We are excited to announce our first Sandpit for the Bionics+ network. This will be our first opportunity to really push the boundaries of our work, a chance to create real cross-disciplinary collaborations that will explore and develop novel ideas.
Meet the team: The Bioengineering Inaugural Lecture of Professor Rylie Green
Professor Rylie Green delivers her inaugural lecture detailing her career in polymer bioelectronics. Evolution of a cyborg: Bionic eyes, ears, spines and brains.The cyborg – part human and part machine – is a science fiction construct that has been realised across recent
Bionics+: 1st funding call
We are happy to announce our first open call for funding which is open to all eligible network members (make sure you are registered as a network member so that you are able to apply – use the contact us
Meet the team: Dr Kia Nazarpour
In the next few newsletters, we will be highlighting members of the Bionics+ team, and their work, this month we start with Kia. I am Kia Nazarpour. I am an academic with the University of Edinburgh. I hold an EPSRC
Restoring and Extending the Human Brain, 12-13 May 2022
This event at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA, may be of interest to you. This in-person two day event will include five sessions with topics including: Noninvasive Neuromodulation, Translational Neuroengineering, Decoding & Modulation of Human Language, Functional Imaging, and
The 44th Annual Intl. Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Glasgow, 11-15 July, 2022
This year the annual EMBC conference will be taking place in Glasgow, UK – where our very own Prof. Christopher James will be the Conference Chair. This conference is themed: “Biomedical Engineering transforming the provision of healthcare: promoting wellness through
EDI advisory group
We are looking to start our EDI advisory group and are still looking for committee members. If you would like to be part of the EDI committee then please get in touch. We are planning to have our first meeting
Bionic Eyes in the News
Moorfields Eye Hospital has done the UK’s first bionic eye transplant (timeout.com) We thought you might be interested in the following article about “the UK’s first bionic eye transplant”, Prof Green from the executive team comments below: Moorfields have implanted
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
EDI is at the heart of our Bionics+ Network, and we have our very own EDI officer who will ensure all we do is to the betterment of all. Professor Helen Dawes, from the University of Exeter, is our EDI