Integrated Bioelectronic Medicine Laboratory

Dr. Benjamin Johnson became the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Chair! Congrats Ben!

Morgan and Ant presented their work at the ACS Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM) in Boise, ID! 

Topher Turme has joined the group as an Undergraduate Research Student. Welcome!

Ike Livesay has joined the group as an Undergraduate Research Student. Welcome!

Ant was awarded the IEEE IMS Graduate Fellowship Award! Award link 

Francis and Ant presented posters at the Graduate Student Showcase. Francis's poster won the Electrical Engineering Department Award, and Ant's poster won the Top Honor Award!

Congratulations to Francis for successfully passing his dissertation proposal!

Morgan, Francis, and Ant presented posters at the IEEE Workshop for Microelectronic Devices (WMED) in Boise, ID. Morgan's poster won first place and Ant's poster won second place!

Morgan and Ant presented their work at the 2nd annual Neuroscience Day at Boise State University (Boise, ID). Morgan's poster won first place for Post-doctoral research, and Ant's poster won first place for Graduate student reserach!

Morgan accepted a postdoctoral researcher position with the IBML lab to continue neural interface and selective stimulation research! 

Hauna Huck has joined the group as an Undergraduate Research Student. Welcome!

Trevor completed his undergraduate studies and accepted a position at Marvell. Congratulations!

Morgan successfully defended her PhD thesis! Congrats, Dr. Riley!

Ant presented his work at the IEEE BioCAS Conference in Abu Dabi, UAE! 

The Integrated Bioelectronic Medicine Lab receives funding from the NSF through the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) to explore how brain-like structures grown in the lab (brain organoids) can be trained to control muscles, seeking to offer a new and efficient way to perform tasks that challenge today’s computers! The project is in collaboration with BSU professors Gunes Uzer, Clare Fitzpatrick, and Don Winiecki . NSF link. News link. 

Morgan presented her work at the IEEE BioSensors Conference in San Diego, CA. Her presentation won second place Best Lecture!

Morgan presented her work at the IEEE EMBC Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark!

Ethan Carlson has joined the group as an Undergraduate Research Student. Welcome!

Ty completed his undergraduate studies and accepted a position at Micron. Congratulations!

Morgan, Francis, and Ant presented posters at the Graduate Student Showcase. Ant's poster won the Top Honor Award!

Morgan, Francis, and Ant presented posters at the IEEE Workshop for Microelectronic Devices (WMED) in Boise, ID. Ant's poster won first place!

Congratulations to Morgan for successfully passing her dissertation proposal!

Morgan presented her work at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Chicago!

Morgan and Tala's paper on spatially-selective nerve stimulation was published! Read the paper here.

Mehdi and Tala presented their work MWSCAS 2024 in Springfield, MA.

Morgan and Francis presented posters at the Graduate Student Showcase.

Ant was accepted into the PhD program! He will start this summer.

Ben's paper on intrinsic gamma oscillation in the olfactory bulb was published in the Journal of Neurophysiology. Read the paper here. 

Morgan and Francis presented posters at the IEEE Workshop for Microelectronic Devices (WMED). Morgan's poster won first place!

Tala successfully defended his PhD thesis! Congrats, Dr. Tala!

Despite the protests, Ben was promoted to Associate Professor

Ty Pfost has joined the group as an Undergraduate Research Student. Welcome!

Trevor received an INBRE Fellowship for the summer! He will work on time-to-digital converters for DNA memory and wireless impulse communication. 

Mehdi successfully defended his PhD thesis! Congrats, Dr. Bandali!

Read the BSU press release on the NIH COBRE award here. Sadly, I missed picture day. COBRE = Center of Biomedical Research Excellence

Read the BSU press release on the NSF CAREER award here.

Morgan gave excellent, back-to-back presentations at EMBC 2023 in Sydney, Australia! Tala, Mehdi, and Katie were co-authors. 

Mehdi and Tala presented their work at ISCAS 2023 in Monterey, CA. They both received awards from the NSF for their work!

Trivia Master Ant Lakatos and Trumpeter Trevor Pratt have joined the group as undergraduate researchers. Welcome!

Morgan, Tala, and Mehdi had two papers accepted for presentation at EMBC 2023 in Sydney! Morgan will present the work in July.

Morgan presented at the Graduate Student Showcase at BSU!

Mehdi and Tala presented their work at ISCAS 2023 in Monterey, CA. They both received awards from the NSF for their work!

Mehdi received the Martin Luther King / Meredyth Burns Scholarship and the Brian J. Bergquist Student Leadership Scholarship for his outstanding service and contributions to human rights. Congrats, Mehdi!

Ben received the CAREER award from the NSF for selective neural implants! NSF link

Mehdi and Tala each had papers accepted for presentation at ISCAS 2023 in Monterey, CA. Congrats!

Francis Mokogwu has joined the group as a PhD Student. Welcome!

The Integrated Bioelectronic Medicine Lab receives funding from the NSF through the SemiSynBio-III Program to develop scalable, 3D nucleic acid memory! The project is in collaboration with BSU professors Tim Anderson and Eric Hayden. NSF link

Morgan Riley has joined the group as a PhD Student. Welcome!