Jorge Maldonado De-Jesus joined the MBM program on May 16, 2018, while a first-year graduate student, and is expected to graduate in 2022. His graduate program is neuroscience and he completed his undergraduate degree in applied biotechnology in the Ana …
New Beckman grants compliment MBM research
Multiple MBM faculty and trainees will combine their efforts to facilitate two new grant programs from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Alzheimer’s Foundation, in collaboration with Beckman Institute’s Neurotechnology for Memory and Cognition research group.
Hyunjoon Kong’s research …
Diane Beck to deliver December 5 Frontiers lecture
The MBM Program continues its Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture series December 5 at 4pm in 2269 Beckman with Dr. Diane Beck. The lecture will be titled “The Importance of Prior Knowledge for Vision.”
Abstract: Human beings are surprisingly …
Collin Kaufman Presents on a Locomotor Spinobot at Beckman Institute
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 …
Collin Kaufman Lectures at EBICS Summer School
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 …