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November 18, 2024 | Multimodal evaluation of network activity and optogenetic interventions in human hippocampal slices

November 17, 2024 | Optogenetics May Switch On New Treatments for Epilepsy

November 15, 2024 | UCSF: How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures

November 15, 2024 | UCSC: How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures

November 15, 2024 | Pulses of light show promise in controlling seizures

November 15, 2024 | How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures

August 30, 2024 | Researchers to investigate genetic roots of autism, look for new treatments

September 28, 2022 | UC Santa Cruz alumni found Immergo Labs to bring physical therapy to VR

September 23, 2022 | Three UC Santa Cruz alums are revolutionizing telehealth with their virtual reality physical therapy platform

July 26, 2022 | Immergo Labs Secures Major Partnerships and Investors

September 27, 2021 | NIH funds Center for Live Cell Genomics at UC Santa Cruz

March 29, 2021 | Braingeneers – Alisal High School AP Biology Picroscope collaboration Fall 2020

September 15, 2020 | UCSC Researchers Snag NSF 2026 Idea Machine Competition funding for “The evolution and diversity of the human brain”

June 25, 2020 | Congratulations Maryam Tebyani, Ash Robbins, William Asper for receiving the “Best Paper Award” at the Ubiqutus Robotics conference

March 17, 2020 | Smart Bandage Speeds Wound Healing

March 6, 2020 | Smart Bandages: Remote Wound Healing Reduces Risk of Amputations

March 3, 2020 | Smart bandage technology could push wound care into the future

February 28, 2020 | UC Santa Cruz leading new smart bandage project

February 27, 2020 | UC Santa Cruz leads collaboration to speed wound healing with a novel smart bandage

February 27, 2020 | Tufts Researchers Seek to Speed Wound Healing

November 12, 2019 | Can we use artificial intelligence and bioelectronics to direct how cells grow into tissues and organs? (Watch video)

October 19, 2019 | We, robot

August 14, 2019 | Using Virtual Reality for physical rehabilitation

February 27, 2019 |UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute launches brain research project

June 11, 2018 |Heroes aren’t born. They’re built. Human joint mimicry in next-generation robots