Symposia

"Promoting Neural Plasticity"

Feb 15, 2008 8:00am to 12:30pm, Lattie Coor L1-74

Guest speakers: Eberhard E. Fetz, Leonardo G. Cohen, and Reggie Edgerton

Free admission. Please contact Jeanine Elliott for more information at 480-965-9489 or jeanine.elliott@asu.edu

Supported by the National Science Foundation

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ANS Co-Sponsored events

March 9, 2007 3:40pm, Carson Ballroom, Old Main, ASU, Tempe, Arizona

"Multiple Rhythms and Switches in the Nervous System"

Nancy Kopell,
Member National Academy of Sciences,
W.G. Aurelio Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Co-Director, Center for BioDynamics and Program in Mathematical and Computational Neuroscience
Boston University
For more information:  http://math.asu.edu/~crook/kopell.htm

ASU Electronics Group Research Expo
January 22, 2007 3:00pm - 6:30pm, ASU, University Club, Tempe, Arizona

First Inaugural ASU Electronics Exposition, sponsored in part by the Center for Adaptive Neural Systems.  Free Registration: Space is limited.  Register by January 15, 2007 at http://wintech.asu.edu

Book Club

February 3, 2007 6:00pm-11:00pm, (Place: TBD) (potluck)
Book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by Mark Haddon "It was 7 minutes after midnight..."

Available at Amazon.com
List Price: $12.95
Price: $8.26
Purchase this book

October 28, 2006 6:00pm-11:00pm, 11481 E. Bella Vista Drive, Scottsdale, AZ (potluck)
Book: Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence; 1995, Hyperion, New York. Author: John Hockenberry

Community Outreach

Jimmy Abbas will be a panelist in a session on "Applied Research: The Translational Bridge Between Lab and Marketplace" at the 3rd Annual Commercializing Arizona Life Sciences Forum, (Phoenix, AZ), Oct. 18, 2007.

http://www.asutechnopolis.org/

Ranu Jung will speak at the "Technology Enhanced Lifestyles-The Human Repair Shop", Breakfast Research Forum, October 10, 2007. Memorial Union, Arizona State University. Read more

March 22, 2007 1 pm -3 pm, President's Community Enrichment Program, ASU Fulton Center. James J. Abbas, PhD
"Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries:  Adaptation and Recovery"   
For more information:  www.asufoundation.org/pcep/program-detail.asp

January 19, 2007 5:30pm-6:30pm, Science Cafe, Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ

Adaptive Technologies for the Central Nervous System:  Are We Changing What it Means to be Human?       

Dr. Ranu Jung, Associate Professor, Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, and Director, Center for Adaptive Neural Systems, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University 

Dr. Jason Robert, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences and Research Team Leader, Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University

For more information:  http://cns.asu.edu/cafe/jan07cafe.html

October 28th, 2006 8:30am-4:30pm, Arizona Paralympic Academy and Disability Sports Expo, Student Recreation Center, Arizona State University
Arizona Paralympic Academy and Disability Sports Expo is an annual one-day event hosted by St. Joseph’s Hospital Recreation Therapy Department, Arizona Paralympic Academy and MASD. The event includes informational vendor booths, adaptive sports and recreation instruction and live demonstration of sports for people with physical disabilities. The event is open to the public to stop by any time throughout the day to educate themselves about sports and recreation opportunities available to people with physical disabilities.

