A CNT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

October 2021

NEUROTEC: NEW STUDENT ORGANIZATION

NeuroTEC is a new University of Washington (UW) student registered organization with a mission to raise awareness about the innovative neural engineering and computational neuroscience research being pursued by the UW Center for Neurotechnology, Weill NeuroHUB, and Computational Neuroscience Center. NeuroTEC also coordinates with partner institutions outside the UW to bring in speakers, industry events, and research opportunities to enhance undergraduate and graduate education. Our aim is to create a student community for neuroengineering and computational neuroscience research at the UW.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Congratulations to Marc-Joseph Antonini (laboratory of MIT CNT Deputy Director Polina Anikeeva) for defending his doctoral dissertation successfully.

UPCOMING EVENTS

IEEE SMC 11th Workshop on Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) Systems, October 17-20, 2021 (online).
U2FP's Annual Science & Advocacy Symposium, October 22-23, 2021 (online).
2021 International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting, November 4-5, 2021 (online).
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 13-17, 2021, Chicago, IL.

CNT IN THE NEWS

Mehrdad Jazayeri (MIT CNT Lab Director) discusses his work about how the brain uses past experiences to make predictions in Tracking Time in the Brain.

Learn about the collaborative Center for Neurotechnology/UW Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine undergraduate summer research experience program.

CNT co-Director Rajesh Rao and UW CNT lab director Josh Smith answer the question, "Will It Be Possible to Upload Information to My Brain?", for Gizmodo.

NEW CNT PUBLICATIONS

Tabet, A., Antonini, M-J., Sahasrabudhe, A., Park, J., Rosenfeld, D., Koehler, F., Yuk, H., Hanson, S., Stinson, J., Stok, M., Zhao, X., Wang, C. and Anikeeva, P., Modular integration of hydrogel neural interfaces, ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, August 28, 2021.
Antonini, M-J., Sahasrabudhe, A., Tabet, A., Schwalm, M., Rosenfeld, D., Garwood, I., Park, J., Loke, G., Khudiyev, T., Kanik, M., Corbin, N., Canales, A., Jasanoff, A., Fink, Y., Anikeeva 2104857, P., Customizing MRI-compatible multifunctional neural interfaces through fiber drawing, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021.
Montgomery-Walsh, R., Nimbalkar, S., Bunnell, J., Galindo, S.L., and Kassegne, S., Molecular dynamics simulation of evolution of nanostructures and functional groups in glassy carbon under pyrolysis, Carbon, 184: 627-640, 2021.
Meirhaeghe, N., Sohn, H. and Jazayeri, M. A precise and adaptive neural mechanism for predictive temporal processing in the frontal cortex, Neuron, 109:2995-3011, 2021.