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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are excited to announce this year's virtual SWC / GCNU Student Symposium titled:</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""></span><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class=""><b class="">Neural Interfaces for Neurobiological Insights</b></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class="">Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) leverage neural activity to control external effectors – from cursors on two-dimensional screens to artificial limbs with many degrees of freedom. Best known for their use in neuroprosthetics, BMIs provide a powerful tool for basic neurobiological research by enabling experimental control over otherwise inaccessible neural and behavioural parameters.</span><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class="">—————————————————————————————————————————— </span></div><div class=""><span class="">9th October, 9:45-18:00 BST on </span><a href="https://www.crowdcast.io/e/swc-symposium-2020/register" class="">Crowdcast</a>.<span class=""><br class=""></span><span class="">For more information, visit the </span><a href="https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/events/annual-symposium-neural-interfaces-neurobiological-insights" class="">SWC website</a>.</div><div class=""><span class="">Free<br class=""></span>——————————————————————————————————————————<div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">Our stellar list of speakers:</p><ul class=""><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://smile.pitt.edu/" target="_blank" class="">Aaron Batista</a> (University of Pittsburgh)<a href="https://smile.pitt.edu/" class=""></a></li><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/aorsborn/" target="_blank" class="">Amy Orsborn</a> (University of Washington)</li><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/juan-alvaro.gallego" target="_blank" class="">Juan Gallego</a> (Imperial College London)</li><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://plasticity-lab.com/" target="_blank" class="">Tamar Makin</a> (University College London)</li><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="http://www.kellybclancy.com/about" target="_blank" class="">Kelly Clancy</a> (DeepMind)</li><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://profiles.ucsf.edu/edward.chang" target="_blank" class="">Edward Chang</a> (University of California, San Francisco)</li></ul><p dir="ltr" class="">We will also hear from companies developing neural interfaces:</p><ul class=""><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://www.bios.health/" target="_blank" class="">BIOS</a></li><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://icibici.github.io/site/" target="_blank" class="">icibici</a></li><li dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/careers/areas-of-work/facebookrealitylabs/?p[teams][0]=Facebook%20Reality%20Labs&teams[0]=Facebook%20Reality%20Labs" target="_blank" class="">Facebook Reality Labs</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best,</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SWC / GCNU Systems Seminars team</div></body></html>