Dr. Brian Litt Featured In Penn TodayMarch 30, 2023-The CNT is excited to announce that Dr. Brian Litt has been featured in today’s Penn Today newsletter (newsletter date 03/30/2023)! The article, written by… ... Read more
Jamaal Spence Mentioned in Penn TodayFebruary 28, 2023-We are very pleased to announce that Jamaal Spence, an undergraduate student worker here at the CNT, was mentioned in Penn Today's newsletter that was sent out… ... Read more
Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Brittany ScheidJanuary 25, 2023-The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Brian Litt are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Brittany Scheid. Title: QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR IMPROVING NEUROSTIMULATION… ... Read more
Open PositionsAugust 15, 2022-Postdoc The Center of Neuroengineering and Therapeutics is currently seeking a postdoc for the lab. We have an immediate opening for an experienced scientist or engineer… ... Read more
Duke Grill Lab: Post-Doc / Staff Scientist PositionAugust 14, 2022-The Grill Lab at Duke University is looking to hire a Post-Doctoral Research Associate or Staff Research Scientist. They seek highly-motivated individuals who enjoy the freedom to… ... Read more
Dr. Litt Receives Landis Award for Outstanding MentorshipAugust 4, 2022-Reblogged from Kat Sas, Penn Bioengineering Blog Dr. Brian Litt, MD, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Bioengineering, has received a 2022 Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship… ... Read more
Cheers to 2021 iCANX Awardee Dr. Flavia VitaleDecember 20, 2021-Congratulations go out to Dr. Flavia Vitale on recently receiving the 2021 iCANX young scientist award! Dr.Vitale is one of ten contestants selected. Participants from… ... Read more
Congratulations to first author Dr. Nicki DriscollSeptember 28, 2021-We are very excited to share that our latest work is on the cover of Science Translational Medicine. Flexible, easy to fabricate Mxene-based bioelectronic interfaces… ... Read more
Brendan Murphy’s Doctoral DissertationAugust 18, 2021- The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Flavia Vitale are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Brendan Murphy! ... Read more
John Bernabei’s Doctoral DissertationJuly 7, 2021-The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Brian Litt are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of John Bernabei. ... Read more
Congratulations Kate!June 23, 2021-We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. Kathryn Davis on her promotion to Associate Professor of Neurology, Clinician Educator Track. ... Read more
Davis Lab Localizing Epilepsy ‘Hotspots’October 6, 2020-Dr. Kathryn Davis and the Davis lab were highlighted in the Penn newsletter, Penn Today. The Davis lab's research centers around utilizing both the advancing… ... Read more
2020 Fall CURF Research ExpoSeptember 21, 2020-The CNT has been lucky enough to work with many talented undergraduates this past Summer through the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowship Program. The… ... Read more
The Annual PennHealthX ConferenceSeptember 10, 2020-CNT co-Directors, Dr. Kate Davis and Dr. Flavia Vitale as well as PhD candidate Nicolette Driscoll will be speaking at the first annual PennHealthX Conference.… ... Read more
Dr. Flavia Vitale Receives the K12 Career Development AwardNovember 11, 2019-Dr. Vitale has received the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Engineering Career Development Award (IREK12). This award will support her on wearable EMG sensors to study fundamental mechanisms… ... Read more
Annual BE Graduate Group Research SymposiumNovember 6, 2019-Save the date: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Beginning at 1pm, check in at 12:30pm Singh Center for Nanotechnology Galleria and Glandt Forum Please RSVP using the google… ... Read more
MINS Year of Brain Science TechnologySeptember 13, 2019-The 2019 Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences (MINS) Year of Brain Science Technology Student Kick-Off Symposium will take place Friday, September 13th from 1pm-6pm. Ph.D. students… ... Read more
The CNT Goes to ICTALSSeptember 13, 2019-Many of our own lab members attended and participated in the International Conference for Technology and Analysis of Seizures (ICTALS) in Exeter, UK. ICTALS 2019… ... Read more
Dr. Brian Litt – Neurosurgery Grand RoundsAugust 13, 2019-Dr. Brian Litt has been invited to speak at Penn’s Neurosurgery Grand Rounds on Thursday, August 15th. He will give a talk titled “Neuroengineering Collaboration in… ... Read more
Congratulations Graduates!May 22, 2019-Congratulations to the Class of 2019 Graduates! Bioengineering Master’s Students Arjun Shankar Christopher Painter Placid Unegbu Matthew Zimpfer Bioengineering Undergraduates Kayla Prezelski Theodore Wang ... Read more
Preya Shah to Receive the Sol Pollack AwardApril 1, 2019-Dr. Preya Shah has been selected to receive the Sol Pollack Award. This award is given annually to the most deserving bioengineering graduate student who has successfully… ... Read more
Funding Available! T32 Training Grant Applications OPEN!March 4, 2019-Applications are NOW OPEN for Dr. Litt’s NIH Neuroengineering and Medicine T32 Training Grant. To begin your application complete this form(link is external). Goal: to train predoctoral engineering students… ... Read more
