Dr. Ashlesha Deshmukh successfully defended her PhD this past fall semester and is now working for Precision in Boston, MA. Not only has she been a remarkable asset to the WITNe lab research, her …
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Dr. Kevin Cheng and the Ludwig Lab advance small fiber selective VNS
Neurotech reports recently wrote a great article (Victor Pikov) about the groundbreaking research being performed in the WITNe labs, by Dr. Kevin Cheng, the Ludwig Lab, and collaborators Drs. Warren Grill and Nicole Pelot. Using …
Deshmukh and Settell characterize sources of artifact
Dr. Megan Settell and PhD student Ashlesha Deshmukh spearheaded the process of characterizing sources of neural appearing artifact in stimulation evoked compound action potentials (ECAP). In order to improve Spinal ECAP recordings these two WITNe …
Congratulations Dr. Chen!
A man known for his cool science images (see https://news.wisc.edu/the-2022-winners-cool-science-image-contest/) and cool science in general, Dr. Rex Chin-Hao Chen successfully defended his PhD last week to a packed room and zoom. Dr. Chen has been …
Dr. Aaron Suminski wins Ramirez Award for excellence in neurosurgery
Congratulations to WITNe Associate Director Dr. Aaron Suminski on received the Lincoln F Ramirez Award from the Department of Neurological Surgery, as well as being awarded the title of Distinguished Scientist by the School of …
Early stage NSF grant awarded to Dr. Aviad Hai
Dr. Aviad Hai has received an Early-Concept Grant from the National Science Foundation for research in nanofabricated brain sensors. Dr. Hai has been spearheading incredible research since being at UW-Madison and WITNe couldn’t be more …
Dr. Coventry and the Bayesian tool box
Drs. Brandon Coventry and Edward Bartlett outline a way to use statistics to improve hypothesis testing. Coventry and Bartlett use practical Bayesian inference in an accessible and approachable way to help with improved research statistics …
Hai Lab pioneers new methods for reconstructing brain networks
Dr. Hai and his PhD student, Adam Vareberg, have published “Interference of network connectivity from temporally binned spike trains” in the Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Vol 404. Dr. Hai, Vareberg, and the Hai lab have pioneered …
Dr. Ludwig and WITNe in the News
Dr. Ludwig has been weighing in on controversial the Neuralink human brain implant roll out: https://www.reuters.com/technology/want-details-elon-musks-brain-implant-trial-youll-have-ask-him-2024-02-02/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/elon-musk-says-first-human-patient-has-received-brain-implant
The Hai Lab Triumphs Over MRI Theory
Dr. Aviad Hai, PhD student Ilhan Bok, PhD student Alireza Ashtiani, and assistant scientist Beth Rauch have validated computational simulations regarding how particle clustering, size, and geometry affects signaling in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Dr. …