- Congratulations to CNT faculty member Azadeh Yazdan who was awarded American Heart Association funding for innovative stroke treatment.
- Congratulations to CNT co-director Chet Moritz on his promotion to full professor at the University of Washington.
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- Center for Neurotechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Research Symposium (August 17, 2022; Seattle, WA). Please contact Eric H. Chudler for details about this meeting.
- Whitaker International Neuroengineering Network Workshop (August 10-12, 2022; Cambridge, UK). CNT member Amy Orsborn will be a speaker.
- IEEE Brain and the International Neuroethics Society will hold an online panel discussion about the documentary, “The Father of the Cyborgs” (September 15, 2022., noon Pacific time).
- Registration is now open for the NeuroAI meeting (September 27-30, 2022; Seattle, WA).
- 2022 International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting (November 2-4, 2022; Montreal, Canada and virtual).
- Registration is now open for the 2022 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (November 12-16, 2022; San Diego, CA).
- 16th World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society (May 11-16, 2024; Vancouver, BC, Canada).
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The CNT Young Scholars Program-REACH hosted 76 high school students (18 students in-person; 58 students online; July 11-15, 2022) for a week of activities to learn about neural engineering and neuroscience. Students heard from CNT faculty members Chet Moritz, Amy Orsborn, Sara Goering and Dave Wolczyk and participated in other activities to encourage them to pursue academic pathways in science, technology, engineering and math.
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CNT faculty
Eran Klein, Jeff Ojemann and
Sara Goering were recently awarded a new NIH R01 in neuroethics titled “Caring for BRAIN Pioneers: Understanding and enhancing family and researcher support in neural device trials.” This four-year award for $1.39 million will run from July 1, 2022 to May 31, 2026.
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- Yazdan-Shahmorad, A., Greaves-Tunnell, A. and Bloch, J., Brain stimulation can rewire and heal damaged neural connections, but it isn’t clear how – research suggests personalization may be key to more effective therapies, The Conversation, July 6, 2022.
- Moorjani, S., Walvekar, S., Fetz, E.E. and Perlmutter, S.I., Movement-dependent electrical stimulation for volitional strengthening of cortical connections in behaving monkeys, PNAS, June 27, 2022, 119 (27) e2116321119.
- Wexler, A., Choi, R.J., Ramayya, A.G., Sharma, N., McShane, B.J., Buch, L.Y., Donley-Fletcher, M.P., Gold, J.I., Baltuch, G.H., Goering, S. and Klein, E., Ethical issues in intraoperative neuroscience research: Assessing subjects’ recall of informed consent and motivations for participation, AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 13:1, 57-66, 2022.
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RECENT PAPERS OF INTEREST
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JOB AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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To include news items and announcements in the monthly newsletter, please contact CNT Executive and Education Director
Eric H. Chudler.
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