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Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo Donate RMB 50 Million to Fudan University’s New Engineering Development Fund
On May 27, coinciding with the 120th anniversary celebrations of Fudan University, Tianqiao Chen, a Fudan University Board Member and 1990 alumnus of the School of Economics, as well as founder of Shanda Group and Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute, and his wife Chrissy Luo, donated RMB 50 million (approximately US $7 million) to the […]
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Duke & Chen Institute Joint AI Boot Camp 2025 Concludes Successfully
Five-day intensive program explores cutting-edge applications of AI in healthcare and medical research The Duke & Chen Institute Joint Boot Camp for AI & AI Accelerated Medical Research concluded successfully on May 16, 2025, after five intensive days of cutting-edge presentations and discussions. The program, hosted by Prof. Jian Pei, brought together distinguished faculty and […]
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Chen Institute Symposium for AI Accelerated Science 2025: Call for Papers!
Call for Papers! Join us in San Francisco at AIAS 2025, for the first annual “Chen Institute Symposium for AI Accelerated Science” October 27-28th where our 2024 AI Prize winners will present their work alongside Nobel Laureates Jennifer Doudna and David Baker, industry luminaries and well-known academia. Deadline: August 1st This call for papers invites […]
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TCCI 2024 Annual Report
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eWEAR-X set to drive next generation of wearable technology
From smartwatches that detect heart disease to brain implants that restore cognitive function after a head injury, wearable technology’s potential to monitor and improve health is enormous and still largely untapped. With a recent gift from the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute, the Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR-X) is supercharging its efforts to transform researchers’ […]
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A New Tool to Detect Viruses in Sequence Data
A new software algorithm developed at Caltech enables researchers to easily search for viruses in RNA sequence data, enabling scientists to detect viruses in samples and study how they impact biological functions. The number of individual viruses on Earth is nearly unfathomable: There are an estimated 10 million individual viruses for each star in the […]
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On the Same Wavelength: Neural “Fingerprints” Indicate Deep Focus Flow States in Teams
Have you ever been so laser focused on a task—playing a video game, reading an engrossing book, and so on—that when you look up, hours have suddenly gone by? This is commonly referred to as flow state: a state of absorbed concentration and a distorted sense of time. Studies have shown that working in the […]
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2025 TCCI Spring Newsletter
Dear Friends, It’s that time of year again and we are excited to share with you the Chen Institute’s 2024 Annual Report. Looking back, it was a year of growth, learning and expansion. A new prize, two co-hosted meetings in Shanghai, more Chen Institute training programs, growth of our Chen Scholars Program and the inaugural Chen Scholars Retreat. We kicked 2025 off with a two-day meeting exploring the current state and future potential of Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation with leaders in the field from all over the world. More recently, we launched the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Ideation and Prototyping Lab at Stanford University, a facility which will bolster medical technology innovation multidisciplinary collaboration on Stanford’s campus.
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A post-mortem showed his veteran son had scarring on his brain. Now the grieving father is fighting for change
Photo credit: CBS News Chen Institute MGH Research Scholar Dr. Brian Edlow, appears on CBS News to discuss his work studying brain damage in 30 active-duty military volunteers. The research was spurred by the grieving father of a Navy Seal who committed suicide and was later discovered to have scarring on his brain. Read more […]
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Stanford Christens the “Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Ideation and Prototyping Lab”
Lab will provide engineering support for bench-to-bedside innovation. Redwood City, Calif. – March 3, 2025 – In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, Stanford University officially inaugurated the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Ideation and Prototyping Lab within the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility. This new lab aims to bolster medtech innovations on Stanford’s campus by fostering a community centered […]