Cynthia Chestek @ChestekLab
Chestek Lab at the University of Michigan chestekresearch.engin.umich.edu Joined August 2020-
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@Sam_R_Nason, with @ParagGPatil and @ChestekLab, discusses brain-controlled functional electrical stimulation to restore finger movements #SfN2022 @UMBME @umichneuro
Happy to introduce our new study in @NatureComms out of @ChestekLab showing high-velocity, simultaneous movements of two finger groups using a temporally-convolved, shallow-layer feedforward neural network. nature.com/articles/s4146…
📢Preprint for recent project collab led by @seymourjp2 developing microneedle array for peripheral nerve interfacing. Tiny needles for tiny nerves! #NIH_SPARC funded. #pneurolab @sparc_science biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
📢Preprint for recent project collab led by @seymourjp2 developing microneedle array for peripheral nerve interfacing. Tiny needles for tiny nerves! #NIH_SPARC funded. #pneurolab @sparc_science biorxiv.org/content/10.110… https://t.co/KZIcjmPmE9
Check out our recent @NeuroCellPress publication by @Sam_R_Nason showcasing a brain-machine interface predicting the continuous movements of two finger groups! cell.com/neuron/fulltex…
.@UMBME researchers demonstrated the first ever brain-controlled individual finger control for advanced prostheses in primates, on a computer that could fit on an implantable device. news.engin.umich.edu/2021/09/indivi…
Great write-up on this collaborative work from @ChestekLab and @tim_bruns.
Great write-up on this collaborative work from @ChestekLab and @tim_bruns.
IEEE TNSRE publication on sharpened carbon fibers used in nerves, DRG, and brain from our recent graduate @ElissaWelle! ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/94371…
Do you prefer to do-it-yourself? Check out our how-to guide on building carbon fiber arrays, biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
“As soon as I spent the summer recording signals from live neurons, I knew I wanted to do that for the rest of my life,” says Cynthia Chestek (@ChestekLab). Read more: bit.ly/33DtKJo
Sharp, like Bernie's fashion sense. Robust, like Amanda Gorman's lyricism. Interfacing, like neural electrodes do. Read my new paper from @ChestekLab, 'Sharpened and mechanically robust carbon fiber electrode arrays for neural interfacing': tinyurl.com/sharprobustcar…
Out today: @natBME News & Views article covering recent important work by @ChestekLab and @shenoystanford toward power-efficient #BrainMachineInterfaces #BCI . nature.com/articles/s4155…
Congratulations to @ChestekLab and collaborator Paul Cederna @UMichSurgery for receiving the Frankel Innovation Initiative grant for their project on Peripheral Nerve Interfaces for Prosthetic Hand Control research.medicine.umich.edu/announcements/…
Hot off the presses, #carbonfiber arrays for #electrophysiology or #dopamine sensing through #FSCV. Devices can also be precisely localized within the tissue. Massive team effort by @berke_lab @women_neurosci @DawenCai. doi.org/10.1088/1741-2…
New publication: Spiking-band power correlates highly with local unit activity and improves #BrainMachineInterface (#BMI) performance. Led by @UMBME student @Sam_R_Nason in collab with @shenoystanford and Blaauw groups. doi.org/10.1038/s41551…
Also, don’t miss our recently published review paper on the future of upper limb robotic rehabilitation @UMichSurgery @UMBME. doi.org/10.1002/mus.26…
Excited to announce our work on artificial hand control by amputees through the use of regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces #RPNI @UMichSurgery @UMBME. stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/533…
Low-recording yield got you down? Check out great work by @UMBME student @ElissaWelle on optimizing recording yield from #carbonfiber arrays. doi.org/10.1088/1741-2…
New #pneurolab publication: Intraneural #vagus nerve recordings with #carbonfiber array. Led by @UMBME #PhD alum Ahmad Jiman, a big collab with @ChestekLab & @seymourjp2. @NIBIBgov #NIH_SPARC & @NSF funded. @UMBiointerfaces nature.com/articles/s4159…
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