Center for Neuroprosthetics

Mathis Lab and Mathis group receive funding from CZI

Published:20.11.20 — The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Essential Open Source Software for Science supports the next round of DeepLabCut developments

CNP members win the Silver prize at the 2020 BCI award

Published:16.11.20 — A new brain-spine interface used for gait and balance restoration in a primate model of Parkinson disease homes the Silver medal of the BCI Annual award 2020

Silke Pan wins silver in the Cybathlon with the TWIICE exoskeleton

Published:14.11.20 — Paraplegic athlete Silke Pan brilliantly represented EPFL at the 2020 Cybathlon this weekend. Wearing the TWIICE exoskeleton designed by EPFL scientists, she finished in second place in the finals.

A $6.6 million grant to develop neurostimulator for mental disorders

Published:07.10.20 — Professor Mahsa Shoaran, leading the Integrated Neurotechnologies Laboratory of EPFL, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to develop a new implantable brain stimulation system that can measure and control oscillatory brain networks to treat severe psychiatric illness, especially mood and anxiety disorders.

A link between sensory neurons activation and the immune system

Published:21.09.20 — Scientists at EPFL, ETH Zurich and Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital have developed an implantable technology that enabled the discovery of an interaction between sensory neurons and immune cells.