IEEE TNSRE cover page article
Highlights of Neural Microsystems Lab in 2010
1. Sindhu Anand, doctoral student in Neural Microsystems laboratory, was awarded the Neural Interfaces 2010 conference Excellence travel award.
2. Publication in press: Title "Highly doped polycrystalline silicon thin films reduce biological noise in electrical recordings from single neurons," by Rajarshi Saha, Nathan Jackson, Chetan Patel and Jit Muthuswamy chosen to be cover page article in IEEE Trans Neural Systems and Rehab Eng , October 2010.
3. Validation of our smart, adaptive brain implant technology now published in Frontiers in Neuroengineering, 2010 titled "Long-term neural recordings using MEMS based movable microelectrodes in the brain," by Nathan Jackson, Arati Sridharan, Sindhu Anand, Michael Baker, Murat Okandan and Jit Muthuswamy.
4. Dr. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak on “Micromotion and its Effects on Long-Term Viability of Brain-Machine Interfaces,” in the Neural Interfaces conference, June 20-23, 2010, Long Beach, CA.
5. Dr. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak on “Packaging and Interconnects for Implantable MEMS devices” at the CMOS Emerging technologies workshop, May 19-21, 2010 at Whistler, BC, Canada. 6. Dr. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak on “Engineering adaptive neural interfaces,” at the BME seminar series of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ on Sept. 13, 2010. 7. Dr. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak on “Implantables for the brain” at the Annual Medical Electronics symposium of the MEPTEC/SMTA held at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ on Sept. 22-23, 2010. Highlights of Neural Microsystems Lab in 2009 1. Manuscript titled Non-hermetic Encapsulation Materials for MEMS Based Moveable Microelectrodes for Long-Term Implantation in the Brain,� authored by Nathan Jackson (doctoral student), Sindhu Anand (doctoral student), Murat Okandan, and J Muthuswamy is now in press for publication in IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2. Massoud L. Khraiche, doctoral student in the Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends his doctoral dissertation titled, "Novel biochip for simultaneously monitoring mechanical and electrical properties of neurons in vitro" on July 24, 2009 and will join the Biomedical Engineering department at University of California, San Diego as a post-doctoral fellow. 3. Massoud L. Khraiche (doctoral student in Neural Microsystems lab), was awarded First Place for his Distinguished Oral Presentation at the 10th Annual University of California Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, held at Merced June 19-21, 2009. His paper was titled "Early Onset of Electrical Activity in Developing Neurons Cultured on Carbon Nanotube Immobilized Microelectrodes" and authored by Massoud Khraiche, Nathan Jackson and Jit Muthuswamy. 4. Nathan Jackson, doctoral student in the Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends his doctoral dissertation titled, "Neural Recordings in the Brain Using Novel Movable MEMS Microelectrode Arrays," on May 29, 2009. Nate will now take up his position as Micro-medical Implant Engineer in NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, Tuebingen, Germany. 5. Manuscript titled "Assessment of gliosis around moveable implants in the brain," authored by Paula Stice (doctoral student) and J Muthuswamy is now in press to be published in Journal of Neural Engineering. The paper is available for free in the IOP stacks until July 25, 2009. 6. Arati Sridharan, doctoral student in the Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends her doctoral dissertation titled, "Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Bacterial Light Harvesting Structures for Novel Optoelectronic Biohybrid Devices," in April 2009 and joins the Neural Microsystems lab as a post-doctoral fellow. 7. Manuscript titled “Optoelectronic energy transfer at novel biohybrid interfaces using light harvesting complexes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus,” authored by Arati Sridharan (doctoral student), J Muthuswamy and V Pizziconi, is now in press for publication in Langmuir. 8. Paula Stice, doctoral student in Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends her doctoral dissertation titled, "Assessment of the Reactive Astrocyte Response Around Fixed and Movable Chronic Microimplants in the Brain," in February 2009 and will join the US patent and trademark office as a patent examiner.