In the News

October 2006
Research by John Jolly, our Bioemechanics Engineer, on the importance of physical exercise and conditoning for improving Golf Swings made the cover article of the October 2006 issue of the online journal Biomechanics. The work  was conducted over the last few years by John at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

"Neuro-Machine Interfaces: Integrating Biology and Technology to Develop Functionally Relevant Devices”
July 12, 2007, 16^th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting
Bahen Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Speakers: Don H. Johnson, Rice University, Astrid A. Prinz, Emory University, Dongchul C. Lee, Advanced Bionics, Ranu Jung, Arizona State University

Organized by: Mini Kurian^{1, 4}, Joe Graham ^{2, 4}, Sharon Crook^{1, 3, 4}, Ranu Jung^{2, 4}

¹Department of Mathematics and Statistics; ²Harrington Department of Bioengineering;

³School of Life Science;⁴Center for Adaptive Neural Systems, Arizona State University

Workshop Registration: www.cnsorg.org
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"Adaptation and Learning in Neuro-Biomechatronic Systems"

March 22, 2007 1:00pm to 5:00pm, Biodesign Institute Auditorium

March 23, 2007 8:45am to 12:30pm, Biodesign Institute Auditorium

Guest speakers: Apostolos Georgopoulos, Scott Frey, David Fuller, Arun Majumdar, Thomas Stieglitz, Ralph Etienne-Cummings.

Free admission.  Please contact Betsy Arnold for more information at 480-414-2626 or betsy.arnold@asu.edu

Supported by the National Science Foundation

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Oct 26, 2007. James J. Abbas, PhD

8th Educational Conference of the Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association, Phoenix, AZ.

“Advances in neuromotor therapy after spinal cord injury”        

Nov. 2, 2007.  James J. Abbas, PhD,  

30th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, Harrisburg, PA

“Personalized neuromuscular electrical stimulation for exercise or neuromotor therapy”

Nov. 3-7, 2007.  Program#/Poster#: 404/19/SS31, Nov 5, 8-12am. Devin Jindrich, PhD.,

 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

“Objective methods for assessing rat locomotor kinematics.”

November 3-7, 2007.  Program#/Poster#: 76.4/GG25, Nov 3, 1-5pm.  M. Fairchild, J.W. Graham, A.V. Iarkov, D. Hagner, R. Jung

Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

 “Characterization of motoneuron morphology in a complete and incomplete spinal cord injury rodent model”

November 3-7, 2007.  Program#/Poster#: 75.3/GG3, Nov 3, 1-5pm. B. K. Hillen, J J. Abbas, G. Yamaguchi, R. Jung;
Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Effects of spinal cord injury on musculoskeletal parameters in the rodent”

November 3-7, 2007.   Program#/Poster#: 75.3/GG3, Nov 3, 1-5pm. M. Bhowmik, D. Channer, S. Allison, R. Herman, R. Jung, J.J. Abbas
Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Locomotor retraining after spinal cord injury using adaptive control of electrical stimulation. ”

November 3-7, 2007.  Program#/Poster#: 76.5/GG26, Nov 3, 1-5pm. J.W. Graham, R. Jung;
Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Morphologically realistic computational models of rat hindlimb motoneurons after spinal cord injury”

November 3-7, 2007.   Program#/Poster#: 82.20/LL4, Nov 3, 1-5pm. A.L. Downing, D.R. Fay, J.J. Abbas
Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Force coordination training in children with spastic diplegia. ”

November 3-7, 2007.   Program#/Poster#: 693.15/N17, Nov 6, 1-5pm. N. Krishnamurthi, P.R. Mahant, J.E.S. Samanta, J.J. Abbas
Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Effects of deep brain stimulation amplitude on gait in Parkinson’s disease.”

November 3-7, 2007.   Program#/Poster#: 102.28/AAA8, Nov 3, 1-5pm. S.M. Crook, P. Gleeson, R.A. Silver
Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“NetworkML: Level 3 of the NeuroML standards for multiscale model specification and exchange.”

November 3-7, 2007.   Program#/Poster#: 76.6/HH1, Nov 3, 1-5pm. M.P. Kurian, S.M. Crook.
Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Modeling motoneuron excitability following spinal cord injury”

November 3-7, 2007.   Program#/Poster#: 536.6/KKK27, Nov 5, 1-5pm. M.P. Kurian, A.B. Jennings,S.M. Crook, C. Duch, S. Ryglewski.
Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Mathematical models of octopaminergic dorsal unpaired median neurons”.

