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Lab News

12-10-15 Tony featured on TED's Year in Ideas

Tony's TED talk has reached 1,000,000 views and is featured in TED's Year in Ideas (starting at 1:07), highlighting the lab's work in one of the biggest scientific steps of 2015.

10-06-15 Tony receives a NIH Director's Pioneer Award

Tony received a NIH Director’s Pioneer Award to study mammalian rejuvenation and aging using bioorthogonal chemistry. The press release and project description can be found on the program website.

09-10-15 Liz receives a K99 award

Liz received an NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99) from the NINDS. Congratulations Liz!

08-04-15 Tony and Saul are featured in The Guardian

Tony and Saul talk in depth about the past and future of rejuvenation in a recent article in The Guardian. The article can be read here.

06-16-15 Tony speaks at TEDGlobalLondon

Tony talks at TEDGlobalLondon. View the presentation here.

Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray, Scientific Career

Education / Training
1984 - 1989	Faculty of Science, University of Bern, Microbiology
1987 - 1989	Institute of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, M.S.
1989 - 1992	Institute of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Ph.D.
1992 - 1993	Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Bern
1993 - 1995	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute

Positions and Employment
1995	Senior Research Associate, Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute
1996 - 1997	Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Neurology, University of California San Francisco
1996 - 1999	Staff Research Scientist, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco
1997 - 2002	Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
1997 - 2002	Staff Research Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
2002 - present	Health Scientist, GRECC, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System
2002 - 2005	Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical School
2005 - 2011	Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical School
2011 - present	Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical School
Scientific Review and Advisory Boards
2003–present	Scientific Advisory Board, Alzheimer Research Consortium
2003–2010	Scientific Review Board, Institute for the Study of Aging
2003–present	Editorial Board, Journal of Neuroinflammation
2003–2011	Chair, Scientific Advisory Board and co-founder, Satoris Inc.
2004–present	Medical and Scientific Advisory Council for the Alzheimer's Association of Northern California & Northern Nevada
2006–present	International Advisory Board, Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Honors and Awards
1993-1996	Fellowship for Junior Scientists, Swiss National Science Foundation
1994-1996	Fellowship for Advanced Scientists, Swiss National Science Foundation
2005-2009	Distinguished Scholar Award of the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation
2005-2007	Zenith Award, Alzheimer’s Association