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Welcome to the Chen Lab!
The brain dictates our interaction with the external world and defines our internal mindscape. Thus, disruption of this delicate organ leads to immense individual and societal costs.
The primary focus of our translational research is to develop novel methods for restoring the function of the brain after it has been damaged by combining aspects of stem cell biology, neural tissue engineering, and neural interface technologies. In addition, we are interested in new techniques for preserving brain function during neurosurgical procedures. The goal of these research endeavors is to improve the outcomes of patients suffering from a variety of brain disorders and diseases.
News
Studying neural activity propagation in a "connectome unit"
2/1/2017
We have just published a paper entitled "Multichannel activity propagation across an engineered axon network" in the Journal of Neural Engineering. Using a modular network consisting of two cortical neuron nodes connected by stretch-grown axon tracts, we examined how multichannel input patterns are represented by cortical networks, how these representations shift as they are transmitted between nodes, and and how well the downstream node can distinguish different patterns. Check it out (http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-2552/aa5ccd/pdf)!
Welcome to Chao!
8/22/2016
We are pleased to welcome Chao Ji as a new member to the team. Chao is a recent graduate of Emory University and will be working as a Research Specialist.