Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
@riceneuro.bsky.social
The Rice Neuroengineering Initiative is a collaborative multidisciplinary program that brings together the brightest minds in neuroscience, engineering, and related fields to improve lives by restoring and extending the capabilities of the human brain.
Researchers from the joint @riceneuro.bsky.social and Houston Methodist Center for Neural Systems Restoration recently developed an approach to noninvasively measure CSF dynamics along blood vessels using advanced MRI and image processing techniques.
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Researchers from the joint @riceneuro.bsky.social and Houston Methodist Center for Neural Systems Restoration recently developed an approach to noninvasively measure CSF dynamics along blood vessels using advanced MRI and image processing techniques.
Traditional implantable devices with more electrodes also entail more wires and invasive surgeries. A new system from Robinson Lab offers a distributed network where implants are individually programmable and respond to unique digital instructions from a single transmitter.
bit.ly/4pTHIAS
bit.ly/4pTHIAS
September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Traditional implantable devices with more electrodes also entail more wires and invasive surgeries. A new system from Robinson Lab offers a distributed network where implants are individually programmable and respond to unique digital instructions from a single transmitter.
bit.ly/4pTHIAS
bit.ly/4pTHIAS
A wonderful write-up in the Fall Rice Research Review outlining a few of our initiatives' ongoing projects in the areas of neural recording, synthetic serum biomarkers, and other brain research from the NEI and across campus.
Read more: bit.ly/4gMWrsQ
Read more: bit.ly/4gMWrsQ
September 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A wonderful write-up in the Fall Rice Research Review outlining a few of our initiatives' ongoing projects in the areas of neural recording, synthetic serum biomarkers, and other brain research from the NEI and across campus.
Read more: bit.ly/4gMWrsQ
Read more: bit.ly/4gMWrsQ
This week's Engineering Minds Seminar welcomes Dr. Nanshu Lu from the @cockrellschool.bsky.social . Dr. Lu will present her lab's work developing a breakthrough e-tattoo technology that leverages automated, on-scalp non-contact printing of PEDOT: PSS-based conductive inks.
September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This week's Engineering Minds Seminar welcomes Dr. Nanshu Lu from the @cockrellschool.bsky.social . Dr. Lu will present her lab's work developing a breakthrough e-tattoo technology that leverages automated, on-scalp non-contact printing of PEDOT: PSS-based conductive inks.
Tomorrow, Dr. Bozhi Tian will discuss how his lab is expanding the frontier of electrophysiological modulation and biosensing. We look forward to his visit and discussions with our faculty and students!
September 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tomorrow, Dr. Bozhi Tian will discuss how his lab is expanding the frontier of electrophysiological modulation and biosensing. We look forward to his visit and discussions with our faculty and students!
Congratulations @riceneuro.bsky.social member Jessica Butts, who was funded by @apdaparkinsons.bsky.social to use
a new model that identifies and characterizes neurons in a part of the brainstem vulnerable to PD progression called the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg).
More: bit.ly/488vXjf
a new model that identifies and characterizes neurons in a part of the brainstem vulnerable to PD progression called the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg).
More: bit.ly/488vXjf
September 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Congratulations @riceneuro.bsky.social member Jessica Butts, who was funded by @apdaparkinsons.bsky.social to use
a new model that identifies and characterizes neurons in a part of the brainstem vulnerable to PD progression called the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg).
More: bit.ly/488vXjf
a new model that identifies and characterizes neurons in a part of the brainstem vulnerable to PD progression called the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg).
More: bit.ly/488vXjf
More funding news last month includes a collaborative grant between Chong Xie and Lan Luan from @riceneuro.bsky.social and Samuel Pfaff from @salkinstitute.bsky.social on a $750K grant, "Recording Spinal Neural Activity Across Genetic Classes During Hindlimb Motor Behaviors." 🎉
September 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
More funding news last month includes a collaborative grant between Chong Xie and Lan Luan from @riceneuro.bsky.social and Samuel Pfaff from @salkinstitute.bsky.social on a $750K grant, "Recording Spinal Neural Activity Across Genetic Classes During Hindlimb Motor Behaviors." 🎉
Congratulations @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social from
@bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social and @riceneuro.bsky.social
who is the recipient of a $3.7m R01 award from NIH/NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation."🎉
@bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social and @riceneuro.bsky.social
who is the recipient of a $3.7m R01 award from NIH/NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation."🎉
September 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Congratulations @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social from
@bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social and @riceneuro.bsky.social
who is the recipient of a $3.7m R01 award from NIH/NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation."🎉
@bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social and @riceneuro.bsky.social
who is the recipient of a $3.7m R01 award from NIH/NIMH for her project, "Neurophysiological investigation of the approach-avoidance axis in OCD: applications to neuromodulation."🎉
@riceneuro.bsky.social will again host a Neuro section at #GCURS 2025 here at Rice University. Undergraduate research in all fields of neuroengineering and neuroscience are welcome to apply. Christina Tringides, Scott Keene, David Lipshutz, Nishal Shah will be our 2025 faculty mentors.
