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New treatment allows some people with spinal cord injury to regain hand and arm function

CNT researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new way to non-invasively, electrically stimulate spinal cord nerves in people with cervical spinal cord injury, resulting in dramatic functional gains.
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Meet Gabrielle Strandquist

This graduate student working in the labs of CNT members Rajesh Rao and Bing Brunton at the University of Washington is starting a new series of posts on our Engage and Enable blog. Strandquist will explain her research and give insight into the process for aspiring engineers and scientists.
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Neuroscience for Neurodiverse Learners provides students an opportunity to develop unique strengths, even through a pandemic

A new program developed by the CNT and UW DO-IT provides high school students with resources and tools needed to be successful in fields related to neuroscience.
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Women in Neuroscience Panel Discussion provides a space to talk about real-world challenges faced by female scientists and engineers

The panel gave CNT students, post-doctoral researchers, faculty and staff an opportunity to learn from the life experiences of accomplished women who are established in neuroscience-related careers.
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Engineers design a tiny, implantable chip to deepen understanding of the brain and enable better treatments for neurological disorders

CNT members have designed a new chip for neural interfaces that will increase knowledge about the brain and enable better treatments for a wide range of medical conditions.
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CNT member receives National Science Foundation award to develop a new processor architecture for brain-computer interfaces

CNT member Amir Alimohammad (left) was recently awarded a three year, $320,000 grant from the NSF. He will be collaborating with CNT members Steve Perlmutter (upper right) and Eberhard Fetz (lower right).
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The CNT continues to expand access to neural engineering education for middle and high school students, even through COVID-19

The CNT’s RET program has continued online, providing secondary school teachers with an immersive research experience and guidance developing neural engineering lesson plans for their students.
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A former CNT student brings his expertise and business startup experience back to the classroom

Lars Crawford, a UW Bioengineering graduate student, has a long history with the CNT, as well as experience developing a startup company. Recently, he returned to the Center to be a teaching assistant for the Neural Engineering Tech Studio.

Featured Publications

A Single-Chip Bidirectional Neural Interface With High-Voltage Stimulation and Adaptive Artifact Cancellation in Standard CMOS

Chris Rudell, Visvesh Sathe, Steve Perlmutter
A neural circuit model for human sensorimotor timing

Mehrdad Jazayeri
Epi-Intra neural probes with glassy carbon microelectrodes help elucidate neural coding and stimulus encoding in 3D volume of tissue

Sam Kassegne

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About the CNT

The Center for Neurotechnology is one of several Engineering Research Centers across the country supported by the National Science Foundation. Our headquarters are based at the University of Washington, and our core partners are MIT and San Diego State University.

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Meet Gabrielle Strandquist

BrainTech Journal

Neural Bridge - Part 1

What is Neural Engineering

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