6. Dr. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak on “Engineering adaptive neural interfaces,” at the BME seminar series of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ on Sept. 13, 2010. 7. Dr. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak on “Implantables for the brain” at the Annual Medical Electronics symposium of the MEPTEC/SMTA held at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ on Sept. 22-23, 2010. Highlights of Neural Microsystems Lab in 2009 1. Manuscript titled Non-hermetic Encapsulation Materials for MEMS Based Moveable Microelectrodes for Long-Term Implantation in the Brain,� authored by Nathan Jackson (doctoral student), Sindhu Anand (doctoral student), Murat Okandan, and J Muthuswamy is now in press for publication in IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2. Massoud L. Khraiche, doctoral student in the Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends his doctoral dissertation titled, "Novel biochip for simultaneously monitoring mechanical and electrical properties of neurons in vitro" on July 24, 2009 and will join the Biomedical Engineering department at University of California, San Diego as a post-doctoral fellow.
7. Dr. Jit Muthuswamy was invited to speak on “Implantables for the brain” at the Annual Medical Electronics symposium of the MEPTEC/SMTA held at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ on Sept. 22-23, 2010. Highlights of Neural Microsystems Lab in 2009 1. Manuscript titled Non-hermetic Encapsulation Materials for MEMS Based Moveable Microelectrodes for Long-Term Implantation in the Brain,� authored by Nathan Jackson (doctoral student), Sindhu Anand (doctoral student), Murat Okandan, and J Muthuswamy is now in press for publication in IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2. Massoud L. Khraiche, doctoral student in the Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends his doctoral dissertation titled, "Novel biochip for simultaneously monitoring mechanical and electrical properties of neurons in vitro" on July 24, 2009 and will join the Biomedical Engineering department at University of California, San Diego
Highlights of Neural Microsystems Lab in 2009
1. Manuscript titled Non-hermetic Encapsulation Materials for MEMS Based Moveable Microelectrodes for Long-Term Implantation in the Brain,� authored by Nathan Jackson (doctoral student), Sindhu Anand (doctoral student), Murat Okandan, and J Muthuswamy is now in press for publication in IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems.
2. Massoud L. Khraiche, doctoral student in the Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends his doctoral dissertation titled, "Novel biochip for simultaneously monitoring mechanical and electrical properties of neurons in vitro" on July 24, 2009 and will join the Biomedical Engineering department at University of California, San Diego
3. Massoud L. Khraiche (doctoral student in Neural Microsystems lab), was awarded First Place for his Distinguished Oral Presentation at the 10th Annual University of California Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, held at Merced June 19-21, 2009. His paper was titled "Early Onset of Electrical Activity in Developing Neurons Cultured on Carbon Nanotube Immobilized Microelectrodes" and authored by Massoud Khraiche, Nathan Jackson and Jit Muthuswamy.
4. Nathan Jackson, doctoral student in the Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends his doctoral dissertation titled, "Neural Recordings in the Brain Using Novel Movable MEMS Microelectrode Arrays," on May 29, 2009. Nate will now take up his position as Micro-medical Implant Engineer in NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, Tuebingen, Germany.
5. Manuscript titled "Assessment of gliosis around moveable implants in the brain," authored by Paula Stice (doctoral student) and J Muthuswamy is now in press to be published in Journal of Neural Engineering. The paper is available for free in the IOP stacks until July 25, 2009.
6. Arati Sridharan, doctoral student in the Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends her doctoral dissertation titled, "Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Bacterial Light Harvesting Structures for Novel Optoelectronic Biohybrid Devices," in April 2009 and joins the Neural Microsystems lab as a post-doctoral fellow.
7. Manuscript titled “Optoelectronic energy transfer at novel biohybrid interfaces using light harvesting complexes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus,” authored by Arati Sridharan (doctoral student), J Muthuswamy and V Pizziconi, is now in press for publication in Langmuir.
8. Paula Stice, doctoral student in Neural Microsystems lab successfully defends her doctoral dissertation titled, "Assessment of the Reactive Astrocyte Response Around Fixed and Movable Chronic Microimplants in the Brain," in February 2009 and will join the US patent and trademark office as a patent examiner.