November 3-7, 2007, Society for Neuroscience 37^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California
Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation Amplitude on Gait in Parkinson’s Disease (Poster presentation)
Narayanan, K¹, A. Sitek¹, P. Mahant3², J. Samanta² and J.J. Abbas^1,2
1 Center for Adaptive Neural Systems, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, ²Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.

Sept 16-21, 2007, The Neurobotics Summer School 2007, Brain-Machine Interfaces, Volterra, Italy
Dr. Kenneth Horch will present a workshop titled “PNS-based control of artificial limbs (TBC)

July 14, 2007. James Abbas, PhD.

“Neuromorphic Design of Smart Prosthetic and Therapeutic Systems”,

Institute for Neuromorphic Engineering 14^th Annual Workshop, Telluride, CO

August 23, 2007. Devin Jindrich, PhD.

“Mechanics of Bipedal Running Turns”

 American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA

September 28, 2007. James Abbas, PhD.

 “Neural Engineering: Neural Prostheses & Rehabilitation”

BMES Society,  Los Angeles, CA

September 2007. James Abbas, PhD

“Improving neuromotor function after incomplete spinal cord injury ”, Neurorehabilitation Unit, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ

June 25, 2007.  George Wittenberg, MD, PhD; Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center VA Maryland and Department of Neurology, University of Maryland. Baltimore.
“Neurobiological Approaches to Motor Recovery & Rehabilitation After Stroke and Cerebral Palsy”
Location and Time: The Biodesign Auditorium, June 25, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

June 15, 2007.  Ranu Jung , PhD
“Making Neural Circuits Functional”.
The Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, June 15, 2007.

April 14th, 2007.  Ranu Jung, PhD
“Neuromorphic Engineering: Cognitive and Behaving Systems- Applications”.  2007 Neuromorphic Spring Meeting, Porto Conte Ricerche, April 13-15, 2007, Tramariglio, Italy.

April 13, 2007. Eugnee Izhikevich, PHD, The Neurosceince Institute, San Diego
1:30-2:30 pm The Biodesign Auditorium

February 15th,  2007.  Ranu Jung, PhD
5:30-7:00 pm. LL10 ASU, Tempe. “Technology to make neural circuits functional”. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Phoenix Chapter, Tempe, AZ.

November 2, 2006. Narayanan Krishnamurthi, PhD and Alison Sitek, MS
“Deep Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease”
Arizona School of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ.
(Lecture as a part of a course on neurological disorders for physical therapy students)

October 13-18- Society for Neuroscience 36^th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
(762.15/HH1) Selecting suitable movement patterns for locomotor retraining using partial weight bearing therapy (Wednesday, Oct 18 2006 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
S. ALLISON^1,2, M. BHOWMIK^1,2, D. CHANNER¹, R. HERMAN^3,2, *J. J. ABBAS^1,2,3;
¹Center for Adaptive Neural Systems, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, ²Harrington Dept. of Bioengineering, Arizona State U., Tempe, AZ, ³Rehabilitation Institute, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.
Poster - 762. Spinal Cord Injury: Therapeutic Strategies III

October 13-18- Society for Neuroscience 36^th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
(676.16/MM51) Deep brain stimulation alters postural control in Parkinson's disease (Tuesday, Oct 17 2006 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
*N. KRISHNAMURTHI¹, S. MULLIGAN¹, J. J. ABBAS^1,2, P. MAHANT², J. SAMANTA²;
¹Center for Adaptive Neural Systems, Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, ²Rehabilitation Institute, Banner Good Sama ritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.
Poster - 676. Parkinson's Disease: Therapeutics V

