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Close-up showing a scientist with purple gloves working in a tissue culture hood, pipetting media onto a plate of cultured cells. Text banner reads, #1 in NIH Funding for Neurosurgery Research. The logo for the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery is visible in the corner.

We ranked #1 in NIH funding in 2025, marking more than 20 consecutive years as the nation’s top-funded neurosurgery program! 🎉 This achievement reflects our team's commitment to advancing the field & translating those discoveries into new standards of care: neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ne...
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At-home movement state classification using totally implantable cortical-basal ganglia neural interface Chronic at-home neural recordings in Parkinson’s disease reveal personalized biomarkers that accurately classify walking state.

Super excited to share our new paper: At-home movement state classification using totally implantable cortical-basal ganglia neural interface | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Day 2: February Dr. Ben Deneen was awarded $1.2 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) in support of pediatric brain tumor research.

Day 2⃣: February 📅

Dr. Ben Deneen, #BCMNeurosurgery professor and Dr. Russell J. and Marian K. Blattner Chair, #BCMCenterForCancerNeuroscience director and member of the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center, was awarded $1.2 million from CPRIT for pediatric #BrainTumor #research 🧠

🤝 In conjunction with the recent @helloeacr.bsky.social conference on #CancerNeuroscience we have an active call for papers!

📩 Submit your latest Research Article, Short Report or Method in the field of #BrainTumours #CNStumours #NeuroOncology

👉 More details buff.ly/OfzaVDe

Closeup of the 2025 Gruber Neuroscience Prize awarded to Edward F. Chang for the fundamental expansion of human knowledge. The award is engraved with a drawing of neurons that is based on the work on Cajal.

Graphic showing The Transmitter's logo that announces Shailee Jain, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Francisco, as a Rising Star in Neuroscience 2025.

A big year for the @changlabucsf.bsky.social at #SfN25! Congratulations to Edward Chang, MD, who was awarded this year’s Gruber Neuroscience Prize, and to @shaileejain.bsky.social, who was named one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social's Rising Stars in Neuroscience. www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

The Neuroscience of Brain Cancers YouTube video by BrainPrize

Neurons help gliomas grow. Discover how in the first #BrainPrize2025 webinar with @michellemonje.bsky.social and Frank Winkler - pioneering insights reshaping brain cancer research.

#braincancer #neuroscience #webinar

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Very proud and truly honored to have taken part in this year’s SNO in Hawaii. Inspiring science, outstanding discussions, and my incredible lab pushing the boundaries @milolab.bsky.social Grateful for the beautiful setting that made this meeting unforgettable #SNO2025 #KeynoteSpeaker #NeuroOncology

Susan Chang, MD, being presented with the 2025 Lisa DeAngelis Award for Excellence in Neuro-Oncology Education, on stage during the first plenary session of the conference.

A huge congratulations to Susan Chang, MD, for receiving the 2025 Lisa DeAngelis Award for Excellence in Neuro-Oncology Education! 🎉🥇The award recognizes her extraordinary impact on training the next generation of brain tumor researchers. #SNO2025 #WFNOS @neuroonc.bsky.social

BCM Neurosurgery's Dr. Ben Deneen has received the inaugural Bert O'Malley Award for Outstanding Basic Research

“It is such an honor to receive an award named in honor of the most iconic figure in BCM cancer research. This award reflects the hard work and dedication of the numerous trainees and lab members here at Baylor College of Medicine who are committed to curing brain cancer.” -Dr. Ben Deneen

Dr. Ben Deneen receives the inaugural Bert O'Malley Award for Outstanding Basic Research during this year's Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine retreat.

#NEWS: #BCMNeurosurgery's Dr. Ben Deneen recently received the inaugural Bert O'Malley Award for Outstanding Basic Research at this year's Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at @bcmhouston.bsky.social annual retreat.

Graphic announcing the 7th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies and the 30th Annual Meeting & Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology that shows a beach in Hawaii.

We're looking forward to reconnecting with our colleagues next week at #SNO2025! Check out the full list of presentations from our team of researchers at the UCSF Brain Tumor Center: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ex...
@ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social @neuroonc.bsky.social

Inhibitory neurons labeled with markers for SCGN and PAX6.

New in @nature.com, @labnowakowski.bsky.social uses barcoded lineage tracing to reveal how different cell types in the human brain form, identifying a transition during development when some progenitors shift from making excitatory to inhibitory neurons. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #studyBRAIN 🧠🟦

Venkatesh Lab Fall Outing -- Apple Picking!

Journal cover of the October issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. Illustration depicting superior cerebellar artery (SCA) conflict in trigeminal neuralgia and three techniques for microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve: interposition, Teflon transposition, and sling transposition. Art by Melissa Logies.

On the cover of the Journal of Neurosurgery, UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD, PGY6 resident Anthony Lee, MD, PhD & team show that transposition approaches, especially with a pericranium sling, may result in more durable pain control for trigeminal neuralgia: thejns.org/view/journal...

Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, (left) and Brain Nahed, MD, (right) pose for a photo with the award certificate.

Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, at the podium presenting his talk.

The big screen showing UCSF neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, at the podium delivering his presentation.

