Spakers: Charlotte Boccara (Head of Group - Cortical Circuits Group, UiO) and Enrique Escobedo-Cousin (Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Digital)
Understanding how brain activity changes during development, sleep and disease requires us to observe the brain while animals behave as naturally as possible. Yet high-quality neural recordings still commonly rely on cables, bulky electronics or batteries that limit movement and the duration of experiments.
BrainChip brings together neuroscience and microsystems engineering to develop a miniature, wireless platform for long-term neural recording in freely moving rodents. The project combines high-density electrophysiology, low-power electronics, wireless data transmission and wireless power in a system small enough for use in young animals. Ultimately, the aim is to enable repeated recordings across much longer periods of an animal's life, providing a continuous view of how neural activity develops rather than isolated snapshots at different ages.
In this talk, we will present the scientific motivation behind BrainChip, the engineering challenges of shrinking a complete neural-recording system onto an animal's head, and what we have learned from bringing neuroscience and microtechnology together.
Brainchip is an interdisciplinary project at UiO funded by the Norwegian research council to develop a wireless device for long-term recordings and manipulations of brain activity in rodents.
BrainChip - Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
On one Friday each month, speakers from Norwegian startup communities and research institutions are invited to share their knowledge on microchips, semiconductors, and sensors.
The goal of this series is to create a meeting place for everyone interested in advanced microchip and sensor technology in Norway. Coffee and Chips gives companies the opportunity to promote their work, while researchers can share insights into the latest developments in their fields.
Hosts: Forskningsparken and CC-NorChip, SINTEF and the University of Oslo