SCIENCE | TCCI® Conference: Neuromodulation and Brain-Machine Interface

Presented in partnership, an online meeting:

October 12-13, 2022

SCIENCE | TCCI® Conference: Neuromodulation and Brain-Machine Interface

Due to the complexity of the human brain, any intervention intended to alleviate a deficit or improve brain function must be done in a highly specific and selective way.

We are presently witnessing an explosion of new techniques and methods that will push this field forward as never before. Neuromodulation, for example, is the alteration of nerve activity through delivery of electrical stimulation or chemical agents to specific sites in the brain or body. Even more exciting are recent developments in brain computer interfaces being driven by the integration of biotechnology and information.

Join us for an annual conference focused on the most recent breakthroughs in these areas of cutting-edge research and presented by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute and SCIENCE magazine. On the first day we will discuss recent progress in neuromodulation and on the second we will concentrate on the closely related brain-machine interface.

Watch the archived presentations

Day 1: Modern neuromodulation tools

Wednesday October 12, 2022, 9:00am-12:00pm U.S. Pacific Time

• 09:00 AM

  
  

  

  
  TALK: Two-photon Imaging and Manipulation of Neural Circuits
  Weijian Yang, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering – UC Davis

• 10:00 AM

  
  

  

  
  TALK: Talking to neurons with ultrasound
  Mikhail G. Shapiro, PhD, Professor of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

• 11:00 AM

  
  

  

  
  TALK: Seeing the Sound: Optical and Ultrasonic Interfaces for Neuromodulation
  Guosong Hong, PhD, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering – Stanford University

Day 2: Brain Machine Interface

Thursday October 13, 2022. 9:00am-12:00pm U.S. Pacific Time

• 09:00 AM

  
  

  

  
  TALK: Silktrode: New opportunities in neurotechnologies from an ancient material
  Professor Tao Hu, Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute Investigator; Professor, Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences; Founding Director, 2020 X-Lab, SIMIT; Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology

• 10:00 AM

  
  

  

  
  TALK: Nerve-machine interfaces for the neurorehabilitation
  Professor Dr. Stanisa Raspopovic, Department of Health Sciences and Technology – ETH Zürich

• 11:00 AM

  
  

  

  
  TALK: Low frequency stimulation successfully interferes with focal epileptic seizures without affecting hippocampal function
  Professor Dr. Carola Haas, Dept. of Neurosurgery; Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Germany