October 13-18- Society for Neuroscience 36^th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
(676.17/MM52) Location and orientation of active contacts in deep brain stimulation systems (Tuesday, Oct 17 2006 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
*A. J. SITEK^1,2, J. J. ABBAS^1,2,3, D. M. LIEBERMAN^4,1, P. MAHANT^3,1, J. SAMANTA^3,1;
¹Center for Adaptive Neural Systems, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State U., Tempe, AZ, ²Harrington Dept. of Bioengineering, Arizona State U., Tempe, AZ, ³Rehabilitation Institute, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Neurosurgery, John C. Lincoln Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.
Poster - 676. Parkinson's Disease: Therapeutics V

October 13-18- Society for Neuroscience 36^th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
(88.18/MM94) Location and 3D reconstruction of motoneurons innervating gastrocnemius medialis and tibialis anterior in the rat (Saturday, Oct 14 2006 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
*A. V. IARKOV¹, J. GRAHAM^1,2, T. KANCHIKU¹, D. HAGNER¹, R. JUNG^1,2;
¹Center for Adaptive Neural Systems at the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ, ²Harrington Dept. of Bioengineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Poster - 88. Spinal Cord: Animal Models and Human Studies I

October 13-18- Society for Neuroscience 36^th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
(284.12/NN42) A rodent model of forelimb neuromuscular stimulation for motor therapy (Sunday, Oct 15 2006 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
J. LYNSKEY¹, T. KANCHIKU¹, J. ABBAS^1,2, *R. JUNG^1,2;
¹Center for Adaptive Neural Systems at The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ, ²Harrington Dept. of Bioengineering, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ.
Poster - 284. Spinal Cord Injury: Therapeutic Strategies I

September 21, 2006- Denise Campagnolo, MD, Barrows Neurological Institute, McCauley Office Bldg, 500 W Thomas Rd, Suite 720
"Autonomic Dysreflexia"
3:30 - 4:30 PM, Please review the material from the PVA booklet on Autonomic Dysreflexia (copies available in the UC lab)

September 16, 2006- Ranu Jung, PhD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University, Hofu, Japan
"Designing Adaptive Engineered Systems… To Promote Adaptation in Neural Systems"

September 14, 2006- Ranu Jung, PhD, 11th Annual Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society, Miyagi-Zhao, Japan
Oral presentation, Thursday, September 14, 11:35 am Session 4: FES as Treatment Tool for SCI
R. Jung, A. Belanger, T. Kanchiku, J. Lynskey, M. Mukherjee, D. Hagner, J.J. Abbas
"Hindlimb neuromuscular stimulation therapy after thoracic contusion injury promotes locomtor recovery"
Proceedings available online: www.ifess.org

September 12-15- 2006, 11th Annual Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society, Miyagi-Zhao, Japan
Poster presentation(Tsukasa Kanchiku and Ranu Jung), Thursday, September 14, 3:40-5:00 pm
T. Kanchiku, J.V. Lynskey, T. Tagachi, J.J. Abbas, R. Jung
"Rodent model for forelimb neuromuscular stimulation based movement therapy"
Proceedings available online: www.ifess.org

April 28, 2006- Ranu Jung, PhD
"SAIF- A new Small Animal Imaging Facility at ASU", Sensor, Signal and Information Processing Workshop on "New Applications of Signal Processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)" at ASU ".

April 19, 2006- Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Discovery Tour of ANS facilities

March 17, 2006- Edelle Carmen Field-Fote, PhD, PT
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM, Biodesign Institute Auditorium, Bldg B
"Practice-Dependent Plasticity of Cortical and Spinal Mechanisms Following SCI: Promoting Optimal Upper and Lower Extremity Function". Read More »

February 22-26, 2006- First World Parkinson Congress, Washington, DC
Poster Presentation (Narayanan Krishnamurthi), Friday (Feb. 24th) and Sunday (Feb. 26th), 12.00 to 2.00 p.m. and during poster tour on Saturday (Feb. 25th) 6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
N. Krishnamurthi, S. Mulligan, P. Mahant, J. Samanta and J.J. Abbas, "Deep Brain Stimulation Effects on Posture Control in Parkinson’s Disease", World Parkinson Congress, February 22-26, 2006, Washington D.C
Abstract published in Movement Disorders, Vol. 21/Supp. 13, 2006, Abstract No. P209, Page. S115.

