Axel Blau

TL;DR: A hybrid real-time processing engine and control system that consists of living, electronic, and simulated components to study how information is processed and encoded in living cultured neuronal networks by interfacing them to a computer-generated animal, the Neurally-Controlled Animat, within a virtual world.

TL;DR: A new biochip consisting of an array of microelectrodes with fully-integrated analog and digital circuitry realized in an industrial CMOS process addresses signal degradation and array size issues, thereby facilitating simultaneous stimulation and recording of electrogenic cell activity.

TL;DR: The bendable, somewhat stretchable, non-cytotoxic and biostable all-polymer microelectrode arrays (polyMEAs) with a thickness below 500 μm and up to 60 electrodes reliably capture action potentials and local field potentials from acute preparations of heart muscle cells and retinal whole mounts, in vivo epicortical and epidural recordings as well as during long-term in vitro recordings from cortico-hippocampal co-cultures.

TL;DR: A CMOS metal-electrode-based micro system for bidirectional communication (stimulation and recording) with neuronal cells in vitro is presented, which overcomes the interconnect challenge that limits today's biddirectional microelectro de arrays.

TL;DR: The optimization of the impedance behavior of implantable electrode arrays with via holes allows for simultaneous nerve stimulation and signal recording and may eventually lead to devices driving sensory motor prosthesis with closed loop control.