Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
@riceneuro.bsky.social
The Rice Neuroengineering Initiative is a collaborative multidisciplinary program that brings together the brightest minds in neuroscience, engineering, and related fields to improve lives by restoring and extending the capabilities of the human brain.
@riceuniversity.bsky.social launched the Amyloid Research Center today, led by biophysicist Pernilla Wittung. A fantastic and important addition to the continued expansion of neuro-research on our campus!
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November 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
@riceuniversity.bsky.social launched the Amyloid Research Center today, led by biophysicist Pernilla Wittung. A fantastic and important addition to the continued expansion of neuro-research on our campus!
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Big news coming out of Rice University. The Rice Brain Institute has launched to foster new collaborative research on our campus! A new era of research in brain health that links Biosciences, Engineering, Social Science, with Government Policy.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Big news coming out of Rice University. The Rice Brain Institute has launched to foster new collaborative research on our campus! A new era of research in brain health that links Biosciences, Engineering, Social Science, with Government Policy.
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In this month's @jamapsychiatry.com Rice NEI faculty members @sameershethmd.bsky.social and Wayne Goodman examine the recent approval of adaptive #DBS for Parkinson's and whether closed-loop neuromodulation strategies are ready for clinical practice in neurological and psychiatric disorders.
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In this month's @jamapsychiatry.com Rice NEI faculty members @sameershethmd.bsky.social and Wayne Goodman examine the recent approval of adaptive #DBS for Parkinson's and whether closed-loop neuromodulation strategies are ready for clinical practice in neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Cool work coming out of Mechanical Engineering here at Rice that could advance medical engineering news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cool work coming out of Mechanical Engineering here at Rice that could advance medical engineering news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
Researchers from the joint @riceneuro.bsky.social and Houston Methodist Center for Neural Systems Restoration recently developed an approach to noninvasively measure CSF dynamics along blood vessels using advanced MRI and image processing techniques.
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Researchers from the joint @riceneuro.bsky.social and Houston Methodist Center for Neural Systems Restoration recently developed an approach to noninvasively measure CSF dynamics along blood vessels using advanced MRI and image processing techniques.
Traditional implantable devices with more electrodes also entail more wires and invasive surgeries. A new system from Robinson Lab offers a distributed network where implants are individually programmable and respond to unique digital instructions from a single transmitter.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Traditional implantable devices with more electrodes also entail more wires and invasive surgeries. A new system from Robinson Lab offers a distributed network where implants are individually programmable and respond to unique digital instructions from a single transmitter.
bit.ly/4pTHIAS
bit.ly/4pTHIAS
A wonderful write-up in the Fall Rice Research Review outlining a few of our initiatives' ongoing projects in the areas of neural recording, synthetic serum biomarkers, and other brain research from the NEI and across campus.
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Read more: bit.ly/4gMWrsQ
September 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A wonderful write-up in the Fall Rice Research Review outlining a few of our initiatives' ongoing projects in the areas of neural recording, synthetic serum biomarkers, and other brain research from the NEI and across campus.
Read more: bit.ly/4gMWrsQ
Read more: bit.ly/4gMWrsQ
Congratulations to Dr. Marcia O'Malley on this lifetime achievement!
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Marcia O’Malley and Jeffrey Tabor elected Fellows of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering | George R. Brown School of Engineering | Rice University
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September 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Marcia O'Malley on this lifetime achievement!
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This week's Engineering Minds Seminar welcomes Dr. Nanshu Lu from the @cockrellschool.bsky.social . Dr. Lu will present her lab's work developing a breakthrough e-tattoo technology that leverages automated, on-scalp non-contact printing of PEDOT: PSS-based conductive inks.
September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This week's Engineering Minds Seminar welcomes Dr. Nanshu Lu from the @cockrellschool.bsky.social . Dr. Lu will present her lab's work developing a breakthrough e-tattoo technology that leverages automated, on-scalp non-contact printing of PEDOT: PSS-based conductive inks.
Tomorrow, Dr. Bozhi Tian will discuss how his lab is expanding the frontier of electrophysiological modulation and biosensing. We look forward to his visit and discussions with our faculty and students!
September 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tomorrow, Dr. Bozhi Tian will discuss how his lab is expanding the frontier of electrophysiological modulation and biosensing. We look forward to his visit and discussions with our faculty and students!
Congratulations @riceneuro.bsky.social member Jessica Butts, who was funded by @apdaparkinsons.bsky.social to use
a new model that identifies and characterizes neurons in a part of the brainstem vulnerable to PD progression called the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg).
More: bit.ly/488vXjf
a new model that identifies and characterizes neurons in a part of the brainstem vulnerable to PD progression called the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg).
More: bit.ly/488vXjf
September 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Congratulations @riceneuro.bsky.social member Jessica Butts, who was funded by @apdaparkinsons.bsky.social to use
a new model that identifies and characterizes neurons in a part of the brainstem vulnerable to PD progression called the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg).
More: bit.ly/488vXjf
a new model that identifies and characterizes neurons in a part of the brainstem vulnerable to PD progression called the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg).
More: bit.ly/488vXjf
More funding news last month includes a collaborative grant between Chong Xie and Lan Luan from @riceneuro.bsky.social and Samuel Pfaff from @salkinstitute.bsky.social on a $750K grant, "Recording Spinal Neural Activity Across Genetic Classes During Hindlimb Motor Behaviors." 🎉
September 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
More funding news last month includes a collaborative grant between Chong Xie and Lan Luan from @riceneuro.bsky.social and Samuel Pfaff from @salkinstitute.bsky.social on a $750K grant, "Recording Spinal Neural Activity Across Genetic Classes During Hindlimb Motor Behaviors." 🎉
Congratulations @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social from
@bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social and @riceneuro.bsky.social
who is the recipient of a $3.7m R01 award from NIH/NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation."🎉
@bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social and @riceneuro.bsky.social
who is the recipient of a $3.7m R01 award from NIH/NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation."🎉
September 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Congratulations @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social from
@bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social and @riceneuro.bsky.social
who is the recipient of a $3.7m R01 award from NIH/NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation."🎉
@bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social and @riceneuro.bsky.social
who is the recipient of a $3.7m R01 award from NIH/NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation."🎉
@riceneuro.bsky.social researcher Jacob Robinson @jacobrobinson.bsky.social and his team are developing next-gen wireless miniature bioelectric implants that are opening doors to new treatments for a multitude of chronic conditions. Read more about their recently published work here: bit.ly/45VfTi5
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August 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@riceneuro.bsky.social researcher Jacob Robinson @jacobrobinson.bsky.social and his team are developing next-gen wireless miniature bioelectric implants that are opening doors to new treatments for a multitude of chronic conditions. Read more about their recently published work here: bit.ly/45VfTi5
Understanding visual representations and their longitudinal stability requires neuronal recording at multiple scales. Results published in Nature Communications indicate that temporal coding may be essential in ensuring consistent sensory experiences over time. Read more: bit.ly/3HPe7aq
Temporal coding carries more stable cortical visual representations than firing rate over time - Nature Communications
Whether temporal code and rate code have different rates of representational drift over extended periods is not fully understood. Using ultraflexible electrodes, here authors show that temporal codes ...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Understanding visual representations and their longitudinal stability requires neuronal recording at multiple scales. Results published in Nature Communications indicate that temporal coding may be essential in ensuring consistent sensory experiences over time. Read more: bit.ly/3HPe7aq
@riceneuro.bsky.social Researchers Christina Tringides and Ava Zoba have published a recent review in APL Materials discussing materials advances for therapies that are trying to address the complex challenges presented by the blood-brain barrier. Read more: pubs.aip.org/aip/apm/arti...
Material considerations for delivering therapeutics across the blood–brain barrier
Therapeutic drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) has been a challenging feat for centuries. The intricate nature of the BBB is protected by multip
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August 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
@riceneuro.bsky.social Researchers Christina Tringides and Ava Zoba have published a recent review in APL Materials discussing materials advances for therapies that are trying to address the complex challenges presented by the blood-brain barrier. Read more: pubs.aip.org/aip/apm/arti...
@riceneuro.bsky.social will again host a Neuro section at #GCURS 2025 here at Rice University. Undergraduate research in all fields of neuroengineering and neuroscience are welcome to apply. Christina Tringides, Scott Keene, David Lipshutz, Nishal Shah will be our 2025 faculty mentors.
