Center for Neuroprosthetics

The EPFL Center for Neuroprosthetics is an interdisciplinary research center that hosts over 180 scientists, engineers and clinicians driven by the design and implementation of innovative neurotechnologies to diagnose, treat and assist people suffering from neurological disorders and trauma.

Four EPFL Engineering Professors recognized as IEEE Fellows 2020

— Four professors from the School of Engineering (STI) have earned the prestigious title of 2020 IEEE Fellows. IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation.

NeuroRestore Center: aimed at restoring lost neurological function

— The Defitech Foundation has teamed up with EPFL, CHUV and UNIL to widen access to the groundbreaking neurotechnology developed under the 2018 STIMO study, which allowed paraplegic patients to walk again. Their aim is also to develop new neurosurgical treatments for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease or from neurological disorders following a head injury or stroke.

Daniela Zöller receives the EDEE best Doctoral Thesis Award

— Daniela Zöller, guest PhD student at the Medical Image Processing Laboratory, received the EDEE best Doctoral Thesis Award in Electrical Engineering, for her thesis ”Dynamic Organization of Human Brain Function and its Relevance for Psychosis Vulnerability”.

Unraveling whole-brain activity from light-sheet microscopy recording

— Researchers from MIPLAB (Prof. Dimitri Van De Ville) have developed a new approach to deconvolute signals generated by calcium indicators in whole-brain light-sheet microscopy of Zebrafish larvae. The methodology overcomes current limitations in terms of temporal resolution and signal-to-noise ratio, which allowed them to retrieve neural activation that matches the locomotor behavior of the Zebrafish larvae.

The Center for Biomedical Imaging marks its 15th anniversary

— For the past decade and a half, the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) has been bringing researchers and clinicians together to develop cutting-edge technologies. This anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on the Center’s past successes and ponder the challenges that lie ahead in the field of medical imaging.

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Seminars and Conférences

BMI Seminar // BMI Thesis Prize 2019 : Max Nolte – Untangling emergent cortical dynamics: neurons from networks, noise from chaos

2020-01-2912:15:0013:15:00

With: Max Nolte, Blue Brain Project
Place and room: SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars

BMI SEMINAR // Magdalini Polymenidou – Untangling ALS and FTLD pathogenesis: from molecular structures to ageing neural systems

2020-02-0512:15:0013:15:00

With: Magdalini Polymenidou, Molecular pathogenesis of neurodegeneration, Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, CH
Place and room: SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars

BMI SEMINAR // Valentina Emiliani – Wave-front shaping and circuit optogenetics

2020-03-1812:15:0013:15:00

With: Valentina Emiliani, Wavefront-engineering microscopy, Ecole des Neurosciences, Paris Ile de France
Place and room: SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Development of a Cortical Visual Neuroprosthesis for the blind

2020-03-2412:15:0013:15:00

With: Prof. Eduardo Fernandez, University Miguel Hernandez and CIBER BBN, SP.
Place and room: Campus Biotech H8 Auditorium D
Category: Conferences – Seminars

BMI SEMINAR // Brenda Bloodgood – The unexpected precision of an activity-dependent transcription factor

2020-04-0112:15:0013:15:00

With: Brenda Bloodgood, Division of Biological Sciences, Department of Neurobiology University of California, San Diego, USA
Place and room: SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars