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"Moths on the Move"

Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2013 by Eric Chudler

The work done by Dr. Jon Dyhr (post doc with Dr. Tom Daniel; CSNE Interim Director) and Dr. Kristi Morgansen (CSNE Faculty; CSNE Deputy Director) is described in an article published in the May 16, 2013 issue of the University of Washington "The Daily."

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New Student Leadership Council Officers Elected

Posted on Thursday, May 9, 2013 by Eric Chudler

New officers for the CSNE Student Leadership Council have been elected. They are:

President: Iris Jiang
VP: Jeremiah Wander
Treasurer: Tyler Libey
Secretary: Devapratim Sarma
Undergraduate Representatives: Morenike Magbogbeola, Karl Marrett, Sean Marihugh, and Vivek Paramasivam
International Liaison: Aiva Ievins
Industry Liaisons: Brian Mogen and Jeffrey Herron
Seminar Coordinators: Melissa Smith and Devapratim Sarma
Web Coordinator: Mark Wronkiewicz

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Tech Sandbox Winners at Neurogaming Conference

Posted on Thursday, May 9, 2013 by Eric Chudler

The winners of the 2013 Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) Tech Sandbox competition, Jeremiah Wander, Devapratim Sarma, and Vivek Paramasivam, brought "WrestleBrania3000" to the recent NeuroGaming Conference and Expo in San Francisco. Their demo is described in more detail and in a video from TechHive.

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New Paper by Dyhr et al.(Daniel Lab)

Posted on Friday, April 19, 2013 by Eric Chudler

Congratulations to Dr. Jon Dyhr (Daniel Lab) for the publication of his new paper titled "Flexible strategies for flight control: an active role for the abdomen" in the Journal of Experimental Biology. The paper has generated some interest in the press:

BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22130854

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MOOC on Computational Neuroscience Launched

Posted on Friday, April 19, 2013 by Eric Chudler

The CSNE is pleased to announce a "massively open" online course (MOOC) on Computational Neuroscience by CSNE members Adrienne Fairhall and Rajesh Rao: https://www.coursera.org/#course/compneuro

Enrollment is free and open to everyone!

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Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award 2014

Posted on Sunday, April 14, 2013 by Eric Chudler

Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award 2014

Award amount: $150,000
Number of applications UW can put forward: 1
OR internal deadline: 5/16/13
OSP deadline: 6/24/13
Phase I LOI due to sponsor: 7/1/13

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Tom Daniel Named Guggenheim Fellow

Posted on Friday, April 12, 2013 by Eric Chudler

Congratulations to Tom Daniel (CSNE, Interim Director) for being named a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow in Natural Sciences-Organismic Biology & Ecology.

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Joan Sanders and Brian Hafner receive Thranhardt Lecturer Awards

Posted on Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Eric Chudler

CSNE faculty members Joan Sanders, Ph.D. and Brian Hafner, Ph.D.

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CSNE Paper

Posted on Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Eric Chudler

The laboratory of Dr. Chet Moritz has published a new paper:

Sunshine M. D., Cho F. S., Lockwood D. F., Fechko A. S., Kasten M. R., and Moritz C. T. (2013) Cervical intraspinal stimulation evokes robust forelimb movements before and after injury. Journal of Neural Engineering 10 (2013) 036001.

Two of the authors, Frances Cho and Dani Lockwood, were participants in the 2012 CSNE Research Experience for Undergraduate program.

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CSNE Seminar Online

Posted on Friday, March 29, 2013 by Eric Chudler

"Neurosurgical Innovation: The Process of Commercialization Bringing Emerging Technologies to Patients,” presented by Samuel Browd, M.D., Ph.D., (Department of Neurological Surgery, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington) and Rachael Tanner (UW Coulter Program Director, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington) is now online.

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