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Our paper on S1-M1 connectivity in closed-loop intracortical BCI is out today. You can see the summary from last year below. This was a big effort from the Cortical Bionics Research Group team including 3 dedicated study participants and a many researchers. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Yay! Our paper on the restoration of lower limb sensations is out! It was such a pleasure to work on this project and I am extremely honored to be a part of Lee’s amazing team. I only wish Sliman was here now…

New EEG/MEG source localization method from my former lab Alex Ossadtchi biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are seeking a postdoc to work in sensorimotor neuroscience with brain-computer interfaces (BCI). The projects will focus on dexterous hand control through neural recordings and restoration of sensation to neural stimulation.

A bittersweet moment! 🥹 ♥️ Celebrating my and Giacomo Valle birthdays and our departures from UChicago. So grateful for all the memories and friends I made here, and also excited for the new chapter in my life! I only wish sliman bensmaia (@[email protected]) was with us here today.

It’s the last day of a great #NCMDub24. Excellent presentations by group members Nicholas Card, Tyler Singer-Clark, and Liza Okorokova (presenting her previous Bensmaia lab research)!

After 10 years of implanting Utah Arrays in 5 participants with spinal cord injuries… we provide a methodological roadmap to target and evoke tactile finger sensations using intracortical microstimulation. John Downey Robert Gaunt Jen Collinger tinyurl.com/S1roadmap 🧵1/7

Lab outing: fruit picking and the amazing farm-bar at Ruhstaller. 🧑‍🌾👨‍🌾👩‍🌾🍒🍑🫐🍻

Way to go, Giacomo Valle ! 😍

Amazing science happening in my new lab! Congrats, team!!

Excited to share our NEW preprint: a "brain-to-voice" neuroprosthesis that directly synthesizes voice from neural activity with closed-loop audio feedback. It allowed a man with ALS to speak expressively by modulating intonation & sing melodies via BCI! doi.org/10.1101/2024.0… 1/

Exploring cool brain data at Friday Harbor Labs 🐋🦐🦭

Excited to share with you our new pre-print on whole-body motor tuning! We revisited the motor homunculus using 20 microelectrode arrays placed in 8 people, to create the first comprehensive map of human motor cortex at single neuron resolution. 1/5 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Really cool postdoc position in my former lab combining NHP and human BCI data to uncover mechanisms of hand motor control!

#SfN was a lot of fun this year, Liza Okorokova, Alexandriya Emonds, and Neema Darabi gave outstanding presentations! Looking forward to seeing everyone in San Diego next year!

Check out our new preprint about changes in cortical grasp-related activity before and after object contact in primates: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Liza Okorokova sliman bensmaia (@[email protected])

Happy Halloween from the UCD Neuroprosthetics Lab!

Our group has a new paper out now in Nature BME, led by Charles Greenspon. It covers a number of updates on how we can restore tactile sensation from the hand using intracortical microstimulation (ICMS).

Our lab at UC Davis has a project opening through this excellent program, check it out if you're a neuroscience-interested undergraduate in the area 👇

Are you an undergrad looking to gain hands-on, in-person #neuroscience research experience? Apply for our 2025–2026 SURFiN program, which offers paid fellowships in cities across the US, Canada and Europe. Deadline is 5/1: simonsfoundation.org/2025/3/27/appl… #science #research