Congratulations to @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neurosurgeon @herveyjumper.bsky.social on receiving the Guha Award from the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors & @neuroonc.bsky.social! 🎉 This award recognizes his lab’s research advances in cancer neuroscience and his dedication to mentoring. #2025CNS #CNSConnects

The Los Angeles skyline and palm trees below a banner for the 2025 CNS Annual Meeting being held October 11-15, 2025.

We’re excited to be in sunny L.A. for #2025CNS! Check out all the incredible work that our faculty, residents, and medical students are doing: neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-ne...
@herveyjumper.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social #Neurosurgery

How to disconnect therapy-resistant tumor networks in glioblastoma?

In our paper, online @Cancer Discovery, we built an anti-tumor microtube (TM) screening pipeline and found that Protein Kinase C activators disrupt TMs, silence Ca²⁺ “pacemakers” and boost radiotherapy.
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I’m thrilled to report on work I led with Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper and Dr. Todd Hollon which shows that we can forecast where glioblastoma will recur even at time of initial resection.

It’s wonderful to see all the work I conducted during my research year @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social come together!

Graphic showing an MRI scan of a low grade glioma below a headline that says, How AI is Changing Brain Tumor Surgery. Subheading says: High-tech imaging approaches allow neurosurgeons to interpret tissue samples during surgery to remove previously invisible malignant cells.

Quote card showing Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, a UCSF neurosurgeon and the Mitchel S. Berger, MD Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery, during an awake brain surgery. He is quoted saying: With this new technology, we can deliver safer, more complete tumor resections.

UCSF neurosurgeon @herveyjumper.bsky.social & his @umich.edu colleagues have developed an intraoperative tool called FastGlioma that uses AI to help neurosurgeons see in real-time where tumor cells have infiltrated brain tissue. 🧪 braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/how-ai-...
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See highlights of @ucsfradonc.bsky.social participation at the 2025 @astro-org.bsky.social conference starting tomorrow: cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09... #ASTRO2025 #UCSF

If Anti-Seizure Meds Don’t Work for Epilepsy, Can Surgery Help? Vikram Rao, director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, discusses why a third of seizure patients don’t respond to medication and the promising new surgical and technological treatments available.

Anti-seizure meds don’t work for 1 in 3 epilepsy patients. UCSF experts are closing the gap with surgery and breakthrough devices that can change lives. tiny.ucsf.edu/HzE2SS

Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI Conspiracy theory beliefs are notoriously persistent. Influential hypotheses propose that they fulfill important psychological needs, thus resisting counterevidence. Yet previous failures in correctin...

Personalized conversations with a trained #AI chatbot can reduce belief in conspiracy theories, according to a 2024 Science study.

The findings, which challenge the idea that such beliefs are impervious to change, point to a tool for combating misinformation. https://scim.ag/47uE1uz

Great talks and even more interesting and engaging discussion! Fantastic start to the think tank!

From Chronic Pain to Parkinson’s, 4 Ways DBS is Changing Care UCSF looks back on four ways it pioneered deep brain stimulation with the help of federal funding, helping patients with Parkinson’s Disease, chronic pain, depression, and more.

A breakthrough method for personalized deep brain stimulation (DBS) is improving Parkinson’s treatment, and could one day be applied to depression and other conditions. "Tailoring these treatments to the person’s neural signature is really the key,” Dr. Edward Chang says. https://ucsfh.org/45HdiIr

What an incredible month it has been completing my sub-I at @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social ! I learned so much, met so many incredible people, and I had a great time doing it. I am truly grateful to have had this opportunity. #Neurosurgery #Match2026

Peacock feathers can be lasers Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom

Peacocks have a secret hidden in their brightly colored tail feathers: tiny reflective structures that can amplify light into a laser beam. scim.ag/3UEM2oQ

We’re honored to be named among the top two neurosurgery programs nationwide and the Best in the West by @usnews.com! 🎉 It's a privilege caring for our patients and their families, and we thank our entire team for hard work and dedication. @ucsfhealth.bsky.social www.ucsfhealth.org/lp/us-news-2...

Graphic that depicts an overview of the study in which UCSF researchers modeled and optimized DBS settings to improve walking in patients with Parkinson's, identifying key insights abut the neurophysiology of walking along the way.

A new study led by @doriswang.bsky.social's lab developed a systematic way to quantify key aspects of gait in patients with #Parkinsons and used machine learning to identify personalized deep brain stimulation (DBS) settings to improve walking: www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
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Our latest research on the neural basis of speech-motor sequencing is now published in @nathumbehav.nature.com! Check out this high-level explainer video and read the full paper here: t.co/YKJlabr3yb

Electrocorticographic Detection of Speech Networks in Glioma-infiltrated Cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.04.663249v1

Graphic showing microscopy image in the background and photos of the publication's lead authors (L to R): Takahide Nejo, PhD (first author), Saritha Krishna, PhD (second author), Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD (co-senior author), Hideho Okada, MD, PhD (co-senior author). Text includes publication citation: Glioma-neuronal circuit remodeling induces regional immunosuppression. Nejo T et al. (2025) Nat Comm. 16(1): 4770.

In @natcomms.nature.com, Takahide Nejo, PhD & the Okada lab worked with Saritha Krishna, PhD & @herveyjumper.bsky.social to show how the complex interaction between #glioblastoma and immune cells suppresses pro-inflammatory immune responses and drives tumor growth: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