Understanding the Brain: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Engineering and Deciphering of Miniature Brain Machinery
Congratulations to MBM faculty Hyunjoon Kong and Rashid Bashir, MBM trainee Gelson Pagan-Diaz, and MBM Frontiers lecturer Marni Boppart for the recognition of their research into neuron integration on muscle fibers!
Their work was recently published in an Advanced Science …
Congratulations to MBM Trainees Collin Kaufman and Whitney Sinclair, who made it to the final round of Research Live! Our trainees were asked to enter this university-wide competition. Approximately 40 graduate students from different disciplines across campus competed; Kaufman and …
MBM Trainee Collin Kaufman delivered a presentation at the Beckman Institute’s Graduate Student Seminar on September 5, 2018. His topic was “A Locomotor Spinobot: Engineering a Functional Spinal Cord-Skeletal Muscle Bioactuator.”
Kaufman’s research has determined that coopting preexisting motor circuits …
MBM Trainee Collin Kaufman taught a lecture on “Neuron Electrophysiology” August 7 at the 2018 EBICS Engineering Cellular Systems Summer School. The lecture was part of a six-day series of classes on engineering, biological, and physical science laboratory techniques …
This summer, MBM trainees Lauren Grant and Gelson Pagan-Diaz participated in Girls’ Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (GAMES) Camp, an Illinois-based program designed to give academically talented high school girls an opportunity to explore engineering and scientific fields. …
Congratulations to MBM Trainee Gelson Pagan-Diaz, who was recently recognized by the University of Illinois Graduate College Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at its Celebrating Diversity, Recognizing Excellence event! Pagan-Diaz was recognized for his published research and received a …
Two MBM trainees, Gelson Pagán-Díaz and Lauren Grant (far right), were invited to demonstrate biobots at the Walter E Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. in April 2018. They presented their research alongside Dr. Rashid Bashir (far left) and fellow …
MBM trainee Mikhail Kandel presented his research April 18 with colleague Chenfei Hu in conjunction with their work via EBICS and the QLI Lab.
Kandel’s presentation showed the lab’s new microscope add-on module, which improves contrast in reflected light imaging …