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We seek applicants for a fully-funded MRC PhD studentship project "<b>Leveraging population activity trajectories to optimise Brain-computer interfaces for arm movement</b>" with Mark Humphries (Nottingham) and Katja Kornysheva (Birmingham) for October 2026
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This project will develop a new approach to brain-computer interfaces, by leveraging
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our new understanding</a> of how the neural activity in the motor cortex encodes an intended arm movement. We will test this theory in multiple datasets of cortical recordings during arm movements, and we will develop new brain-computer interfaces that directly
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Application deadline: Jan 9<sup>th</sup> 2026, midday (GMT)</div>
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How to apply for this project: <a href="https://more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-opportunities/">
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<p style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Professor Mark Humphries | Professor of Computational Neuroscience</span></p>
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Book: "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds" (Princeton UP) in
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hardback</a>, <a title="https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691241487/the-spike" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA40d2cba8-4f52-b8db-c9e0-88731a23c9d6" href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691241487/the-spike">
paperback</a>, <a title="https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691213514/the-spike-0?_gl=1*1uffb7w*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzEzMy4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng.." class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAcd380c8f-3427-efaa-1c63-f3161c67a18b" href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691213514/the-spike-0?_gl=1*1uffb7w*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzEzMy4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..">
ebook</a> & <a title="https://press.princeton.edu/books/audio/9780691224091/the-spike?_gl=1*37xz7o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzExOC4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng.." class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAee653a90-3f36-c10e-6828-dfa4588c9c1b" href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/audio/9780691224091/the-spike?_gl=1*37xz7o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzExOC4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..">
audiobook</a><a style="text-decoration: none;" title="https://press.princeton.edu/books/audio/9780691224091/the-spike?_gl=1*37xz7o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzExOC4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng.." class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAa0182a5a-5433-8a99-1d36-e91c0a09ea8d" href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/audio/9780691224091/the-spike?_gl=1*37xz7o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzExOC4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng.."> </a>read
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