Part-Time Research Assistant Position AvailableJanuary 31, 2019-The CNT is looking for a highly motivated, independent, detail-oriented student for a part-time research assistant position. This individual will be assisting various researchers with… ... Read more
Dayo Adewole Co-Founder of InstaHubJanuary 25, 2019-Dayo Adewole, Ph.D. candidate and trainee to Dr. Brian Litt's NaM T32 Training Grant has co-founded the innovative company InstaHub along with co-founder Michael Wong.… ... Read more
Bioengineering Graduate Group Research SymposiumJanuary 10, 2019-The Department of Bioengineering hosted the Bioengineering Graduate Group Research Symposium on Tuesday, January 8th. The event was organized with the help of P.h.D student… ... Read more
Preya Shah to Present Her Doctoral Dissertation DefenseSeptember 26, 2018-The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Brian Litt are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Preya Shah. Title: Quantitative multimodal mapping… ... Read more
Advanced Technology for Clinicians Meeting in VeniceAugust 7, 2018-Brian Litt, MD and the Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies (NSAS) will be hosting a 5-day workshop ‘Epilepsy: Advanced Technology for Clinicians’ on the Island of… ... Read more
Funding for Medical Device DevelopmentJuly 17, 2018-Applications are now being accepted by Penn Health-Tech and the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation for funding to support medical device development projects that… ... Read more
Dr. Flavia Vitale Appointment to Assistant ProfessorJuly 1, 2018-CNT Co-Director Dr. Flavia Vitale has been appointed as Assistant Professor within the Department of Neurology and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR)… ... Read more
Flavia Vitale’s Fall 2017 Presentations- Some HighlightsFebruary 15, 2018-In October 2017, Flavia gave a talk entitled, "Evaluation of impedance and in vivo recording performance of extracellular matrix-coated neural microelectrodes,” at the 2017 Biomedical Engineering Society Conference,… ... Read more
Nicolette Driscoll- Fall 2017 PresentationsJanuary 4, 2018-Nicolette Driscoll (Nicki) made 2 important presentations in the fall of 2017. She presented “Transparent graphene electrodes for chronic in vivo optical and electrophysiological recording” at the 2017… ... Read more
Navigating Medical Device Development at Every StageDecember 21, 2017-The Penn Health-Tech Center for Health, Devices, and Technology, a project that launched in May 2017, hopes to unite Penn’s strengths in medicine, engineering, business, and education to… ... Read more
Flavia Vitale, PhD, Awarded CURE Taking Flight AwardJuly 19, 2017-CNT Co-Director Flavia Vitale, P.h.D, has been awarded the CURE Taking Flight Award for "a tunable, controllable microarray for mapping epileptic brain networks". Dr. Flavia Vitale has… ... Read more
Dr. Kacy Cullen Featured on Penn Medicine NewsAugust 4, 2016-CNT collaborator Dr. Kacy Cullen, has been featured in Penn Medicine News. Dr. Cullen and his team have been working to grow replacement connections, referred… ... Read more
Launch of Penn Health-TechMay 2, 2016-On May 2, 2017, the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the launch of the Penn Center for Health, Devices and Technology, or Penn Health-Tech, a… ... Read more
Neuroengineering: Where Biology Meets TechnologyNovember 5, 2015-Penn Neuroscience graduate students are hosting a public lecture entitled “Neuroengineering: Where Biology Meets Technology” and will feature 3 fifteen-minute TED style talks from Penn… ... Read more
Dr. Kate Davis to Speak at PENN-CEST 2015October 10, 2015-Dr. Kate Davis, co-Director of the CNT, will be speaking on "Utilizing GluCEST to Localize Epileptic Networks" at the Symposium on Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer… ... Read more
Epilepsy in WomenMay 15, 2015-"Epilepsy in Women” Friday, May 15, 2015 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Elizabeth E. Gerard, MD, FACNS Assistant Professor of Neurology Feinberg School of Medicine… ... Read more
PICS Symposium: Deformation, Defects, DiagnosisApril 21, 2015-Hosted by PICS and the Graduate Group in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, D^3: Deformation, Defects, Diagnosis is a one-and-one-half day symposium focusing on the computational and mathematical… ... Read more
Duygu Kuzum Presenting at MRS Spring ConferenceMarch 15, 2015-CNT Postdoctoral Researcher, Duygu Kuzum, will be presenting some of her work at the 2015 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting & Exhibit. Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Abstract:… ... Read more
CNT Research RetreatFebruary 3, 2015-When: Save the Date: Friday February 27, 2015, 8:30AM – 5PM (Morning session, lunch, afternoon session). What: Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics (CNT) Retreat… ... Read more
IEEG.org Initiative Featured on NIH.govJanuary 29, 2015-Dr. Francis S. Collins, NIH Director recently featured IEEG.ORG, the NINDS-supported research initiative to catalyze collaboration and and data sharing for BigData studies of epilepsy, on… ... Read more