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SUMMARY:DLN: Interfacing the output of the human spinal cord\, Prof Farina
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dario Farina\nAlpha motor neurons receive synaptic input
 s that they convert into the neural drive to muscles. Therefore\, the stud
 y of the behaviour of motor neurons provides a window into the neural code
  for movement generation. The spiking activity of motor neurons can be ide
 ntified from recordings of electrical activity of muscles using either wea
 rable (non-invasive) or minimally invasive sensors. Using these technologi
 es\, motor neurons are the only neural cells whose individual activities c
 an be studied in humans during natural behaviour\, without the need for ne
 ural implants. This provides a practical interface with the output of the 
 spinal cord. The talk will overview the technology for motor neuron interf
 acing\, its use in the study of the neural control of movement\, and its p
 otential for neural interfacing in neuroprosthetic applications.\n\n\n\nDa
 rio Farina\, Professor and Chair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering\, Depa
 rtment of Bioengineering\, Imperial College London\, London\, UK\nDario Fa
 rina received Ph.D. degrees in automatic control and computer science and 
 in electronics and communications engineering from the Ecole Centrale de N
 antes\, Nantes\, France\, and Politecnico di Torino\, Italy\, in 2001 and 
 2002\, respectively\, and an Honorary Doctorate degree in Medicine from Aa
 lborg University\, Denmark\, in 2018. He is currently Full Professor and C
 hair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering at the Department of Bioengineerin
 g of Imperial College London\, UK. He has previously been Full Professor a
 t Aalborg University\, Aalborg\, Denmark\, (until 2010) and at the Univers
 ity Medical Center Göttingen\, Georg-August University\, Germany\, where 
 he founded and directed the Department of Neurorehabilitation Systems (201
 0-2016). Among other awards\, he has been the recipient of the IEEE Engine
 ering in Medicine and Biology Society Early Career Achievement Award (2010
 )\, The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2016)\, and has been e
 lected Distinguished Lecturer IEEE (2014). He has also received continuous
  funding by the European Research Council since 2011. His research focuses
  on biomedical signal processing\, neurorehabilitation technology\, and ne
 ural control of movement. Professor Farina has been the President of the I
 nternational Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK) (2012-201
 4) and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the official Journal of this So
 ciety\, the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. He is also curren
 tly an Editor for Science Advances\, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engin
 eering\, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics\, Wearable Tech
 nologies\, the Journal of Physiology\, and IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engi
 neering. Professor Farina has been elected Fellow IEEE\, AIMBE\, ISEK\, EA
 MBES.\n 
LOCATION:By Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/j/86392655912
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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