2018 Winner: Electrospatial Analog Front End for Monitoring of Cerebral Organoids

Project Information
Electrospatial Analog Front End for Monitoring of Cerebral Organoids
Engineering
BME195
This thesis presents the design and testing of an electronic platform for the noninvasive recording of cerebral organoids--collections of brain cells grown outside the body. Success of this platform will enable the characterization of brain tissue differentiation and assembly during early stages of development. Furthermore, this platform will also allow for the examination of the electrical behavior of brain tissue in response to added chemicals or genetic defects, potentially providing insight into a number of conditions, such as clinical depression or microcephaly.
Students
  • Henry Julian Hinton (Merrill)
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