Fame Lab
@labfame.bsky.social
basic & translational research • brain development • CSF-based signaling & choroid plexus • @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social • Dept. of Neurosurgery @stanfordnsurg.bsky.social • @ScienceDame.bsky.social
How fantastic to be part of a session with Betsy Crouch (UCSF), Thomas Wälchli (UCL), Alexander Ligocki (Vanderbilt), and Fiona Qiu (INSERM) with discussion leader Vanessa Coelho-Santos (University of Coimbra) at the Barriers of the CNS GRC. The future is bright! 🧠 🏰 💡 www.grc.org/barriers-of-...
Congratulations to Sarah on passing her qualifying exam! A new PhD candidate is minted!
📃Preprint alert @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social. Does your 2026 involve ICV injection of AAVs 🧠? If so, this study led by Luke is for you. "Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) induce dose-dependent neonatal ventriculomegaly following intracerebroventricular administration" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) induce dose-dependent neonatal ventriculomegaly following intracerebroventricular administration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.30.697113v1
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) induce dose-dependent neonatal ventriculomegaly following intracerebroventricular administration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.30.697113v1
Such a joy to celebrate with this group! Happy holidays from our lab to yours! 🧠☃️
Congratulations to Sane Lann Phyo on a fantastic end-of internship presentation with @ccopstanford and the super mentorship from Blake Zhou. We have been so lucky to be part of Sane's research journey 🧠 @stanfordnsurg.bsky.social !
The Fame Lab is 3 years old this week! Time flies with this fantastic group of scientists!
Thrilled to receive support from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute for new investigations with a fantastic collaborator @heilshornlab.bsky.social . Congratulations to all of the teams!🧠 neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/pain-al...
Third Annual Dish Dish Dish to enjoy each other's company and celebrate a love of science! 📡 🗣️ 🍽️
Today, we celebrate Ania Noguera's time in the lab. On her last day with us, we are so excited about her transition to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social - but will miss her expertise here! 🧠
Last day in the lab for Rachel's @devbiostanford.bsky.social rotation and Ran's @meharryresearch.bsky.social REACH program. Went to lunch with the magnificent mentor Arjun to celebrate their achievements! Time files when you're working with great people!
Every year SfN brings together thousands of researchers at every career stage to discover new ideas, share their research, and experience the best the field has to offer. Register now to join the community at #SfN25 in San Diego! 🔗 vist.ly/3ys5s #neuroskyence #neurosky
Molecular Hallmarks of Hydrocephalus @ScienceTranslational Medicine is out today. Grateful to work under leadership of Andy Hale, Ryann Fame, & Kris Kahle with other top-notch collaborators including @labfame.bsky.social members Arjun Rajan and Blake Zhou! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How does the brain 🧠 change around the clock 🕰️? Can this inform treatments? Learn more in a new review from the lab 'Harnessing the #circadian nature of the choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid' ➡️ npj Biological Timing & Sleep | #Nature @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Congratulations to Aye Chan Moe (Rue) on her end-of internship presentation with @ccopstanford. She's now getting ready to spend the summer doing research @MIT with @MSRP. We have been so lucky to be part of her research journey 🧠@stanfordnsurg.bsky.social !
This is a trainee seminar series and your participation is very important and much appreciated. Join us next week. Here is the free registration link: streamyard.com/watch/wHnr7P...
🧠Faculty Job alert for #devbiol researchers in sensory systems! The Department of Otolaryngology at Stanford School of Medicine is hiring a new Developmental Biology Research Faculty Member. Come be our neighbor! Find out more: facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49... #Careers #Hiring #Faculty
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Developmental Biology Faculty in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
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Congratulations to Stanford Medicine neuro-oncologist Michelle Monje. Learn more about Monje's groundbreaking work: stan.md/4gZHRh7
Stopping cancer cells from infiltrating nervous system
Stanford Medicine scientists founded a new field of cancer biology by showing how cancer cells tap into the nervous system.
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The Brain Prize@brainprize.org · 2y agoCongratulations to winners of The Brain Prize 2025! Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience. Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...
Congratulations to Sophia Mirda on an unambiguous pass for her Qualifying Exam in @devbiostanford.bsky.social! A new PhD Candidate is minted!🥂
Juliet Knowles' research has recently shown that the brain can use adaptive myelination to perfect “skills” that are actually pathological, such as having seizures. stanmed.stanford.edu/epileptic-se...
How neural insulation can amplify epileptic seizure damage
Some epileptic seizures intensify using the same learning mechanism by which practice makes perfect.
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Impressive work studying the GABA switch in pigs and its association with TBI. 🐖🧠 Congratulations Alex Hochstetler!
bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 2y agoAcute temporal, regional, and cell-type specific NKCC1 disruption following severe TBI in the developing gyrencephalic brain. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.20.633889v1
Lovely preprint from Peter Kalugin and Paul Soden with Maria Lehtinen and Mark Andermann on multiplexed tracking of Neuromodulators in CSF! Congratulations all!
bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 2y agoSimultaneous, real-time tracking of many neuromodulatory signals with Multiplexed Optical Recording of Sensors on a micro-Endoscope https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.26.634931v1
Nice review highlighting the associations between neuropsychiatric conditions and #cerebrovascular deficits doi.org/10.1111/eci.... #BloodBrainBarrier #Psychiatry
Neurovascular dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: Underlying mechanisms and therapeutic approaches
The neurovascular unit (NVU) is present in both brain and retinal barriers and consists of endothelial cells, basement membrane, pericytes, glial cells (astrocytes and microglia) and neurons. Barrier...
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