May 12, 2024, Filed Under: NewsNature Medicine: The Future of Brain–computer Interfaces in Medicine Growing interest in non-invasive brain–computer interfaces, rather than implants, might improve accessibility for patients, but resolution needs to be improved. There is a worldwide race for marketable medical devices that harness brain–computer interfaces (BCIs). So far, attention has largely focused on sensors implanted in the brain and connected to computers,… read more
April 20, 2024, Filed Under: NewsUniversal Brain-Computer Interface Lets People Play Games With Just Their Thoughts Imagine playing a racing game like Mario Kart, using only your brain to execute the complex series of turns in a lap. This is not a video game fantasy, but a real program that engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have created as part of research into brain-computer… read more
April 5, 2024, Filed Under: NewsMichela (Micky) Marinelli Awarded the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Rigor Champions Prize Michela (Micky) Marinelli was one in five people to receive the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Rigor Champions Prize for enhancing rigor in scientific research by promoting critical examination of how cognitive biases and human errors can influence scientific reasoning.
March 25, 2024, Filed Under: NewsRegister to The Oskar Fisher Lecture Series Featuring Keynote, Christopher Walsh, M.D., Ph.D: “You Contain Multitudes: Somatic Mutation and Genomic Mosaicism in the Human Brain in Development, Disease, and Degeneration”. April 11, 2024. Thursday, April 11, 2024 3 p.m. (CDT) Dell Medical School Health Learning Building 1501 Red River Street Austin, Texas Reception to follow. The Oskar Fischer Lecture Series features invited scholars working at the vanguard of new ideas on the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of dementing illnesses. The 11th lecture of… read more
March 18, 2024, Filed Under: NewsRegister to Senior Scientist: An Unintentional Path to Vaccine Design. April 4, 2024 Thursday, April 4, 2024 12 – 1 pm Register at bit.ly/S4Feb22 or contact Leta Moser for more information. Research improves thousands, if not millions, of peoples’ lives at a time. Join Dell Med’s Health Transformation Research Institute for the Senior Scientist Seminar Series (S4) to learn about the… read more
March 18, 2024, Filed Under: NewsRegister: 2024 UT Excellence in Research on Aging Lecture Please join us in celebrating Dr. Duarte’s, one of our own and a great scientist studying the intersection of aging and memory at this hybrid event 3/29/24. 2024 UT Excellence in Research on Aging Lecture Audrey Duarte, PhD The University of Texas at Austin Professor, Department of Psychology… read more
February 8, 2024, Filed Under: NewsDr. Steven Warach, receives the 2024 David G. Sherman Lecture Award from the American Heart Association. Congratulations to Dr. Steven Warach, who received the 2024 David G. Sherman Lecture Award from the American Heart Association. This prestigious award recognizes lifetime contributions to the investigation, management, mentorship and community service in the stroke field.
