FUTURES EXPO SERIES
BIOELECTRONIC
NEURAL INTERFACES
> Enabled observations of activities in submicron neural structures previously inaccessible to neuroscientists .
> Enabled manipulation of neural network with twoorders of magnitude – more coverage than prior methods .
> Ongoing partnership with major commercial vendors and have licensed their technologies to commercial partners .
> Research supported by several multi-million dollar competitive grants over the last decade from AUS and USA , including NHMRC , NIH , NSF , DARPA and ARO .
Miniature bioelectronic implants for large-scale brain machine interfaces
RESEARCH GROUP
Current brain machine interfaces ( BMIs ), with few channels , severely limit our ability to observe and manipulate the brain .
At the Biomedical Microelectronics Lab , Dr . David Tsai and his team are developing CMOS neural interfaces , with a higher channel count than existing commercial offerings .
By incorporating novel materials and nanofabrication methods , these miniature bioelectronic implant devices reduce biological invasiveness .
The technologies have enabled scientists to study the nervous system at scales not possible before and have appeared in top journals such as Nature Nanotechnology and Nature Communications . They have also been licensed by major commercial partners , such as BlackRock Neurotech and LeafLab .
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