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Dr. Andra Velea @BEM Summit 2026

The SoMa team will be returning this year to the Bioelectronic Medicine Summit, which is held between Sept. 28-29, in New York, USA. This time, Dr. Andrada I. Velea will be traveling to represent our lab and present our group work on the topic of “Thermoplastic Polyurethane as a Novel, Versatile Material for Multimodal Neural…

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Niloufar Behzadpour presenting @FUN26

Our team member and PhD candidate Niloufar Behzadpour attended this year’s Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Conference held in Paris between July 22-24, 2026. Niloufar presented her poster “Developing an integrated in vitro platform for exploring multimodal interaction of low-intensity focused ultrasound and electrical stimulation” during the conference, enjoyed stimulating scientific discussions, and came back full of…

Somatic Circuits @ Festival der Zukunft

The SoMa Lab has been teaming up with the Circular Design Lab, media artist Marlot Meyer, and the curator Pierre Wolter (Gallery Art Claims Impulse) to form Somaric Circuits. This is a result of an arts&science project at the intersection of neuro-electronics and interactive media art, funded by the WKD programme of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in order to translate…

Best poster award for Dr. Christos Pavlou @2D-NL

The SoMa Lab was present this year at the 2D-NL Conference which was held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands between the 26 and 27 of May 2026. Our PI, Vasiliki Giagka, gave an invited talk on the topic of “Optically transparent neural interfaces based on transfer-free multilayer graphene”. Our postdoc, Dr. Christos Pavlou, presented his poster…

Vasiliki Giagka speaks at the Nature Conference on Flexible Electronics

Our PI, Vasiliki Giagka, travelled recently to Xi’an, China to give an invited talk at the 4th Nature Conference on Flexible Electronics – Transforming Technology for Human Health. Her talk “Conformal Neuroelectronics”, brought together everything our group at Deflt University of Technology and at Fraunhofer IZM has been working toward: soft, multimodal, neural interfaces that…

SoMa @ GRS/GRC Neuroelectronic Interfaces 2026

The SoMa Lab participated this year at the Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference on Neuroelectronic Interfaces. During GRS, Andrada Iulia Velea gave an oral presentation on the topic of Bimodal Neural Interfaces: Material Insights for the Seamless Operation across Electrical and Acoustic Domains. Our PI, Vasiliki Giagka, joined a panel to discuss “Navigating…

Interview with Bioelectronics Drop

Vasiliki Giagka was recently interviewed by Bioelectronics Drop as part of the new video series Bioelectronics Talk, which features leading researchers in biomedical engineering. In this interview, she talked about research, neuroelectronics, the European neurotechnology landscape and more. The interview is available on Youtube and Spotify and we hope you will enjoy it as much…

Talk @ MRS in Boston

Vasiliki Giagka recently returned to MRS in Boston, where she kicked off a session on neuroelectronic interfaces with a talk on robust and conformal hybrid electronics. In addition, the group’s work NanoBlooms was selected among the 50 finalists of the Science as Art competition. These beautiful blooms were created during a Friday afternoon experiment of…

Best poster presenter award for Niloufar Behzadpour during the INTENSE and DBI2 joint retreat

In November 2025, the DBI2 consortium organised a joint retreat together with the INTENSE project and the SoMa Lab was present! Vasiliki Giagka gave a Keynote talk during the INTENSE project retreat on the topic of Conformal Neural Interfaces for Chronic Applications, and Niloufar Behzadpour won the best poster presenter award! Congratulations, Niloufar! Over three…

IZM @ COMPAMED2025

Andrada Velea will be attending COMPAMED in Düsseldorf, representing the Technologies for Bioelectronics Group together with colleagues from Fraunhofer IZM. Visitors working in the field of neural interfaces are invited to stop by and connect. The team will be available at Hall 8a / H29-2 to discuss topics including flexible electrodes, soft and conformal encapsulation…

Project Kickoff: DUSTIN

This project explores a new approach to the treatment of autoimmune diseases through a miniaturized, wireless, and battery-free implant. Developed in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institutes IMS, ENAS, IZM, and ITEM, the system is designed to stimulate small nerve branches deep inside the body, directly at the target site and without systemic side effects. By…

IEEE EMBS 2025 in Copenhagen

At IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society 2025 in Copenhagen, the session on Conformal Neural Interfaces: Technologies and Applications led to thoughtful discussions on the future of neuroelectronics. Vasso Giagka showcased the promise of long-lasting, high-density conformal neural interfaces built with medical-grade polymers. An approach that closely alignes with the vision of the SPARCLE Consortium.…

AIMD Workshop 2025 in Barcelona

At the Active Implantable Medical Devices (AIMD) Workshop 2025 in Barcelona, Vasso Giagka presented recent advances in soft and active neuroelectronics, with a focus on conformal coating technologies, long-term biobarrier studies, and novel, medical-grade polymer substrates for next-generation neural implants. The presentation emphasized the importance of integrating materials science, electronics, and biology in the development…

Optogen 2025 in Copenhagen

Vasso Giagka is attending and speaking at the 10th international workshop on Technologies for Optogenetics and Neurophotonics in Copenhagen, Denmark. The OPTOGEN conference brings together the most active scientists and technologists to discuss recent progresses and future challenges in technologies for in vivo optogenetics and optical neural interfaces: from new implantable devices to latest molecular…

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