August 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@riceneuro.bsky.social will again host a Neuro section at #GCURS 2025 here at Rice University. Undergraduate research in all fields of neuroengineering and neuroscience are welcome to apply. Christina Tringides, Scott Keene, David Lipshutz, Nishal Shah will be our 2025 faculty mentors.
A new npj Flexible Electronics Perspective is out this month from Luan and Xie Labs at @riceneuro.bsky.social. It explores high-dimensional neural stimulation using flexible microelectrode arrays, supported by cortical simulations, to guide next-gen brain-machine interfaces.
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Towards precise synthetic neural codes: high-dimensional stimulation with flexible electrodes - npj Flexible Electronics
npj Flexible Electronics - Towards precise synthetic neural codes: high-dimensional stimulation with flexible electrodes
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July 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A new npj Flexible Electronics Perspective is out this month from Luan and Xie Labs at @riceneuro.bsky.social. It explores high-dimensional neural stimulation using flexible microelectrode arrays, supported by cortical simulations, to guide next-gen brain-machine interfaces.
bit.ly/3U9wlWH
bit.ly/3U9wlWH
New and junior researchers at Rice University and TX Medical Center affiliates are invited to register for our Fall NeuroNetworking event next month! It is a great opportunity to make new contacts in the fields of brain research and pitch your own lab's interests.
July 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New and junior researchers at Rice University and TX Medical Center affiliates are invited to register for our Fall NeuroNetworking event next month! It is a great opportunity to make new contacts in the fields of brain research and pitch your own lab's interests.
@riceneuro.bsky.social Researcher Valentin Dragoi and his team found that visual cortex neurons can learn and replay complex timing patterns after repeated light stimulation, providing clues to how our brains extract and reproduce temporal regularities from a wide range of sensory inputs.
July 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@riceneuro.bsky.social Researcher Valentin Dragoi and his team found that visual cortex neurons can learn and replay complex timing patterns after repeated light stimulation, providing clues to how our brains extract and reproduce temporal regularities from a wide range of sensory inputs.
A recent study out in @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social from @jerzyszablowski.bsky.social lab builds on their RMA platform as a cost-efficient, noninvasive tool that, "enables sensitive, multiplexed, and repeatable measurements of gene expression in the brain with a blood test."
More: bit.ly/3ZygaW9
More: bit.ly/3ZygaW9
June 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A recent study out in @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social from @jerzyszablowski.bsky.social lab builds on their RMA platform as a cost-efficient, noninvasive tool that, "enables sensitive, multiplexed, and repeatable measurements of gene expression in the brain with a blood test."
More: bit.ly/3ZygaW9
More: bit.ly/3ZygaW9
🎉An incredible honor that acknowledges the stellar work that Dr. Marcia O'Malley and the generations of MAHI lab students have contributed to this field. Congratulations! 🎉
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O’Malley named a winner of the 11th Nagamori Award | George R. Brown School of Engineering | Rice University
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June 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🎉An incredible honor that acknowledges the stellar work that Dr. Marcia O'Malley and the generations of MAHI lab students have contributed to this field. Congratulations! 🎉
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By recording motor cortical activity, researchers from @riceneuro.bsky.social, @stanfordbrain.bsky.social , and other key institutes found that multi-finger movements are represented in the brain using a pseudo-linear summation of individual finger movements.
Read more: go.nature.com/4kUVuzz
Read more: go.nature.com/4kUVuzz
Pseudo-linear summation explains neural geometry of multi-finger movements in human premotor cortex - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show that Intracortical recordings in human motor cortex during attempted multi-finger movements reveal a largely linear code with two violations: magnitude normalization and greater...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
By recording motor cortical activity, researchers from @riceneuro.bsky.social, @stanfordbrain.bsky.social , and other key institutes found that multi-finger movements are represented in the brain using a pseudo-linear summation of individual finger movements.
Read more: go.nature.com/4kUVuzz
Read more: go.nature.com/4kUVuzz
A new review paper this week in Development @biologists.bsky.social from @riceneuro.bsky.social Butts Lab, explores the importance of the Notch signaling pathway in neurogenesis. (more)
May 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A new review paper this week in Development @biologists.bsky.social from @riceneuro.bsky.social Butts Lab, explores the importance of the Notch signaling pathway in neurogenesis. (more)