jacob Young, MD, walk us through an awake brain surgery! This unique learning experience through our NIH-funded T32 Training Program in Translational Brain Tumor Research is designed to strengthen communication between scientists & clinicians. @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Investigations into #MolecularProfiling have established genomic architecture of #meningioma, but distribution of copy number alterations & short somatic variants across demographic groups is incompletely understood. This study defines a benchmark for this bit.ly/4zsvHal

🎉 For eight years, @usnews.com has ranked @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social among the top three neurosurgery programs in the nation! "We’re not following trends,” Dr. Edward Chang says. “We’re leading ideas.” https://ucsfh.org/4wLM1jV

This week, #BCMNeurosurgery is honored to welcome Dr. Praveen Mummaneni of @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social as our 4th Annual Spinal Neurosurgery Lecturer! 👏 #GrandRounds | #Neurosurgery | #Spine | #NeurosurgeryResidency | #MedEd

💥Another day, another @fda.gov fast track designation. This time for safusidenib in IDH1-mutant glioma, with multiple phase 3 trials underway. Catch up here ➡️: onclive.com/view/fda-awa... #oncology #btsm

FDA Awards Fast Track Designation to Safusidenib in IDH1-Mutant Glioma | OncLive

The FDA has granted fast track designation for safusidenib in IDH1-mutant glioma, with a phase 3 trial on the way.

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UCSF neurosurgeon Blake Taylor, MD, spoke with @sfstandard.com about the rise in traumatic brain injuries resulting from SF's e-bike boom. sfstandard.com/2026/08/07/s...

SF’s e-bike boom is sending more riders to the ER

Doctors at SF General and Kaiser are seeing a surge of patients, many without helmets, as ridership booms and regulators scramble to catch up.

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@ihgatucsf.bsky.social and @ucsfstemcell.bsky.social are excited to invite you to the Genotech Symposium on September 23! 📍 NEW LOCATION: Fisher Banquet Room, 1st Floor, Rutter Center Join us to foster collaboration between industry and academia in genetics and genomics! genotech.ucsf.edu

A big congratulations to @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neuro-oncologist Jennie Taylor, MD, MPH, on being elected as the neurology representative on the Society for Neuro-Oncology's Board of Directors! 🎉 #UCSFProud @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @neuroonc.bsky.social

On the cover of the Journal of Neurosurgery, Jacob Young, MD, Mitchel Berger, MD, & team show that by using a transcortical approach with cortical & subcortical mapping, neurosurgeons can safely maximize the extent of resection for insular gliomas. @ucsfcancer.bsky.social thejns.org/view/journal...

Envisioning therapeutic agents that target invasion in glioblastoma: doi.org/10.1172/jci.... Hu et al. applied a druggable genome screen to glioblastoma cells invading brain-mimetic hydrogels, revealing Aurora B and LMW-PTP as invasion mediators. @kumarlabucb.bsky.social Video shown at 10x original

In a new @jamapediatrics.com Viewpoint article, a @ucsfhealth.bsky.social team calls for rapid MRI, instead of CT, for surveillance imaging in kids with head trauma. This framework would reduce radiation exposure while preserving high diagnostic accuracy. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #TBI