Megan McDonnell wins President’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)

Megan McDonnell, a BME freshman conducting research in the Stanley Lab since January 2018 was awarded a PURA Salary Award, which will allow her to continue her work on the anatomical and functional correlates of the sense of touch during the summer. Find out more about the PURA here

Stanley Lab participates in Science.Art.Wonder

Olivia Cox, a Georgia Tech freshman paired with Aurélie Pala, a postdoc in the Stanley Lab, to create two paintings, entitled “Tickle” and “Optogenetics” illustrating her current research. The project started in the fall of 2017 as part of the Science.Art.Wonder intiative and culminated in a showcase at the Atlanta … More Stanley Lab participates in Science.Art.Wonder

Poster & Workshop at COSYNE 2018

Friday March 2nd 2018 Adam Willats will present his work on state-aware control at Poster II-38 State-aware control of neural activity: design & analysis. Adam Willats, Michael Bolus, Clarissa Whitmire, Garrett Stanley, Christopher Rozell Tuesday March 6th 2018 Garrett Stanley and Christopher Rozell will host a workshop on closed-loop control … More Poster & Workshop at COSYNE 2018

Stanley Laboratory Awarded New $1.9M NIH-NINDS BRAIN Initiative Award!

The laboratory of Prof. Garrett Stanley in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University was awarded a 5 year, $1.9M grant through the “BRAIN Initiative: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Projects – TargetedBCP” program. The title of the project is “Thalamocortical state control of tactile sensing: Mechanisms, Models, … More Stanley Laboratory Awarded New $1.9M NIH-NINDS BRAIN Initiative Award!

Aurélie Pala awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Advanced Postdoc Mobility Fellowship

Aurélie Pala, a postdoc in the Stanley Lab was awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Advanced Postdoc Mobility Fellowship for her project entitled “The Neuronal Correlates and Computations underlying Bilateral Tactile Perception”. The fellowship will provide funding for 1.5 years and will enable her to pursue her research on … More Aurélie Pala awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Advanced Postdoc Mobility Fellowship