New paper out showcasing the versatility of multi-material fiber technology for neural interfacing! Fun fact: It was during endless days of fiber drawing in a basement lab at MIT for this very project that our co-founders started making plans to launch NeuroBionics!
Our paper on multifunctional fiber-based neural probes is finally out in Advanced Materials! 💫 This was my main project as a postdoc in Polina Anikeeva's lab, and one that inspired me to push toward translating our technology for clinical use. Through incorporation of new materials, we were able to produce a flexible, integrated device capable of neural recording and stimulation across optical, electrical, and chemical domains. This work expanded the capabilities of fiber-based devices from Polina's group by adding fiber photometry, electrical stimulation, and FSCV recording capabilities -- all in a device that's MRI-compatible! 💡 ⚡ 🧠 Immense credit is due to MJ Antonini, Taylor Cannon, and Pema Maretich, who are co-first authors on the work (despite Advanced Materials' format burying that fact down in the footnotes), especially to Taylor and Pema who brought the paper to the finish line after MJ and I left the lab. If you're a neuroscientist and this type of multifunctional probe could be useful in your research, stay tuned! One of our goals at NeuroBionics is to make these devices available to the broader research community.