LAB NEWS:
08/2018: The lab welcomes Xiaoyu Chen, a new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
08/2018: We are very excited for Steven Sloan in the lab who will start his own lab at Emory in the fall. Congratulations Steven!
04/2018: Fikri receives the American Epilepsy Society Fellowship
05/2018: Sergiu receives the A.E. Bennett Award from Society of Biological Psychiatry
04/2018: The lab welcomes Vy Nguyen from the Stanford DevBio program for the spring rotation.
02/2018: Sergiu receives the 2018 Vilcek Award for Creative Biomedical Promise
10/2017: Sergiu received the NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award
09/2017: The lab welcomes Tyler as a rotating graduate student from the Neuroscience program
07/2017: Sergiu is organizing the international 2017 CSHL Autism Course
06/2017: The lab welcomes Kathyrn in the Stanford MSTP program as a summer rotation student.
04/2017: The Lab welcomes Yuki– a new postdoctoral fellow coming from Japan, and Rebecca– a peds/neuro resident at Stanford
03/2017: Themasap receives the NSF Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations!!
03/2017: Sergiu receives the Jordi Folch-Pi Award from the American Society for Neurochemistry
09/2016: The Lab welcomes Junuk as a new postdoctoral fellow coming from Princeton
08/2016: Jimena receives the prestigious Idun Berry Postdoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations!
08/2016: Rebecca successfully passes her quals exam!
08/2016: Our work featured in The Guardian
08/2016: The lab welcomes Karen who is joining us as a research scientist!
06/2016: Jimena is awarded the Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship! Congratulations!
06/2016: Rebecca's story featured by the University of Notre Dame
03/2016: Themasap, a graduate student in the Stem Cell program, joins the lab! Wellcome!
03/2016: Our work featured in Wall Street Journal
02/2016: New article published in Nature Biotechnology
01/2016: Themasep Khan in the Stem Cell program starts his rotation in the lab. Welcome!
12/2015: Nina is awarded the Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship! Congratulations!
11/2015: Nina receives a CHRI Postdoctoral Award. Congratulations!
11/2015: Our work on 3D neural spheroids featured in an Associated Press story: [print] [video]
10/2015: Sergiu is lecturing in the SfN Short Course on iPS cells in Chicago, speaking in the International Conference of Neural Tube Defects in Austin, TX, and chairing an exciting session at the Molecular Psychiatry Meeting in SF
09/2015: The lab welcomes Jimena Andersen, a new postdoctoral fellow joining us from MRC/University College London
08/2015: The lab welcomes Rebecca, a new graduate student in the Stem Cells program at Stanford
07/2015: Sergiu receives the NIMH Director's BRAINS Award
06/2015: The lab welcomes Tommy as a joint graduate student with the Cui lab in Chemistry!
06/2015: The lab welcomes Joy, Avin, Rebecca and Juan Pablo!
06/2015: Fikri receives the CHRI Postdoctoral Award. Congratulations!
06/2015: Sergiu lectures in the CSHL Course on Autism Spectrum Disorders
05/2015: New article from the Pasca Lab published in Nature Methods
Stanford press release. Stanford Scope blog article. NIH press release. Featured as SFARI Toolbox
05/2015: Avin received a Stanford Med Scholar grant; Anca received the Pediatric Scientist Development Program.
04/2015: Sergiu speaks in the International ABA Autism Conference in Bucharest
04/2015: Anca is awarded a Child Health Research Fellowship
02/2015: SFARI (Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative) publishes 'Rising Star' profile for Sergiu
02/2015: Our research on schizophrenia featured in a Stanford Medicine blog post
10/2014: Sergiu wins the 2014 MQ Fellow Award for Transforming Mental Health
10/2014: Anca receives the Mead Johnson Travel Award at the 2015 Western Societies for Pediatric Research Meeting
09/2014: Sergiu gives invited lecture at the PCDH19 Symposium at UCSF
09/2014: Sergiu becomes Investigator of the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research and Treatment (MIRECC) Program
05/2014: Răzvan joins the lab coming from UC Berkeley
04/2014: Sergiu gives invited lecture at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
04/2014: Anca wins the First Prize for basic research at the Stanford Pediatrics Retreat
03/2014: Sergiu joins Faculty of 1000, Neuronal and Glial Biology
03/2014: Nina joins the lab coming from ETH in Zurich
02/2014: Jimena joins the lab coming from UCLA
02/2014: Sergiu gives several invited talks in Korea
08/2018: The lab welcomes Xiaoyu Chen, a new postdoctoral fellow in the lab.
08/2018: We are very excited for Steven Sloan in the lab who will start his own lab at Emory in the fall. Congratulations Steven!
04/2018: Fikri receives the American Epilepsy Society Fellowship
05/2018: Sergiu receives the A.E. Bennett Award from Society of Biological Psychiatry
04/2018: The lab welcomes Vy Nguyen from the Stanford DevBio program for the spring rotation.
02/2018: Sergiu receives the 2018 Vilcek Award for Creative Biomedical Promise
10/2017: Sergiu received the NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award
09/2017: The lab welcomes Tyler as a rotating graduate student from the Neuroscience program
07/2017: Sergiu is organizing the international 2017 CSHL Autism Course
06/2017: The lab welcomes Kathyrn in the Stanford MSTP program as a summer rotation student.
04/2017: The Lab welcomes Yuki– a new postdoctoral fellow coming from Japan, and Rebecca– a peds/neuro resident at Stanford
03/2017: Themasap receives the NSF Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations!!
