Interviews / Profiles

Human Brains Are Hard to Study. He Grows Useful Substitutes.
Quanta Magazine, 12 October 2022

Here come the assembloids
Stanford Medicine Magazine, 27 July 2022

Q&A: Reverse engineering the human brain by growing neural circuits in the lab
Wu Tsai Neuro, 21 January 2022

Le chercheur qui reconstruit les circuits du cerveau humain vivant
Heidi News, 12 October 2021

The rise of the assembloid
Nature, 29 September 2021

Sergiu Pasca Builds Brains to Study Developmental Disease
The Scientist, December 2019

The hidden biology of the human brain
Nature Medicine volume 25, page 1655, 2019

Brain Balls
Stanford Medicine Magazine, Winter 2018

Rising Star: Sergiu Pasca, scientist at play
Spectrum News, 19 February 2015

Media Articles

Un organoïde cérébral humain implanté dans un cerveau de rat
Le Monde, 31 October 2022

Human neurons merge with rat brain to control senses
Science, 13 October 2022

Human brain cells implanted in rats prompt excitement — and concern
Nature, 12 October 2022

Human Brain Cells Grow in Rats, and Feel What the Rats Feel
The New York Times, 12 October 2022

Researchers Transplant Human Neurons into Rat Brains
The Scientist, 12 October 2022

What happens when human brain tissue is implanted into rats
The Economist, 12 October 2022

Human-to-rat brain tissue implant boosts psychiatric disease research
Financial Times, 12 October 2022

Transplant of human brain tissue into rats could help study autism, other disorders
The Washington Post, 12 October 2022

These rats have human cells in their brains. They may help scientists understand autism and schizophrenia
USA Today, 12 October 2022

Scientists grow human brain cells in rats to study diseases
Associated Press, 12 October 2022

Scientists Grow Human Cells in Rat Brains to Study Autism, Schizophrenia
Wall Street Journal, 12 October 2022

Human neurons transplanted into rats to help study brain disorders
The Guardian, 12 October 2022

Lab-Grown Human Cells Form Working Circuits in Rat Brains
Quanta Magazine, 12 October 2022

Un equipo de científicos injerta neuronas humanas en el cerebro de ratas y logra influir en su comportamiento
El Pais, 12 October 2022

Lab-Grown Human Brain Tissue Works in Rats
Wired, 12 October 2022

Der Mensch in der Ratte
Spiegel Wissenschaft, 14 October 2022

Human neurons implanted in a rodent’s brain lead a rat to water — and make it drink
Stat News, 12 October 2022

Human brain cells transplanted into rat brains hold promise for
​neuropsychiatric research​
Stanford Medicine Magazine, 12 October 2022

Human brain tissue implanted into rats integrated and grew with host's brain
Sky News, 12 October 2022

Using Medicine and Science to Improve the Quality of Life
The New York Times, 27 May 2018

Stanford neuroscientist’s ‘assembloids’ pave the way for innovative brain research
Scope Blog, 27 May 2018