August 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@riceneuro.bsky.social will again host a Neuro section at #GCURS 2025 here at Rice University. Undergraduate research in all fields of neuroengineering and neuroscience are welcome to apply. Christina Tringides, Scott Keene, David Lipshutz, Nishal Shah will be our 2025 faculty mentors.
New and junior researchers at Rice University and TX Medical Center affiliates are invited to register for our Fall NeuroNetworking event next month! It is a great opportunity to make new contacts in the fields of brain research and pitch your own lab's interests.
July 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New and junior researchers at Rice University and TX Medical Center affiliates are invited to register for our Fall NeuroNetworking event next month! It is a great opportunity to make new contacts in the fields of brain research and pitch your own lab's interests.
@riceneuro.bsky.social Researcher Valentin Dragoi and his team found that visual cortex neurons can learn and replay complex timing patterns after repeated light stimulation, providing clues to how our brains extract and reproduce temporal regularities from a wide range of sensory inputs.
July 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@riceneuro.bsky.social Researcher Valentin Dragoi and his team found that visual cortex neurons can learn and replay complex timing patterns after repeated light stimulation, providing clues to how our brains extract and reproduce temporal regularities from a wide range of sensory inputs.
A recent study out in @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social from @jerzyszablowski.bsky.social lab builds on their RMA platform as a cost-efficient, noninvasive tool that, "enables sensitive, multiplexed, and repeatable measurements of gene expression in the brain with a blood test."
More: bit.ly/3ZygaW9
More: bit.ly/3ZygaW9
June 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A recent study out in @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social from @jerzyszablowski.bsky.social lab builds on their RMA platform as a cost-efficient, noninvasive tool that, "enables sensitive, multiplexed, and repeatable measurements of gene expression in the brain with a blood test."
More: bit.ly/3ZygaW9
More: bit.ly/3ZygaW9
A new review paper this week in Development @biologists.bsky.social from @riceneuro.bsky.social Butts Lab, explores the importance of the Notch signaling pathway in neurogenesis. (more)
May 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A new review paper this week in Development @biologists.bsky.social from @riceneuro.bsky.social Butts Lab, explores the importance of the Notch signaling pathway in neurogenesis. (more)
As part of Brain Tumor Awareness Month, "Meeting of the Minds" is focusing on advancements in brain cancer research, showcasing the many promises that are on the horizon @mdanderson.bsky.social, @riceneuro.bsky.social, and @uthealthhouston.bsky.social. Register here: bit.ly/43t5Pgm #GrayMay
May 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
As part of Brain Tumor Awareness Month, "Meeting of the Minds" is focusing on advancements in brain cancer research, showcasing the many promises that are on the horizon @mdanderson.bsky.social, @riceneuro.bsky.social, and @uthealthhouston.bsky.social. Register here: bit.ly/43t5Pgm #GrayMay
Had a wonderful time this week at #InterfaceNeuro in Atlanta as did our many students who presented posters! Congratulations @gt-neuro.bsky.social and everyone who helped to make this event a success!
May 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Had a wonderful time this week at #InterfaceNeuro in Atlanta as did our many students who presented posters! Congratulations @gt-neuro.bsky.social and everyone who helped to make this event a success!
Day one of Rice-TMC Ecosystem Health Innovations conference in the books! Looking forward to day two at TMC Helix Park. Thanks to the Rice ENRICH Office for putting on this incredible event! If you're attending tomorrow, stop by our booth and say hello!
April 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Day one of Rice-TMC Ecosystem Health Innovations conference in the books! Looking forward to day two at TMC Helix Park. Thanks to the Rice ENRICH Office for putting on this incredible event! If you're attending tomorrow, stop by our booth and say hello!
