Today in @cp-cell.bsky.social, researchers led by @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social's Ethan Winkler, MD, PhD, publish the most comprehensive cell atlas of the brain’s blood vessels, revealing how a cell’s location influences vascular disease in the brain. 🧪 🧠📈 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

🧪 🧠🟦 Out today in @nature.com: Daniel Lim, MD, PhD, and colleagues @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social have discovered that genes are controlled not only by DNA sequence and chemical epigenetic marks, but also by where they are located inside the nucleus. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... danlimlab.ucsf.edu

Have you registered for #EANO2026 yet? Join the global #NeuroOncology community in Rome, Italy, from September 24–27, 2026. The #EANO Board is looking forward to welcoming you for four days of outstanding science, collaboration, and networking. 🎟 Register at the regular rate until August 12.

Dr. Kazim Narsinh brings his work on selective internal radiation therapy to #SNIS2026 this afternoon, as part of a session on how neurointervention fits into tumor care.

In @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com, @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon Blake Taylor, MD, who continues treating more children for traumatic brain injuries after they have fallen from e-bikes, advocates for education and legislation to help make these vehicles safer. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Sure, e-bikes seem fun. Until you're on my operating table. | Opinion

What is missing from the debates surrounding e-bike freedoms and regulation is the focus on the injuries that happen when kids crash their bikes.

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📑 JAMA Neurology #Review: Gene delivery platforms for #Glioblastoma include viral vectors, lipid nanoparticles, and nanocarriers, with oncolytic HSV gaining approval and new nonviral approaches entering early clinical trials in #NeuroOncology. ja.ma/4bomipD

Spotlight: Offering a potential new therapy for aggressive, treatment-resistant pediatric brain tumors: doi.org/10.1172/JCI1... Rongze Olivia Lu & team @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social find targeting protein phosphatase 2A induces tumor cell senescence & boosts immune response in medulloblastoma models.

Please join us welcoming our new neurosurgery residents to the department! 👋

By administering an immune checkpoint inhibitor before and after surgery, a phase 2 trial for recurrent #glioblastoma at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social may offer a better chance for the immunotherapy to sustain an antitumor immune response: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/new-imm... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

This recent article in #NeuroOncology found that exposure to #MedroxyprogesteroneAcetate increases the risk of #meningioma by 1.5- to 5.5-fold, and the risk of craniotomy for tumor resection is elevated after DMPA exposure. Read more: academic.oup.com/neuro-oncolo...

New research led by Rongze "Olivia" Lu, PhD, shows that inhibiting protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) induces a form of cellular senescence that enhances antitumor immunity in preclinical models of medulloblastoma. braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/turning... @parkerici.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

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Proposing a new approach for aggressive, treatment-resistant pediatric brain tumors. Rongze Olivia Lu & team @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social target protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) to induce tumor cell senescence and boost immune response in medulloblastoma models: doi.org/10.1172/JCI1... #medulloblastoma

Offering a potential new therapy for aggressive, treatment-resistant pediatric brain tumors: doi.org/10.1172/JCI1... Rongze Olivia Lu & team @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social find targeting protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) induces tumor cell senescence and boosts immune response in medulloblastoma models.

In the current issue of @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, researchers led by Daniel Lim, MD, PhD, and Anna Pyle, PhD, reveal the structure of the lncRNA Pnky, identifying regions critical for it to carry out its function as a regulator of neural stem cell differentiation: www.cell.com/cell-reports... 🧪🧠🟦

Congratulations to Harish Vasudevan, MD, PhD, who’s in Mumbai this weekend as a plenary speaker in the Advances in Proteomics Technologies International Conference and Workshop sharing his lab’s work in the field of cancer proteomics! @ucsfradonc.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

We’re so proud of our outstanding residency graduates Arati Patel, MD, Anthony Lee, MD, PhD, and Cecilia Dalle Ore, MD 🎉 Please join us in wishing them the best as they embark on the next stages of their careers in neurosurgery! #UCSFGrads @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social

A randomized crossover study shows that gait-phase synchronized adaptive deep brain stimulation is feasible, safe, and reduces falls compared to continuous stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. @doriswang.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social

Adaptive deep brain stimulation for dynamic gait control in Parkinson’s disease: a randomized feasibility trial - Nature Medicine

A randomized crossover study shows that gait-phase-synchronized adaptive deep brain stimulation is feasible and safe, and reduces falls compared to continuous stimulation in Parkinson’s disease.

