Bensmaia lab retreat on lake Michigan. Cortical Bionics Research Group represent! Disappointing photo quality because the sun was behind us.

Can you believe this line up? That's what I'm talking about!

Just a few days left to apply! And to those who already did, sorry for the wait until we can start reviewing applications - being part of the country's best public university system is a privilege but it does come with rigorous process in the interest in fairness.

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Let's have another great meeting, y'all!

In the lovely village of Delft for IEEE World Haptics Conference. I'm only sticking around for the workshops but I look forward to seeing my haptics colleagues!

Catching up with colleagues from down under at the #festivaloftouch . Alastair Loutit, Richard Vickery, & Ingvars Birznieks

Catching up with friends/colleagues solaiman.shokur and Calogero Maria Oddo at the #FestivalofTouch .

Selfie with Francis McGlone before my keynote at the #festivaloftouch 🤓

ICMS to human S1 evokes touch sensations experienced over a spatially restricted patch of skin. We take a deep dive into the size, distribution, reliability, and neural determinants of these so-called projected fields. Charles M. Greenspon & Cortical Bionics Research Group.
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Proud of the wonderful Benoit Delhaye, former postdoc in the lab, who will be starting his own lab at UCLouvain. Expect great things, y'all!

Hear ye! Hear ye! Abstract and YIA submissions are due tomorrow for this year's SimCo meeting in the Windy City. Unlike the first incarnation, this one will feature posters! Here's a thought: Submit your SfN abstract. Dr. Michele A. Basso Cory Miller #Simco2023

Do it!

I did not read the paper, but I read the tweeted tables and they check out. I am sometimes guilty of misrepresenting the chronology of findings for the sake of narrative flow. Mea culpa.

We're looking for someone to help build and maintain stuff in a 2p imaging/ephys/behavior lab, comfortable with basic optics, DAQ, and ideally Labview. Could be postdoc, research assistant or senior scientist position. Good lab environment and salary. Very little snow.

Come join us in a great city for this great conference! And some festivities.

Congrats to the newly minted and wonderful Dr. Liza Okorokova 🇺🇦. Strap in, people, and expect great things from this one!

With the passing of Vincent Hayward, we lost one of the great pioneers in Haptics research today. Vincent was an insightful scientist and engineer as well as a thoughtful, kind man. RIP, my friend.

Shout out to Bensmaia lab alumna and all around badass Aneesha K. Suresh for her new job as Executive Director of Immunoengineering at The University of Chicago (ciic.uchicago.edu). Pretty soon, she will rule THE ENTIRE WORLD. Proud of you, doc!

Mastectomy often leads to a complete desensitization of the chest. Stacy Tessler Lindau and I are seeking a postdoc-level neural engineer to develop #BIONIC approaches to restore breast sensation. Come to Chicago and help us improve the lives of millions of women around the world!