Two mechanisms, two regional outcomes. Every BCI degrades because the biology fails. Industry can't fund the basic science to understand why. That's what NIH and NSF are for. Industry builds airplanes. Federally funded research builds the runway. #NeuralEngineering #BCI #Myelin

Oligodendrocyte-specific Fus depletion preserves CA1 single-unit fidelity and stabilizes network dynamics during chronic recording Oligodendrocyte-specific Fus depletion preserves CA1 single-unit fidelity and stabilizes network dynamics during chronic recording, Wellman, Steven M, Guzman, Kelly, Suematsu, Naofumi, Thai, Teresa, T...

📄 Wellman, Guzman, Suematsu et al. (2026). Oligodendrocyte-Specific Fus Depletion Preserves CA1 Single-Unit Fidelity and Stabilizes Network Dynamics During Chronic Recording. Journal of Neural Engineering. doi.org/10.1088/1741...

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BRIDGE-STIM Workshop About The Workshop

Now is the time to coordinate. 🤝 Integrated Team Science (combining animal mechanistic depth with human perceptual readouts and computational scaling) is essential for the future of #Neuroscience, #NeuralEngineering, & sensory restoration. See stim.bioniclab.org
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and social burden of the epidemic on taxpayers and communities.
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Mapping the Causal Roles of Non‐Primary Motor Areas in Human Reach Planning and Execution Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the contralateral premotor and parietal cortex altered reaching performance, indicating their role in early movement planning. Among ipsilateral targets, on....

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New Paper: University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT) Initiative! 🧠✨ Lead author Golnaz Haddadshargh and a team of Pitt experts including George Wittenberg, & Jennifer Collinger have mapped how the human brain plans reaching movements. #NeuralEngineering #StrokeRecovery

Tay Netoff

Congrats to Professor Tay Netoff, the inaugural recipient of the Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Faculty Impact Fellowship!

Read more about the fellowship: cse.umn.edu/bme/news/tay...

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#NER2025 Attendee Spotlight

Read what a PhD student from Austria had to say about their experience at this year's #NeuralEngineering Conference!

If you aren't taking part in EMBS's wide variety of conferences during the year, see why those who do attend keep coming back!

Have you voted in our latest poll yet? If not, there's not a lot of time left to get your vote in.

Cast your vote in our short poll by leaving the letter corresponding to your answer in the comments. We’ll share the results soon. #brain #neuroengineering #neuralengineering

An image showing a concept visual prosthesis to restore sight to the blind.

Funded #PhD opportunity for UK home students to do exciting research into #VisualProsthetics to restore sight tot he blind. Students should be 1st class in Engineering/Physics.
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🇺🇸 Better models, better implants, stronger American neurotechnology.

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🇺🇲 Taxpayers fund research discussed at SfN 2025 & Bloodfest VI, advancing neurovascular & glial science, neural engineering, and next-gen brain tech. This work trains scientists, improves health outcomes, and keeps the U.S. #1 in biomedical innovation. #UPNExT #SfN25 #NeuralEngineering #UCSD

Researchers and PhD students from the Human Fusions Institute had a productive and inspiring week at the 2025 Society for Neuroscience conference. Our team shared new findings and connected with colleagues across the field.

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Lights...camera...action! Visit the free @ieeebrain.bsky.social #video library to watch interviews with some of brightest minds in #brain #research, #neurotechnology, and beyond.

Check it out now at our web portal: bit.ly/IEEEBrainVid... #neurotech #neuroengineering #neuralengineering #neuroscience

Ready to show off those masterful photo skills of yours while at #NER2025? Then you'll want to check out #IEEE @embs.org's photo contest! There might even be a prize in it for you. Scan the QR code below to upload yours. #EMBS #NeuralEngineering #BiomedicalInnovation #EngineeringInMedicine

Pssst! Are you at #NER2025? Make sure you come find the @ieeebrain.bsky.social table to say hello! And don't forget to grab some free swag when you do. #brain #neuralengineering #neurotech #neurotechnology #neuroengineering

Scared presenter in a large conference room that might fill up with colleagues in a few minutes

Honored (and scared) of being invited to give the keynote lecture on #neuromorphic for NER at IEEE EMBS 12th Annual International Conference on #NeuralEngineering (neuro.embs.org/2025/)

Slides available here: bit.ly/3Jspfek

#AI & #neuroengineering takes the lead! From decoding #brain signals to building smarter neural interfaces, the @ieeebrain.bsky.social community has told us what they're most excited to hear about at #NER2025. See you in San Diego next week! #neurotech #neurotechnology #NeuralEngineering

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💸 Your tax $ → real lives restored.
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Pitt’s UP NExT (NIH-funded) just turned pain-relief SCS into a sensory neuroprosthesis for amputees. Restored phantom foot feel
Cut knee co-contraction
Normalized pelvic motion, even OFF stim #Veterans walk safer, cheaper. NIH: UH3NS100541 #NeuralEngineering #Pitt

Thalamocortical hodology to personalize electrical stimulation for focal epilepsy - Nature Communications Over 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy, and many patients remain resistant to medication. Here, the authors hypothesized that targeting thalamic nuclei with precise anatomical...

🧠🇺🇸 BREAKTHROUGH: 87.5% seizure reduction via personalized thalamic DBS, but only when matched to the patient’s brain network. UP NExT, NIH $$ → real results. No waste. American tech. Taxpayer ROI.
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UAB Medicine drops the technical manual for neural optimization. Turns out your brain is upgradeable hardware running on optimizable software. Key protocols: Novel learning, Physical exercise, Social interaction, Sleep, and Nutrition. #NeuralEngineering #BrainOptimization https://bit.ly/3JWDSGm

UP NExT empowers trainees to bridge computation, cellular biology, and translational neuroscience, preparing the next generation to tackle complex neurological challenges. #NeuralEngineering #FutureScientists #TranslationalResearch

Four Bioengineering PhD Students receive NIH F31 Fellowships Four Bioengineering PhD students at the Swanson School of Engineering will receive funding toward their studies in 2025, thanks to prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Pred...

🎉 Exciting news! Nearly half of Pitt Bioengineering UP NExT PhD trainees earned NIH F31 Fellowships this year—showing the strength of our neural engineering training. #UPNExT #NIHF31 #NeuralEngineering
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Bidirectional and asymmetric smooth pursuit deficits in childhood hemispherectomy patients The neural circuitry engaged in supporting eye movements has been well characterized, but fundamental questions remain about the necessity and suffici…

Understanding these eye movement changes helps design better therapies for kids after hemispherectomy, improving independence and reducing long-term healthcare costs (saving taxpayers money and improving quality of life). #NeuralEngineering www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Monolithic three-dimensional neural probes from deterministic rolling of soft electronics Nature Electronics - Soft electronic probes for measuring neural activity can be made scalably in an initially planar form and turned into various three-dimensional geometries through a controlled...

Funded by NIH & NSF—taxpayer investment driving brain health innovation.

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Neurocomputation, Glial Biology, and Neurotechnology Innovations Brain-Computer Interface, Neural Recording, Neurostimulation

Podcast of what we've been working on for the last 15 years is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/qvlbgDbjkuYa...
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