December 1, 2005- Joe Graham (Doctoral Graduate Student)
4:15 PM, CPCOM 120
"Modeling Neural Adaptation after Spinal Cord Injury"
A presentation for the IGERT Program on Neural and Musculoskeletal Adaptation in Form and Function

November 12-16- Society for Neuroscience 35^th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
Poster presentation(Ranu Jung and Mallika Mukherjee), Saturday, Nov 12 1:00-5:00 pm
A. Belanger, T. Kanchiku, M. Mukherjee, J. Lynskey, J.J. Abbas, R. Jung
"A Rodent model of functional neuromuscular stimulation therapy after spinal cord injury"
Program No. 105.11. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner
Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005 Online

November 12-16- Society for Neuroscience 35^th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
Poster presentation(Ganapriya Venkatasubramanian and Ranu Jung), Saturday, Nov 12 1:00-5:00 pm
G. Venkatasubramanian, T. Kanchiku, M. Mukherjee, J.J. Abbas, R. Jung
"Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation Assisted locomotion in a paraplegic rodent"
Program No. 105.12. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner
Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005 Online

Nov 10-11, 2005- 23^rd Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, Washington DC
Poster presentation (Ganapriya Venkatasubramanian), Friday, Nov 11 3:00-4:30 pm
"Functional Neuromuscular stimulation after spinal cord injury: A rodent model"
J. Neurotrauma, 22(10: P307, pg 1240, 2005

Nov 10-11, 2005- 23^rd Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, Washington DC
Poster presentation (Ranu Jung), Friday, Nov 11 9:45-11:15 am
"Functional Neuromuscular stimulation after spinal cord injury in rodents promotes recovery of locomotion"
M. Mukherjee, A. Belanger, T. Kanchiku, J. Lynskey, A. Thota, J.J. Abbas, R. Jung
J. Neurotrauma, 22(10: P222, pg 1220, 2005

November 10, 2005-"Adventures in Learning"
President's Community Enrichment Programs
James Abbas (RNRE) and Thomas Hamm (Barrow Neurological Institute)
"Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain" October 20 - November 10, 4 weeks
Thursdays, 10:00a.m. - 12:00p.m.
ASU Foundation Building, 6th Floor Boardroom
Cost: $120 per person
http://www.asufoundation/pcep

October 3, 2005- Ranu Jung, PhD
"Making Neural Circuits Functional", University of Arizona, Bioengineering, Tuscon, AZ,

August 23, 2005- Ranu Jung, PhD
"Making Spinal Circuits Functional: Influence of the brain and periphery in the control of locomotion", The Institute of Neuromorphic Engineering, Univ. Maryland and the Institute of Neuroinformatics ETH-Zurich joint workshop on "Processing and Generation of Temporal Signals in Neural and Neuromorphic Systems", Zurich, Switzerland

May 24, 2005- Ranu Jung, PhD
"Neuromorphic Control of Movement", Army Research Office Biosciences Workshop
"Bugging Bugs and Brains: Internal Communications and Applications from Cellular Internals to Mental Contents." Cashiers, NC

May 6, 2005- Ranu Jung, PhD
"Functional Motor Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury", University of Arizona, Physiological Sciences Interdisciplinary Program, Tuscon, AZ.

April 24, 2005- James Lynskey, PhD, PT
"Strategies to Promote Anatomical Plasticity and Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury: From basic science to bedside"
Arizona Physical Therapy Association Spring Conference, Phoenix, AZ

March 29, 2005- Ranu Jung, PhD
"Bioengineering"
Arizona Bio-EXPO 2005, Phoenix, AZ