Heading to #BMES2025 in San Diego to present our work on astrocyte–MXene interactions 🧠

📅 Sat, Oct 11 | 🕐 12:45 PM | 📍 Room 29D

If you’re attending, feel free to DM me - I would love to connect!

doi.org/10.1002/admi...

This paper shows robust viability and preserved astrocyte morphology and calcium activity after Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene exposure. We establish a baseline of glial biocompatibility, expanding MXene research beyond neurons and paving the way for astrocyte-targeted bioelectronics ⚡️
doi.org/10.1002/admi.202500261

✨ I am beyond thrilled to share that our new paper has just been published in 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴!

This work —my first PhD project and an exciting milestone in this journey— presents the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘆𝘁𝗲–𝗠𝗫𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/admi...

Huge thanks to @pintofscience.us & the Philly organizers for a fantastic (and sold out!) night of science in the pub! 🧠🍻 I spoke on the future of brain implants, #neurotech, and why science communication matters more than ever. #SciComm #SciPol #SciDip

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This work wouldn’t have been possible without my incredible co-authors Raghav Garg, Eugenia Angelopoulos, D. Kacy Cullen & Flavia Vitale – I’m deeply grateful for their insights, guidance, and support!

Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

@naturecomms.bsky.social @ragarg.bsky.social 🙏

We discuss:
🔹Advances in tissue-like bioelectronics, from soft to biohybrid and all-living platforms
🔹How cell-containing technologies are redefining neural interfaces
🔹Key terminology for this emerging field
🔹Challenges in clinical translation & future directions

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Neural interfaces are evolving toward bio-inspired designs for better integration and function. From soft bioelectronics to biohybrid neural interfaces and all-living solutions, our review maps this growing field and how biologically active technologies reshape neural interfaces.

📢 My first first-author paper, 𝗕𝗶𝗼-𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀: 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁, 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗵𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 “𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀, is now published in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴! 🧠⚡

📖 Read it here www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#bioinspired #bioelectronics #neuroengineering #biohybrid #neuralinterfaces #science #PhD #research

I had an idea way back in college which I've long thought could be, in many ways, the ultimate BCI technology. What if instead of using electrodes, we used biological neurons embedded in electronics to communicate with the brain?

Enter biohybrid neural interfaces: science.xyz/news/biohybr...