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BE Graduate Group Research Symposium
The Department of Bioengineering hosted the Bioengineering Graduate Group Research Symposium on Tuesday, January 8th. The event was organized with the help of P.h.D student and lab member Brittany Scheid (right) who acted as Co-Chair. Ph.D. student and lab member Nicolette Driscoll (left) gave a talk titled “Carbon nanomaterials for neural interfaces” which was awarded 2nd place out of […]
Dr. Litt as Invited Speaker at the 2018 MRS Fall Meeting
Dr. Brian Litt has been chosen as an Invited Speaker at this year’s Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting in Boston, MA. The title of his talk is Engineering the Next Generation of Neurodevices—New Materials and Clinical Translation. Abstract: The incidence of neurological disorders like epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, dementia, addiction, and major mental illness is […]
Preya Shah to Present Doctoral Dissertation Defense
The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Brian Litt are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Preya Shah. Title: Quantitative multimodal mapping of seizure networks in drug-resistant epilepsy Date: Thursday, September 27, 2018 Time: 2:30pm Location: Raisler Lounge, Room 225 Towne Building The public is welcome to attend.
Advanced Technology for Clinicians Meeting in Venice
Brian Litt, MD and the Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies (NSAS) will be hosting a 5-day workshop ‘Epilepsy: Advanced Technology for Clinicians’ on the Island of San Servolo in Venice, Italy from October 5-10, 2018. In this workshop, world clinician-experts in engineering, neuroscience and clinical neurology present the latest tools for state-of-the-art epilepsy care and […]