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Congratulations to graduating neurosurgery chief resident Cecilia Dalle Ore, MD, who will be joining Kaiser in the Sacramento-Vacaville area! 🎉🎓 #UCSFGrads #UCSFProud

Congratulations to graduating neurosurgery chief resident Anthony Lee, MD, PhD, who will continue working in our department as a functional neurosurgery fellow! 🎉🎓 #UCSFGrads #UCSFProud

"To give them the time that they deserve to be with their families and to live as long as possible with a good quality of life" Dr. Mitch Berger @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social on advanced brain mapping technique helping extend quality of life www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco... via @cbsnews.com

Bay Area terminal cancer patient getting more precious time with family from specialized brain mapping surgery

A Bay Area cancer patient is making more memories and living longer than his initial diagnosis thanks to a groundbreaking treatment for his particularly aggressive form of brain cancer.

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Congratulations to graduating neurosurgery chief resident Arati Patel, MD, who will be starting a spine fellowship with Michael Wang, MD, at the University of Miami! 🎉🎓 #UCSFGrads #UCSFProud

Specific brain cells can cause brain aneurysms to weaken & rupture, a @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social study finds, helping explain why some aneurysms burst but others stay stable. “We’ve made major steps toward solving the mystery of how aneurysms form," Dr. Ethan Winkler says. https://ucsfh.org/4fG3ZiK

@neurosurgucsf.bsky.social researchers developed a “smart” implant for Parkinson’s patients that adjusts stimulation in real time as they walk, improving gait & reducing falls. It's "an important step toward a new generation of brain therapies," @doriswang.bsky.social says. https://ucsfh.org/4uyGOuF

A smarter brain implant offers new hope for Parkinson's patients

Researchers at UCSF have taken a step toward a long-sought goal in treating Parkinson's disease: a brain implant that can adapt to a patient's movements in real time.

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A randomized crossover study shows that gait-phase synchronized adaptive deep brain stimulation is feasible, safe, and reduces falls compared to continuous stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. @doriswang.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social

Adaptive deep brain stimulation for dynamic gait control in Parkinson’s disease: a randomized feasibility trial - Nature Medicine

A randomized crossover study shows that gait-phase-synchronized adaptive deep brain stimulation is feasible and safe, and reduces falls compared to continuous stimulation in Parkinson’s disease.

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Super excited to share our new study showing that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be synchronized to each step a person takes and improve walking in Parkinson’s disease patients!

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New in @natmed.nature.com, work by @doriswang.bsky.social shows that distinct left- and right-leg swing biomarkers can drive DBS that changes on a sub-second timescale with each step. A major advance toward movement-driven, precision-timed neuromodulation for Parkinson’s disease. 🧠📈 rdcu.be/fopFJ

New in @natmed.nature.com, work by @doriswang.bsky.social shows that distinct left- and right-leg swing biomarkers can drive DBS that changes on a sub-second timescale with each step. A major advance toward movement-driven, precision-timed neuromodulation for Parkinson’s disease. 🧠📈 rdcu.be/fopFJ

In a new @natneuro.nature.com study led by @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon Ethan Winkler, MD, PhD, researchers profiled the cells in human aneurysms, identifying the changes that make a rupture more likely and new opportunities for therapeutic intervention: buff.ly/CyK3JXu 🧠🟦

Congrats to @ucsfhealth.bsky.social spine neurosurgeon Praveen Mummaneni, MD, on being highlighted by Becker's Spine Review for his leadership as well as his contributions to minimally invasive & evidence-based approaches in spine surgery! 🎉 #UCSFProud #SurgSky www.beckersspine.com/spine/15-spi...

15 spine surgeons to know - Becker’s Spine Review

Spine surgery continues to evolve through advances in minimally invasive procedures, robotic-assisted technologies, motion-preserving treatments and complex deformity correction. Across the country, a...

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Congratulations to @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social's Mitchel Berger, MD, on receiving one of the 2026 Ellis Island Medals of Honor! 🎉 Each year’s recipients are entered into the Congressional Record in recognition of their contributions to the nation. @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

On June 8–9, the #PresCancerPanel, including @ucsfhealth.bsky.social's Dr. Mitchel Berger, will meet with experts to explore the evidence linking modifiable risk factors to cancer & discuss opportunities to reduce cancer risk. Learn more about this event: prescancerpanel.cancer.gov/reports-meet...

Modifiable Risk Factors for Cancer: Opportunities for Prevention

Join the President’s Cancer Panel on June 8–9, 2026, for a 2-day public meeting on lifestyle and environmental risk factors for cancer, including early-onset cancers. The Panel will convene experts to...

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We are deeply grateful to Margaret Liu Collins and Edward B. Collins for their generosity, vision, and commitment to advancing the future of neurological surgery. (1/3) #UCSFProud @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social 📸: Sonya Yruel Photography