NIMET co-hosts monthly Neurotech Dinners in conjunction with the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases. Each month an exciting speaker is recruited to give a talk about their research. The dinners usually start at 5:30pm and the presentation will follow around 5:45pm.

Upcoming Neurotech Dinners:

• Eleonora Rossi, PhD. — “The Dynamics of Learning and Using Two Languages: A Potent Window into Neuroplasticity”
  • May 5, 2020
  • Zoom Telecon

Past Neurotech Dinners:

• Kelly D. Foote, M.D. — “Closed-loop deep brain stimulation: the next generation of brain neuromodulation”
  • March 10, 2020
  • NRF Building

• Julia T. Choi, Ph.D. — “Understanding locomotor plasticity for gait neurorehabilitation”
  • February 4, 2020
  • NRF Building

• Prof. Alberto Priori — “Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS): is it time to adapt?”
  • November 12th, 2019
  • Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases

• Dr. Adam J. Woods — “Combining neuroimaging, computational modeling and tDCS to remediate cognitive aging: a pathway to precision medicine”
  • October 8th, 2019
  • NRF Building

• Dr. Jin Hyung Lee — “Illuminating neural circuits: from molecules to MRI for precision brain health”
  • August 20th, 2019
  • NRF building

• Dr. Xin Tang — “All-Optical Electrophysiology: Opportuntites and Challenges”
  • May 20th, 2019
  • NRF building

• Neuroethics Workshop
  • April 29th, 2019
  • NRF building

• Dr. Jack Judy — Discussion – The latest in neurotech from NANS, DARPA, and the NSF ERC Program
  • March 11th, 2019
  • NRF building

• Dr. Matt Burns — Discussion – Collaborative project on optogenetics and the use of the optrode.
  • February 11th, 2019
  • CMDNR building

• Dr. Cynthia Chestek — “Towards restoring dextrous movement of the hand” –  ‎
  • November 26th, 2018
  • CMDNR building

• Dr. Aryn Gittis
  • August 6th, 2018
  • CMDNR building

• Dr. Tommy Angelini — “Supporting Cells, Scaffolds, and Electronics in Liquid-like Solids for Neural Engineering”
  • April 23rd, 2018
  • NRF building

• Dr. Erin Patrick — “Predicting the Performance of Neural Interfaces via Computational Modeling”
  • March 12th, 2018
  • CMDNR building

• Dr. Cameron McIntye — “Connectomic Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Depression.”
  • February 5th, 2018
  • NRF building

• Dr. Amber Muehlmann — “The Microbiome and its Influence on the Nervous System”
  • January 8th, 2018
  • NRF building

• Jennifer Bizon — “The Relationship between the Microbiome and Neurological Diseases and Injuries”
  • September 6th, 2017
  • CMDNR building