A CNT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

SEPTEMBER 2020

THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF NEUROTECHNOLOGY

abstract illustration of circuits making an image of the brain

CNT member Tim Brown and CNT faculty affiliate Laura Specker-Sullivan are examining bias and the social impacts of neurotechnology. Learn more in a recent article they co-authored with Karen Rommelfanger from Emory University.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Two researchers in lab coats working on a device

Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience: Continuing the Conversation, a Society for Neuroscience Webinar, September 4
Innovations in Neuromodulation: Modulating Brains and Improving Lives through Neural Stimulation, a Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office webinar, September 9
Neural Interfaces for Neurobiological Insights, a Sainsbury Welcome Centre symposium, CNT faculty member Amy Orsborn is a scheduled speaker, October 9

HONORS AND AWARDS

Congratulations to Courtnie Paschall (advisors: Jeff Ojemann and Rajesh Rao) for passing her graduate qualifying examination in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington.

Congratulations to Soshi Samejima (advisor: Chet Moritz) for successfully defending his University of Washington Ph.D. dissertation titled "Neuromodulation through Spinal Stimulation for Functional Restoration and Rehabilitation after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury."

Congratulations to the Neurotechnology Student Leadership Council for 2020–21!
President: Courtnie Paschall
Vice President: Julien Bloch
Executive Assistant: Asad Beck
Treasurer: Richy Yun
Hackathon Coordinator: Pavithra Rajeswaran
Outreach Coordinator: Samantha Sun
Industry Liasons: Michael Nolan, Si Jia Li
Seminar Coordinators: Maneeshika Madduri, Zoe Steine-Hanson
Undergraduate Representatives: Kathryn Stangret, Bill Young, Manjari Anant, Chemay Shola

CNT IN THE NEWS

Photo of man wearing a brain-scanning device

Tamara Bonaci, a CNT faculty affiliate at the University of Washington, is quoted in a new ZDNet article about brain-computer interface privacy and security.

NEW CNT PUBLICATIONS

Bergsman, K. C. and Chudler, E. H., Adapting a Neural Engineering Summer Camp for High School Students to a Fully Online Experience, Biomed Eng Education, August 2020
Pollock, E. and Jazayeri, M., Engineering Recurrent Neural Networks from Task-relevant Manifolds and Dynamics, PLoS Computational Biology, August 2020
Ramadi, K. B., Dagdeviren, C., Bhagchandani, B., Nunez-Lopez, C., Kim, M.J., Langer, R., Graybiel, A.M. and Cima, M.J., Simultaneous recording and marking of brain microstructures, Journal of Neural Engineering, August 2020
Egger, S. W., Le, N. M. and Jazayeri, M., A neural circuit model for human sensorimotor timing, Nature Communications, August 2020
Goering, S. and Klein, E., Fostering Neuroethics Integration with Neuroscience in the BRAIN Initiative: Comments on the NIH Neuroethics Roadmap, AJOB Neuroscience, July 2020
Uehlin, J. P., Smith, W. A., Pamula, V. R., Pepin, E. P., Perlmutter, S., Sathe, V. and Rudell, J. C., A Single-Chip Bidirectional Neural Interface with High-Voltage Stimulation and Adaptive Artifact Cancellation in Standard CMOS, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, July 2020
Gregurec, D., Senko, A. W., Chuvilin, A., Reddy, P. D., Sankararaman, A., rosenfeld, D., Chiang, P-H., Garcia, Fl, Tafel, I., Varnavides, G., Ciocan, E. and Anikeeva, P., Magnetic Vortex Nanodiscs Enable Remote Magnetomechanical Neural Stimulation, ACS Nano, June 2020