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SUMMARY:Electronics on the brain - Professor George Malliaras\, Department
  of Engineering
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CONTACT:Dr Dervila Glynn
DESCRIPTION:Theme: *Brains & Machines*\n\nOne of the most important scient
 ific and technological frontiers of our time is the interfacing of electro
 nics with the human brain. This endeavour promises to help understand how 
 the brain works and deliver new tools for diagnosis and treatment of patho
 logies including epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. Current solutions\, h
 owever\, are limited by the materials that are brought in contact with the
  tissue and transduce signals across the biotic/abiotic interface. Recent 
 advances in electronics have made available materials with a unique combin
 ation of attractive properties\, including mechanical flexibility\, mixed 
 ionic/electronic conduction\, enhanced biocompatibility\, and capability f
 or drug delivery. Professor Malliaras will present examples of novel devic
 es for recording and stimulation of neurons and show that organic electron
 ic materials offer tremendous opportunities to study the brain and treat i
 ts pathologies.\n\n\nGeorge Malliaras received a PhD from the University o
 f Groningen (Netherlands) and taught at Cornell (NY\, USA) and School of M
 ines (France) before joining Cambridge. His research on electronics and bi
 oelectronics has been recognised with awards from the NY Academy of Scienc
 es\, the US National Science Foundation\, and DuPont\, and a Honorary Doct
 orate from the University of Linköping (Sweden). He is a Fellow of the Ma
 terials Research Society and of the Royal Society of Chemistry and serves 
 as Deputy Editor of Science Advances.\n\nRegister in advance for this meet
 ing:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwocOysrzMpG912Y2OEWQTSn5w
 8iMZSoCkI \n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email co
 ntaining information about joining the meeting.\n
LOCATION:Register on Zoom - link in abstract
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