Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Brain-Machine Interfaces
Discussion Leader: Thomas Stieglitz (IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany)
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
Miguel Nicolelis (Duke University Medical Center, USA)
"Linking Brains to Machines: From Basic Science to Neurological Neurorehabilitation"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
Robert Kirsch (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
"Making BCIs Practical"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Richard Andersen (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"The Neural Code for Representing Large Numbers of Action Variables in the Human Posterior Parietal Cortex"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neuropathology – The Brain's Response to Injury
Discussion Leader: Maria Asplund (IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Carola Haas (University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany)
"Brain Reorganisation Under Pathological Conditions"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Alex Huang (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
"Insights from Dynamic Intravital Neuro-Immune Imaging"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Kostas Kostarelos (Nanomedicine Lab, University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"The Role of Microglia on Implantation of Macro- and Nano-Devices"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Abhishek Prasad (University of Miami, USA)
"Blood Brain Barrier (BBB)-Disruption in Intracortical Silicon Microelectrode Implants"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Maria Asplund (IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany) and Cristin Welle (University of Colorado Denver, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Brain Implants – State of the Art
Discussion Leader: Kip Ludwig (Mayo Clinic, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Cindy Chestek (University of Michigan, USA)
"High Density 8 um Carbon Fiber Arrays for Electrophysiology and Chemical Sensing"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Stephanie Lacour (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Electronic Dura Mater – Soft Surface Implants for the Central Nervous System"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Patrick Ruther (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"High-Density Neural Probe Arrays Using CMOS and MEMS Technologies"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Philip Troyk (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
"Cortical Interfaces: How Technology Can Meet the Functional Demands"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Functional Materials and the Brain
Discussion Leader: Jose Garrido (ICN2 - Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain)
9:00 am - 9:25 am
Polina Anikeeva (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Tools to Study the Nervous System"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 10:00 am
Elisa Castagnola (San Diego State University, USA)
"Towards Fundamental Understanding of the Interplay Between Electrical and Electrochemical Signaling - Case of Multimodal Probes"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:05 am
Jurgen Ruhe (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"…and the Surface Was Invented by the Devil: Tailor-Made Biointerfaces for Implants to Control Cell Adhesion and Biofouling"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:40 am
Walter Voit (University of Texas at Dallas / Qualia Inc., USA)
"Softening Bioelectronics with High Mobility Thin Film Semiconductors"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Jiandi Wan (Rochester Institute of Technology / University of Rochester, USA)
"Regulating Capillary Functional Hyperemia in the Brain"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Neurophotonics and Brain Implants
Discussion Leader: Justin Williams (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Erin Purcell (Michigan State University, USA)
"Optimization of a System for Optical Induction of Proneural Genes"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Daniel Razansky (Technical University of Munich / Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany)
"Functional Optoacoustic Neuro-Tomography of Large-Scale Functional Brain Networks"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Cristin Welle (University of Colorado Denver, USA)
"The Living Interface - Dynamic Alterations of Neural and Vascular Morphology During Chronic Microelectrode Implantation in the Brain"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Serge Picaud (UPMC, France)
"Visual Restoration by Graphene-Enabled Electrical Stimulation and Optogenetic Retinal Prosthetic Devices"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biomechanics of the Device-Tissue Interface
Discussion Leader: Paulo Aguiar (Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica (INEB), Portugal)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
James Fawcett (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Interfacing with Peripheral Nerves for Bladder and Limb Control"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Jit Muthuswamy (Arizona State University, USA)
"Biomechanical Pathways Influencing Function of Neural Interfaces"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Xinyan Cui (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Biomimetic Strategy for Seamless Neural Electrode-Tissue Integration"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Nikunj Bhagat (Houston Methodist Research Institute, USA)
"Brain Machine Interface with Closed-Loop Neuromuscular Stimulation for Grasping in Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury Survivors"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Soft Matter Interactions in Brain Implants
Discussion Leader: Manfred Radmacher (University of Bremen, Germany)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Laura Poole-Warren (UNSW Sydney, Australia)
"Living Electrodes: Growing Soft Electrodes for Brain-Machine Interfaces"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Jonathan Rivnay (Northwestern University, USA)
"Designing Polymeric Mixed Conductors for Bioelectronic Applications"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Yael Hanein (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Soft Electrodes for Brain Machine Interfacing"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Device Biologisation and Stem Cells
Discussion Leader: Ana Paula Pêgo (Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
D. Kacy Cullen (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Implantable Axon Tracts as 'Living Electrodes' for Synaptic-Based Modulation of Neural Circuitry"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Hilton Kaplan (Rutgers University, USA)
"Highly Flexible Microelectrodes and Alternative Strategies for Chronically Interfacing with Electrically Excitable Tissues"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Sarah Stabenfeldt (Arizona State University, USA)
"Better Approach for Driving Neural Regeneration, Stem Cell Transplantation or Endogenous Cell Recruitment?"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Suhasa Kodandaramaiah (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA)
"Cortex Wide Cellular Resolution Neural Interfacing via Digitally Generated Cranial Prostheses"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Nanotools in Neural Interfacing
Discussion Leader: Joseph Pancrazio (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Edward Boyden (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Tools for Mapping, Recording, and Controlling Neural Circuits"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Chong Xie (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"A Nanoelectronic Platform for Reliable Recording, Large-Scale Mapping and Long-Term Tracking of Neural Activity"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
John Wolf (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"High Density Laminar Silicon Probes for Deep Layered Structures in Freely Behaving Large Animals: Challenges, Refinement and Tissue Response"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure