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URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/bme-seminar-implantable-bio
 electronics-and-microfluidics-to-unlock-brain-chemistry/
SUMMARY:BME Seminar: "Implantable Bioelectronics and Microfluidics to Unloc
 k Brain Chemistry"
DESCRIPTION:Yi Zhang\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  and Collins Professor in Engineering Innovation\nDepartment of Biomedical
  Engineering \nUniversity of Connecticut\n\nAbstract: The human central ne
 rvous system contains billions of neurons that communicate through the pro
 pagation of action potentials along the axonal membrane and the release\, 
 transport\, and metabolism of neurochemicals at synapses. Technologies for
  in vivo electrophysiology have been intensively studied\, with recent exa
 mples of Neuropixels and Neural Matrix capable of recording over several t
 housand channels. In contrast to these advances in electrophysiological re
 cordings\, technologies for real-time neurochemical monitoring remain very
  limited. Neurochemicals\, however\, have been found to play critical role
 s in reward signaling\, learning\, motor control\, and the treatment of ne
 urological disorders\, such as Parkinson’s disease\, schizophrenia\, and
  Alzheimer’s disease. In this presentation\, I will present our recent d
 evelopments in implantable bioelectronics and microfluidics to unlock brai
 n chemistry. These include implantable aptamer-based biosensors for real-t
 ime neurochemical monitoring\, as well as implantable microfluidic devices
  for membrane-free neurochemical sampling with high recovery rates in free
 ly moving animals. Together\, these implantable bioelectronics and microfl
 uidics create opportunities for neuroscientists to understand where\, when
 \, and how the release of neurochemicals modulates diverse behavioral outp
 uts of the brain.\n\nBio: Dr. Yi Zhang is an Associate Professor in the De
 partment of Biomedical Engineering and Collins Professor in Engineering In
 novation at the University of Connecticut (UConn)\, Storrs. He also serves
  as a core faculty member of the Institute of Materials Science and the Ce
 nter for Addiction Sciences and Innovation (CASI). Dr. Zhang received his 
 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 
 2016\, where he was honored with the Waldemar T. Ziegler Award for Best Re
 search Paper and the Exemplary Academic Achievement Award. He completed hi
 s postdoctoral training in Professor John A. Rogers' group at Northwestern
  University. His current research program focuses on next-generation neuro
 technology development and has been recognized with an NSF CAREER Award\, 
 the Biomedical Engineering Society Career Development Award\, the UConn-AA
 UP Research Excellence Award (Early Career)\, the Director’s Award for F
 aculty Excellence from the Polymer Program at UConn\, and the UConn BME Ea
 rly Career Faculty Scholar Award. For more information\, please visit: htt
 ps://zhangyigroup.com/.
CATEGORIES:Seminars
LOCATION:Biomedical Sciences Building (BMS) Room JG32\, 1275 Center Drive\,
  Gainesville\, FL\, 32610\, United States
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