A new R01 grant was recently awarded to the Oweiss lab to design and build a fully implantable, wireless and distributed interface to the cortex. The grant, funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke under the Neuroprosthesis program, seeks to build the first-ever large-scale interface to the cortex of awake, freely behaving subjects to continuously monitor brain activity at exceedingly high temporal and spatial resolutions, thereby characterizing the activity of individual neurons in subjects carrying out normal daily life functions. The impact of this technology will enable understanding many aspects of how our brain works as well as improving our understanding of many neurological diseases and disorders in subjects at a scale not possible with state-of-the-art functional brain imaging technology such as functional MRI. To learn more about this project, click here.