Congratulations to Dr. Gunduz for receiving the UF BME Faculty Research Excellence Award for 2016. This award is given to the BME primary faculty member whose research program, in the previous year or recent several years, has had most significant impact. A news release for the 2016 BME Faculty and Student Excellence Awards can be found here.
Brain Mapping Lab attended the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA on November 12-15th with poster presentations by Enrico Opri, Rene Molina, Jonathan Shute, and Erin Patrick. Dr. Gunduz served as the Engineering Program Chair for a satellite workshop, the 10th International Workshop on the Advances of Electrocorticography (ECoG), that was held prior to […]
Brain Mapping Lab decorated the lab space in the theme of Stranger Things for Halloween, winning the Scariest Halloween Decorations Award at the UF BME Halloween Decorating Contest. Great job lab!
Drs. Gunduz and Okun presented an invited talk on uncovering neural markers of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s Disease at the 10th Annual Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutics Conference in New York City on October 24th organized by the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson’s Research. The conference brought together leaders in the field to discuss […]
Brain Mapper Aniruddh Ravindran successfully presented his doctoral proposal on real-time neurofeedback for stroke rehabilitation on October 13th. Congratulations Aniruddh!
Brain Mapping Lab attended the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) in Minneapolis, MN on October 5-8th. Jonathan Shute presented a platform talk, and Rene Molina, Enrico Opri and Jackson Cagle presented research posters. Dr. Gunduz served as session chair and abstract reviewer. We also visited our collaborators at Medtronic Neuromodulation, where Dr. Gunduz gave an invited talk.
Dr. Aysegul Gunduz has been elevated to the grade of Senior Member with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). IEEE is the world’s largest technical organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE Senior Membership is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession (~9% […]
Brain Mapper Rene Molina successfully presented his doctoral proposal on responsive DBS for treating refractory freezing of gait in Parkinson’s Disease to his committee on September 7th. Congratulations Rene!
Congratulations to Nikhil, who worked in the Brain Mapping Lab over the summer, for successfully completing and presenting his project to his peers. Nikhil is a high school student at Trinity Preparatory School in Orlando, FL, who is interested in an engineering degree prior to attending medical school. For his project, Nikhil collected and analyzed […]
Brain Mapping Lab attended the 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’16) in Orlando, FL on August 16-20th. Dr. Gunduz gave an invited talk at the “Current and future directions of ECoG based mapping and BCI research” workshop, and Rene Molina, Jonathan Shute, Enrico Opri, and Jackson Cagle presented research […]
Brain Mapper Stephanie Cernera receives De Luca Foundation Research Scholarship
Congratulations to Stephanie Cernera who was announced the winner of the bi-annual De Luca Foundation Research Scholarship. To date, the De Luca Foundation has awarded 4 scholarships with the aim of supporting undergraduate and graduate students advance their research activities in motor control and human movement sciences. Stephanie will receive a scholarship in the amount […]
Brain Mapping Lab gives back by running for a cure for dystonia
The Brain Mapping Lab ran to raise money and awareness for dystonia over the weekend by participating in the Season of Hope 5K/15K. The race is organized annually by the Tyler’s Hope Foundation for a Dystonia Cure and UF Fixel Center for Neurological Disorders. Brain Mappers celebrated their finish with custom medals. Special congrats to […]
Congratulations to Enrico Opri for winning Best Poster Presentation Award at Pruitt Research Day
Brain Mapper Enrico Opri won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Pruitt Research Day, which celebrates the research being conducted at UF BME and honors Dr. J. Crayton Pruitt Sr. Stephanie Cernera also represented the lab as one of six student speakers, and Jackson Cagle showcased his work with a poster presentation. Congratulations […]
Brain Mapping Lab attends SfN 2018
Brain Mapping Lab headed to San Diego, CA to attend the 2018 Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting with an oral presentation by Robert Eisinger and posters by Enrico Opri, Jackson Cagle, and Stephanie Cernera. We also met up with alumni Aniruddh Ravindran! See you next year in Chicago!
Brain Mapping Lab showcased at Cade Museum
Brain Mapping Lab performed outreach on September 22nd at the Cade Museum with hands on experiments on neural recordings and neuromodulation, and with interactive neuroanatomy displays. The mission of the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Great job everyone!
Congratulations to Stephanie Cernera who was awarded an NIH T32 Fellowship
Congratulations to Brain Mapper Stephanie Cernera, who was awarded an NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke T32 Predoctoral Fellowship on Interdisciplinary Training in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration! The goal of this predoctoral T32 program is to develop independent investigators with programs of research in movement disorders that focus on the ABC’S of translational research: […]