New! Session and Exhibition at the FET11 Conference

CyberRat Organizes a session on Brain-Chip Interfaces: The Present And The Future at the European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (FET11).

Also, CyberRat holds an exhibition on CyberRat: High Resolution Bi-directional Brain-Chip Interface at the European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (FET11).

New! CSN School on Neurophysiology 2011
Advanced Techniques for Neuronal Networks Investigation and
Brain - Machine Interfacing

The Convergent Science Network of biomimetic and biohybrid systems (CSN) is a Coordination Action for the development of future real-world technologies, supported by the European Commission under the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) program (ICT, FP7). CSN organizes this school to provide a wide spectrum overview on experimental tools available to investigate brain functions. Particular emphasis is given on methods suitable to explore neuronal signals and their processing in neuronal networks and in the brain which is considered as a fundamental step towards the development of brain-inspired artificial systems and brain-machine interfaces. Read more ...

New! Research Fellowship Available

We have been looking for a Physicist to work in the interdisciplinary area of the CyberRat project. The person will be recruited as a Research Fellow for 02 years at the NeuroChip Laboratory, University of Padova, Italy and is expected to work in a multidisciplinary team. The suitable candidate is expected to have a Master's degree / PhD in Physics from a reputed university, possibly with a research background of BioPhysics. Knowledge of Bioelectronics, Bioelectromagnetics and Neuroscience are not must but will be considered to be added advantage. The stipend will be paid as per the Italian standard payment for the Research Fellows.

Interested candidates are required to send their detailed CV, research expertise and experience (maximum one page), and motivation letter (maximum one page) to neurochiplab@cyberrat.eu. The candidates may send their documents for the selection at any time. This position is open until it is filled.

Welcome to the CyberRat Project

C y b e r R a t

A Brain-Chip Interface for High-resolution Bi-directional Communication

We intend to create an innovative interface between a semiconductor chip or an ensemble of semiconductor chips and the brain of a living rat. Small CMOS chips featuring stimulation and recording sites integrated at high-density will be implanted in several brain areas, either independently or simultaneously, thus obtaining an unprecedented control of neuronal activity in the mammalian brain. Thanks to high-density integration, functional electrical imaging and stimulation of neuronal networks within the brain cortex and deep nuclei will be performed at a spatial resolution close to the single neuron and at a temporal resolution of a few tens of microseconds. Obtaining such high spatiotemporal resolution will enable for the first time to explore and control brain information processing with unprecedented detail. The project will focus on sensory-motor circuits regulating coordinated voluntary movement. By exploring interfacing with the main cortical and nuclear structures of the brain, the choice of this neurobiological context ensures that the approach will have a general applicability to several other brain circuits such as those underlying vision, hearing and attention.