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.

The Center for Neuroprosthetics welcomes 4 new Professors

— Among the Professors newly nominated by the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology this month, four of them are joining the Center for Neuroprosthetics.

Artificial skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality

— EPFL scientists have developed a soft artificial skin that provides haptic feedback and – thanks to a sophisticated self-sensing mechanism – has the potential to instantaneously adapt to a wearer’s movements. Applications for the new technology range from medical rehabilitation to virtual reality.Artificial skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality

Nominations of EPFL professors

— The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of 20 professors at EPFL. Among them, seven women and five men, newly appointed, join the EPFL.

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Seminars and Conférences

Materials science and computer modeling as foundation for medical device innovation

Category: Conferences – Seminars

BMI SEMINAR // Enrica Strettoi – Neuronal degeneration in the retina and in the brain: common aspects and therapeutic strategies

2019-11-1312:15:0013:15:00

With: Enrica Strettoi, CNR Neuroscience Institute, Pisa, Italy
Place and room: SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars

BMI SEMINAR // Dan O'Connor – Tactile processing in mouse cortex depends on action context

2019-11-2012:15:0013:15:00

With: Dan O’Connor, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USD
Place and room: SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars