Neural Implant podcast - the people behind Brain-Machine Interface revolutions

Ana Maria Porras is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida working on human-microorganism interactions and science communication especially in different languages.  ***This podcast is sponsored by Ripple Neuro, check out their Neuroscience Research Tools here*** Top 3 Takeaways: "Sometimes we see science communication as a way to convince more people to work in STEM but I think it's i...

Giacomo Valle is a post-doc researcher at ETH Zurich working in the Neuroengineering Lab to find tools for neurologically disabled amputees and diabetic persons. They look at how to decode from devices and what that would look like for the development of new devices. ***This podcast is sponsored by Ripple Neuro, check out their Neuroscience Research Tools here*** Top 3 Takeaways: "We're working on...

Jotthe Kannappan is an associate at Intuitive Ventures which is all about converging robotic systems, digital tools, and clinical needs in search of new ways to understand, diagnose, treat and manage disease. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services here*** Top 3 Takeaways: "It's not about rejection. It's about enabling the best possible fit betwe...

Benjamin Stecher runs a blog called the Tomorrow Edition where he talks about his battle with Parkinson's disease. He has been implanted with a Deep Brain Stimulator an is also on the patient advisory board of Rune Labs where he gives them a perspective from the patient's point of view. ***This podcast is sponsored by Ripple Neuro, check out their Neuroscience Research Tools here*** Top 3 Takeaway...

Dr Melanie Ecker is a professor at the University of North Texas focusing on smart polymers for biomedical applications. She has worked on conformal and biocompatible neural devices to study the electrophysiology of the enteric nervous system. ***This podcast is sponsored by Ripple Neuro, check out their Neuroscience Research Tools here*** Top 3 Takeaways: The neurons in the gut-brain axis have no...

Dima Gazda is the CEO and founder of Esper Bionics which is a company that makes a prosthetic arm that gains abilities overtime with you. They plan to use this 'simple' neurotech solution to springboard them solve other larger neurotech problems. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services here*** Top 3 Takeaways:  We are building an ecosystem and wi...

Lindsay Hartland partners with Neuromodulation Device company Owners, Leaders, and Investors across the US & Europe to source the talent they need in order to succeed with Hanison Green Ltd. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services here*** Top 3 Takeaways:  Sometimes it's better to not hire somebody but rather have a part-time position or even hav...

Anuj Bhardwaj is the CEO of SecondWave Systems which is a wearable ultrasound noninvasive therapy especially for suppressing chronic inflammation and pain signals. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services here*** Top 3 Takeaways:  "We're going to use a disposable coupling component that a patient uses to adhere this and couple it to the body for 1...

Giovanni Lauricella is the cofounder and managing partner at Lifeblood Capital where they find people, money and insight for MedTech startup companies. Giovanni comes on a second time to talk about how to find investment for neurotech startups ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services here*** Top 3 Takeaways: "If you take bad money it could really...

Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz is an author, researcher, and speaker who is the author of " Your Life Depends on It: What you can do to make better choices about your health " which is a book about medical decision making. She talks about the data generated from neuro devices and what patients can do with it. ***This podcast is sponsored by Ripple Neuro, check out their Neuroscience Research Tools here***...

Dr Josh Siegle is a senior scientist working at the Allen Institute working on large-scale electrophysiology using tools like the Neuropixels probe. He is also heavily involved in the design and distribution of Open Ephys which is an open-source electrophysiology tool. ***This podcast is sponsored by Ripple Neuro, check out their Neuroscience Research Tools here*** Top three takeaways: "The dark m...

Andy Cornwell is a return guest on the show and he is the Associate Director of the Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He is currently putting together the second Cleveland Neuro Design Entrepreneurs Workshop. The deadline to submit is June 30th. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, che...

Evan Coopersmith is the galactic head of admonishment and also executive vice president of data science at Agency Enterprise Studio . There they do contract work for machine learning in neuroscience and neurotech.   ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services  here*** Top 3 Takeaways: "One of the arguments I've often made is that it isn't only the ha...

Kirill Korotaev is the CEO and founder of Purple Gaze which is an AI Platform for collecting data from the brain using eye movements. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services here*** Top 3 Takeaways: "There wasn't any significant innovation in the eye tracking technology for the last 15 years. And we thought that if we use modern computer vision a...

E.J. Chichilnisky is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology at Stanford University. His research has focused on understanding the spatiotemporal patterns of electrical activity in the retina that convey visual information to the brain, and their origins in retinal circuitry, using large-scale multi-electrode recordings. His ongoing work now focuses on using basic science knowledge along wit...

Duane Mancini is the host of the Project Medtech Podcast which talks about Medtech Device industry. They talk about the success storiies, advice, pitfalls, trends and more. Duane also helps run Project Medtech which accelerates medical technology to improve patient lives. Finally, Duane and Giovanni Lauricella have started the Medtech Money podcast about how to raise money for medtech companies. T...

Brock Lindsey and Jack Gelman are researchers at West Virginia University. Brock is an orthopedic oncologist who deals with bone and muscle tumors. Jack is a plastic surgeon interested in peripheral nerve surgery. Together they work on targeted muscle reinnervation in osseoimplants to bring back control for amputees. Top 3 Takeaways: Integrating prosthetics into the bone allows for better bone hea...

A few weeks ago the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) published an article based on a Freedom of Information request to look at the records of animals involved in trials at Elon Musk's Neuralink company. PCRM alleges that 15/23 monkeys used in the experiments have died and that they have been treated poorly. In a rare move from a Musk company, Neuralink published a rebuttal blog...

Karandeep Singh Badwal is a Quality and Regulatory Affairs Consultant in the field of Medical Devices. He is also the host of the MedTech Podcast where he talks to leaders in the field of Medical Technologies Top 3 Takeaways: "Once you understand your product, who's going to be using it, you can then build a risk assessment around that. But if you do not know what your product is, and you do not k...

Adam Sefler and Radhika Gupta head up NTX Services which is a distinct for-profit entity affiliated with the non-profit NeuroTechX. They offer consulting and recruitment services with the vision to aid in the commercialization of neurotechnology at a global scale.   Top 3 Takeaways: "Our projects range from [client] projects coming right out of labs, to setting up a whole new division for a larger...

Mark Domyahn is a partner at JD Lymon where they help companies develop healthcare strategies. They help companies understand their unique value proposition and optimize their market potential. Top 3 Takeaways:  "the FDA writes zero checks. They give you a license to hunt, but they don't guarantee you kill anything" "What I'm hearing more and more is the first question out of investor's mouth isn'...

Tim Marjenin is the Vice President of Neurology Regulatory Affairs at MCRA where he helps neurotech companies get through the challenges of being approved by the FDA. Tim has had over 16 years in the regulatory side of things before now advising the companies. Top 3 Takeaways:  "A big part of what I'm doing right now. It's trying to help them figure out, okay. What are you trying to do? How can I...

Arun Sridhar is a cohost of the Skraps podcast which talks about some of the behind-the-scenes stories in science and technology. JoJo Platt is the other cohost and she has been on the show before as well. Today, Arun and I are talking about the recently unveiled $9.8M Neuromod Prize which aims to reward those that are able to come up with a precisely controllable neuromodulation treatment. Arun t...

Scott Burwell is the founder and CEO of Neurotype which makes a portable EEG headset, the NeuromarkR, which quantifies brain physiological responses to possible triggers for people with Substance Use Disorder. This enables the recognition of brain biomarker targets for treatment and tracking changes over the course of recovery. Scott@neurotype.io. Top 3 Takeaways:  "What we're trying to do is use...

Jeremy Greenberg works for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum and has written a report about Privacy and the Connected Mind . The report is an extensive look into some of the challenges of privacy in the BCI space. Top 3 Takeaways: "A lot of the risks in this base really stem from the fact that neuro data is sensitive personal information. This is biological. It relates to mental privacy. These...