A Special report from The New York Times about ALDH2*2 and “Asian Glow” featuring Che-Hong Chen, Senior Research Scientist.

For Some Asian Americans, There’s No Such Thing As a Casual Drink.

For many Asian Americans, a single cocktail can cause their faces to turn red. Known as the “Asian glow,” the condition can stir up mixed emotions.

Che-Hong Chen, a senior scientist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, said the enzyme deficiency that causes Asian glow was most prevalent in areas where rice was a dietary staple. Credit…Constanza Hevia H. for The New York Times.

26 Years at Stanford

Congratulations to the Mochly-Rosen Lab on your 26th year anniversary at Stanford!

Opher Shai Kornfeld delivers the 2018 Commencement Address to the Graduates

Opher Shai Kornfeld was selected as the PhD representative to deliver the Address to the Graduates at the 2018 School of Medicine Convocation Ceremony held on Saturday, June 16th.

Adriana Garcia, Egan Peltan, and Michael Swift awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

CSB graduate students Adriana Garcia, Egan Peltan, and Michael Swift are recipients of the 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Amit Joshi, Nay L Shaw, Hannes Vogel, Anna D Cunningham, Mehrdad Shamloo, Daria Mochly-Rosen, and Carlos Gonzalez featured on the cover of EMBO Molecular Medicine

This image represents the open‐field test of an untreated mouse model of ALS that walks short distances and sticks to the edges of the open field, while the P110‐treated mouse model of ALS walks longer distances and enters the center of the field. The open field is here represented by the mitochondria, which is the main affected organelle in ALS that is corrected by P110 treatemnt. By Amit Joshi, Daria Mochly‐Rosen and colleagues: Inhibition of Drp1/Fis1 interaction slows progress of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Scientific image by Carlos Gonzales.

SPARK featured in SCOPE, a Stanford Medicine Blog

The SPARK program, directed by Chemical and Systems Biology Professor Dr. Daria Mochly-Rosen, was featured in the Stanford Medicine blog SCOPE.

Adriana Garcia, Katie Ferrick, and Marlene Heberling accepted to the Molecular Pharmacology Training Program

CSB graduate students Adriana Garcia (Mochly-Rosen Lab), Katie Ferrick (Meyer Lab), and Marlene Heberling (Elias Lab) have been accepted to the Molecular Pharmacology Training Program. Congratulations!

Matthew Stevens awarded the School of Medicine Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Matthew Stevens is a recipient of the School of Medicine Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. Matthew is a postdoc in the Mochly-Rosen lab. Congratulations!

Dr. Daria Mochly-Rosen Elected to California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) Board of Directors

California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) today announced an expansion of its board of directors, adding two new members. Larry W. Kwak, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President and Associate Cancer Center Director of Translational Research at City of Hope and Daria Mochly-Rosen, Ph.D., Founder and Co-Director, SPARK Translational Research Program and Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford University School of Medicine, have joined the CLSA board.