Neuroscientists and Microelectronics Engineers Join Forces to Accelerate Neuroscience Research with Better Tools
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and UCL (University College London) are announcing a 4.2 million Euro ($5.5 million) collaboration to develop and manufacture a state-of-the-art device for detecting neural activity in animal brains. The research will be conducted in conjunction with imec, a world leading nanoelectronics research center in Leuven, Belgium. The proposed device builds on technology currently used to detect extracellular electrical activity in the brains of living animals, but incorporates recording electrodes at a much higher density. This allows researchers to collect more data and better interpret their results.