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 the Neurotech Landscape: Research, Entrepreneurship, Industry, and Career Opportunities” alongside Prof. Thomas Stieglitz, Prof. George Malliaras, and Prof. Maria Asplund.

During GRC, Raphael Panskus and Dr. Christos Pavlou presented their posters on Ultrasound-transparent neural interfaces for multimodal interaction and Transparent Graphene Microelectrode Arrays for Ex Vivo and Implantable Neural Interfaces, respectively.

Former SoMa members Nerea Alvarez de Eulate Llano (currently @ IMB-CNM, CSIC, PIs: Dr. Anton Guimerà and Prof. Jose Garrido) and Gonzalo Léon González (currently @Chalmers, PI: Prof. Maria Asplund), who are now pursuing their PhDs, were also attending, so it felt like a small reunion!

The conference took place in beautiful Tuscany, Italy and it was a great moment of getting together with colleagues and friends from around the world to discuss science and engineering!

GRC is definitely one of our favourites, we will be coming back!