@riceneuro.bsky.social researcher Scott Keene @scottkeene.bsky.social and colleagues from Stanford University and Cambridge University show how a new understanding of PEDOT: PSS polymers can make bioelectronic devices easier and more reliable to manufacture.
Read more: bit.ly/4iFoGcE
Read more: bit.ly/4iFoGcE
April 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@riceneuro.bsky.social researcher Scott Keene @scottkeene.bsky.social and colleagues from Stanford University and Cambridge University show how a new understanding of PEDOT: PSS polymers can make bioelectronic devices easier and more reliable to manufacture.
Read more: bit.ly/4iFoGcE
Read more: bit.ly/4iFoGcE
@riceuniversity.bsky.social Magazine's spring issue features @riceneuro.bsky.social and @cpritt.bsky.social investigator Christina Tringides and her work applying hydrogel-based electrodes to improve outcomes during complex brain cancer surgeries. Read more:
magazine.rice.edu/spring-2025/...
magazine.rice.edu/spring-2025/...
April 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@riceuniversity.bsky.social Magazine's spring issue features @riceneuro.bsky.social and @cpritt.bsky.social investigator Christina Tringides and her work applying hydrogel-based electrodes to improve outcomes during complex brain cancer surgeries. Read more:
magazine.rice.edu/spring-2025/...
magazine.rice.edu/spring-2025/...
Congratulations to @riceneuro.bsky.social researcher
@jerzyszablowski.bsky.social for being selected as the inaugural recipient of The Dr. Joe G. Hollyfield New Investigator Award for Macular Degeneration Research from the #BrightFocusFoundation. (More)
@jerzyszablowski.bsky.social for being selected as the inaugural recipient of The Dr. Joe G. Hollyfield New Investigator Award for Macular Degeneration Research from the #BrightFocusFoundation. (More)
April 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations to @riceneuro.bsky.social researcher
@jerzyszablowski.bsky.social for being selected as the inaugural recipient of The Dr. Joe G. Hollyfield New Investigator Award for Macular Degeneration Research from the #BrightFocusFoundation. (More)
@jerzyszablowski.bsky.social for being selected as the inaugural recipient of The Dr. Joe G. Hollyfield New Investigator Award for Macular Degeneration Research from the #BrightFocusFoundation. (More)
🎉Today, we celebrate #WorldEngineeringDay 2025 by taking a moment to recognize the outstanding achievements of our core investigators who are advancing innovation in brain health. 2024 has been a year of growth in so many areas of our research and we look forward to 2025 and beyond! 🎉
March 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🎉Today, we celebrate #WorldEngineeringDay 2025 by taking a moment to recognize the outstanding achievements of our core investigators who are advancing innovation in brain health. 2024 has been a year of growth in so many areas of our research and we look forward to 2025 and beyond! 🎉
Insightful and informative presentations on neuroethics, society, and health policy at last week's Meeting of the Minds event. Thank you to @danafoundation.bsky.social VP for Neuroscience and Society Khara Ramos and @bcmhouston.bsky.social ethics and policy researcher Amy McGuire for joining us.
February 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Insightful and informative presentations on neuroethics, society, and health policy at last week's Meeting of the Minds event. Thank you to @danafoundation.bsky.social VP for Neuroscience and Society Khara Ramos and @bcmhouston.bsky.social ethics and policy researcher Amy McGuire for joining us.
Just under two weeks until our #MeetingoftheMinds NeuroNetworking event on neuro-ethics and health policy with guests Dr. Khara Ramos from @danafoundation.bsky.social and Dr. Amy McGuire from BCM Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy.
Learn more and register: enrich.rice.edu/meeting-minds
Learn more and register: enrich.rice.edu/meeting-minds
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Just under two weeks until our #MeetingoftheMinds NeuroNetworking event on neuro-ethics and health policy with guests Dr. Khara Ramos from @danafoundation.bsky.social and Dr. Amy McGuire from BCM Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy.
Learn more and register: enrich.rice.edu/meeting-minds
Learn more and register: enrich.rice.edu/meeting-minds
Today we welcome our friend, Dr. Kara Marshall, from BCM Neuroscience to share her latest research on how our brains sense mechanical forces within the body. Read more: events.rice.edu/event/398884...
January 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today we welcome our friend, Dr. Kara Marshall, from BCM Neuroscience to share her latest research on how our brains sense mechanical forces within the body. Read more: events.rice.edu/event/398884...