Gladstone Institutes

06/02/2026

A team of Gladstone scientists—including Katie Pollard, Melanie Ott, Seth Shipman, and Sukrit Silas—will lead one of three new national centers dedicated to accelerating the development of phage therapy.

The center, funded by an NIH grant, will become one of three national centers dedicated to accelerating the development of phage therapy.

06/02/2026

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06/01/2026

Congrats to Andrew Yang who received the 2026 Sobrato Prize. The prize honors scientists whose breakthroughs in brain research have high potential for patient impact.

The prize honors scientists whose breakthroughs in brain research have high potential for patient impact.

06/01/2026

Science is serious work—but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the journey along the way. ✨

At Gladstone, we celebrate the people, ideas, and moments that make our community thrive. From learning opportunities to shared experiences, we believe curiosity, connection, and a little playfulness help spark creativity and inspire big thinking.

Because building a strong culture is just as important as building great science. 💙

05/31/2026

What happens when science meets storytelling?

Gladstone scientist Seth Shipman was recently interviewed for an upcoming documentary bringing together visual artists and scientists to explore creativity, discovery, and innovation.

Seth’s lab develops molecular technologies that help scientists better understand and treat disease—including groundbreaking work that made him the first to store and reconstruct moving images in the DNA of living cells.

05/30/2026

Deepak Srivastava offers commentary on a novel approach to heart failure that involves a stem cell-based patch to regenerate cardiac muscle.

A stem cell-based heart patch improved pumping in a small trial for advanced heart failure. "Very good first step," researcher says.

05/30/2026

For Julia Kaye, the path to studying neurological disease is deeply personal.

Inspired by her mother’s experience with multiple sclerosis, Kaye has dedicated her career to understanding how diseases of the brain and body cause suffering—and how science can help uncover new treatments.

On World MS Day, we honor the patients, families, and scientists working toward a future with better therapies and hope for those living with MS.

05/29/2026

Gladstone scientists developed a new tool to trace how the brain clears “waste,” uncovering surprising new biology about how it keeps itself healthy.

05/29/2026

Not all breakthroughs happen in a single moment…they’re built day by day, experiment by experiment, idea by idea.

Behind every discovery are Gladstonians at the bench—testing, troubleshooting, collaborating, and asking the questions that move science forward.

From early morning setups to late-night data checks, it’s the steady rhythm of lab work that turns curiosity into insight.

05/29/2026

Hope can come from unexpected places.

Researchers at Gladstone are exploring how existing drugs may be repurposed to tackle brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, opening new possibilities for faster treatments and better outcomes

Yaqiao Li, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at Gladstone, shares insights into the promise of this innovative brain research—and the hope it could bring to patients and families worldwide.

How Existing Cancer Drugs Point to an Alzheimer’s Breakthrough. Last July, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Gladstone Institutes flipped the script on the traditional drug-discovery process with their groundbreaking study published in Cell . Traditional drug