03/2017: Sergiu receives the Jordi Folch-Pi Award from the American Society for Neurochemistry
09/2016: The Lab welcomes Junuk as a new postdoctoral fellow coming from Princeton
08/2016: Jimena receives the prestigious Idun Berry Postdoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations!
08/2016: Rebecca successfully passes her quals exam!
08/2016: Our work featured in The Guardian
08/2016: The lab welcomes Karen who is joining us as a research scientist!
06/2016: Jimena is awarded the Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship! Congratulations!
06/2016: Rebecca's story featured by the University of Notre Dame
03/2016: Themasap, a graduate student in the Stem Cell program, joins the lab! Wellcome!
03/2016: Our work featured in Wall Street Journal
02/2016: New article published in Nature Biotechnology
01/2016: Themasep Khan in the Stem Cell program starts his rotation in the lab. Welcome!
12/2015: Nina is awarded the Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship! Congratulations!
11/2015: Nina receives a CHRI Postdoctoral Award. Congratulations!
11/2015: Our work on 3D neural spheroids featured in an Associated Press story: [print] [video]
10/2015: Sergiu is lecturing in the SfN Short Course on iPS cells in Chicago, speaking in the International Conference of Neural Tube Defects in Austin, TX, and chairing an exciting session at the Molecular Psychiatry Meeting in SF
09/2015: The lab welcomes Jimena Andersen, a new postdoctoral fellow joining us from MRC/University College London
08/2015: The lab welcomes Rebecca, a new graduate student in the Stem Cells program at Stanford
07/2015: Sergiu receives the NIMH Director's BRAINS Award
06/2015: The lab welcomes Tommy as a joint graduate student with the Cui lab in Chemistry!
06/2015: The lab welcomes Joy, Avin, Rebecca and Juan Pablo!
06/2015: Fikri receives the CHRI Postdoctoral Award. Congratulations!
06/2015: Sergiu lectures in the CSHL Course on Autism Spectrum Disorders
05/2015: New article from the Pasca Lab published in Nature Methods
Stanford press release. Stanford Scope blog article. NIH press release. Featured as SFARI Toolbox
05/2015: Avin received a Stanford Med Scholar grant; Anca received the Pediatric Scientist Development Program.
04/2015: Sergiu speaks in the International ABA Autism Conference in Bucharest
04/2015: Anca is awarded a Child Health Research Fellowship
02/2015: SFARI (Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative) publishes 'Rising Star' profile for Sergiu
02/2015: Our research on schizophrenia featured in a Stanford Medicine blog post
10/2014: Sergiu wins the 2014 MQ Fellow Award for Transforming Mental Health
10/2014: Anca receives the Mead Johnson Travel Award at the 2015 Western Societies for Pediatric Research Meeting
09/2014: Sergiu gives invited lecture at the PCDH19 Symposium at UCSF
09/2014: Sergiu becomes Investigator of the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research and Treatment (MIRECC) Program
05/2014: Răzvan joins the lab coming from UC Berkeley
04/2014: Sergiu gives invited lecture at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
04/2014: Anca wins the First Prize for basic research at the Stanford Pediatrics Retreat
03/2014: Sergiu joins Faculty of 1000, Neuronal and Glial Biology
03/2014: Nina joins the lab coming from ETH in Zurich
02/2014: Jimena joins the lab coming from UCLA
02/2014: Sergiu gives several invited talks in Korea
PRESS COVERAGE:
Associated Press: "Researchers grow brain parts to study development, disease" [print] [video]
WIRED Magazine: "Brain balls grown from skin cells spark with electricity"
The Scientist: "Into the limelight"
Stanford Scope Blog post: "Brain cell spheres in a lab dish mimic human cortex"
Stanford News: "Tiny spheres of human cells mimic the brain"
NIH News: "A patient's budding cortex– in a dish?"
SFARI: 'Rising star' profile
BBC News: “Brain find sheds light on autism”
The Stanford Daily: “Researchers use cell transformation to understand autism”
IBRO News: “Former IBRO Fellow Sergiu Pasca making his mark upon neuroscience”
Packard Children’s News: “Rising Stars advance care and research at Packard Children’s- Sergiu Pasca, MD”
El Mundo: "Células pluripotenciales dan nuevas pistas sobre la base del autismo"
MIT Technology Review: “Disease in a dish
NIMH’s Top 10 Research Advances of 2011
Simons Foundation: Notable papers of 2011
Dilema veche (Interview about autism, in Romanian): "Niciodată nu am ştiut mai multe despre creier şi bolile sale"
Associated Press: "Researchers grow brain parts to study development, disease" [print] [video]
WIRED Magazine: "Brain balls grown from skin cells spark with electricity"
The Scientist: "Into the limelight"
Stanford Scope Blog post: "Brain cell spheres in a lab dish mimic human cortex"
Stanford News: "Tiny spheres of human cells mimic the brain"
NIH News: "A patient's budding cortex– in a dish?"
SFARI: 'Rising star' profile
BBC News: “Brain find sheds light on autism”
The Stanford Daily: “Researchers use cell transformation to understand autism”
IBRO News: “Former IBRO Fellow Sergiu Pasca making his mark upon neuroscience”
Packard Children’s News: “Rising Stars advance care and research at Packard Children’s- Sergiu Pasca, MD”
El Mundo: "Células pluripotenciales dan nuevas pistas sobre la base del autismo"
MIT Technology Review: “Disease in a dish
NIMH’s Top 10 Research Advances of 2011
Simons Foundation: Notable papers of 2011
Dilema veche (Interview about autism, in Romanian): "Niciodată nu am ştiut mai multe despre creier şi bolile sale"
