Author: Eric Chudler
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New NSF Grant to Amir Alimohammad
Congratulations to SDSU CNT member Amir Alimohammad who was recently awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant titled “SHF: Small: A Ubiquitous Brain-Computer Interface for Supplementing Cognitive and Motor Functions.” This work aims to introduce a ubiquitous BCI (uBCI) framework designed to enhance cognitive and motor functions through advanced neural signal processing and an energy-efficient…
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June 2025 Newsletter
A CNT Monthly Newsletter June 2025 HONORS AND AWARDS Congratulations to UW CNT faculty member Adrienne Fairhall who was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations to UW CNT faculty member Jeffrey Herron who will be promoted to Associate Professor without tenure; effective July 1, 2025. Alyssa Williams, a 2023 CNT REU student…
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May 2025 Newsletter
A CNT Monthly Newsletter May 2025 HONORS AND AWARDS Congratulations to UW CNT faculty member Amy Orsborn who has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Bioengineering (effective September 16, 2025). UPCOMING EVENTS Abstract submission for the 2025 Annual Society for Neuroscience meeting (November…
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Adrienne Fairhall Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Adrienne Fairhall, CNT faculty member and University of Washington professor of physiology and biophysics, was elected recently to the National Academy of Sciences. Adrienne and other scientists were elected in “recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
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Neural populations are dynamic but constrained
Authors: Orsborn, A.L. Publication: Nature Neuroscience Date: January 17, 2025 Abstract: Our brains evolved to help us rapidly learn new things. But anyone who has put in hours of practice to perfect their tennis serve, only to reach a plateau, can attest that our brains aren’t infinitely flexible. New work shows that patterns of neural…
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Natural behaviour is learned through dopamine-mediated reinforcement
Authors: Kasdin, J.*, Duffy, A.*, Nadler, N., Raha, A., Fairhall, A.L., Stachenfeld, K. and Gadagkar, V. Publication: Nature Date: March 12, 2025 Abstract: Many natural motor skills, such as speaking or locomotion, are acquired through a process of trial-and-error learning over the course of development. It has long been hypothesized, motivated by observations in artificial…
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April 2025 Newsletter
A CNT Monthly Newsletter April 2025 HONORS AND AWARDS David Bell (lab of UW CNT faculty member Adrienne Fairhall) presented “Discovering plasticity rules that organize and maintain neural circuit” at the COSYNE meeting in Montreal, Canada. Scott Sterrett (lab of UW CNT faculty member Adrienne Fairhall) presented “Recurrent neural networks balance sensory- and memory-guided policies for…
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February 2025 Newsletter
A CNT Monthly Newsletter February 2025 HONORS AND AWARDS Congratulations to Fordham University associate professor Laura Specker Sullivan (a 2015-2017 CNT postdoctoral fellow) who received a three-year National Science Foundation grant titled “From Principles to Practice: Ethical Guidance for Neurotechnology Researchers.” UPCOMING EVENTS Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting, March 29 – April 1, 2025 (Boston,…
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Rachel Iritani wins CNT Best Student Paper Award for Neurotechnology Advancement
Rachel Iritani, a graduate student in the University of Washington Department of Bioengineering, was named the 2024 recipient of the CNT Best Student Paper Award for Neurotechnology Advancement. This award was established by Joseph and Anusha Fernando in 2020 to recognize and promote a technical paper authored by a CNT-affiliated student that makes identifiable contributions…
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FDA Market Authorization for ARC-EX
ONWARD’s ARC-EX transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation system has received US FDA market authorization. Research on the ARC-EX was advanced in the lab of CNT co-director Chet Moritz. Chet also spoke with Good Morning America about the device.