{"id":255,"date":"2020-09-02T23:50:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T23:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T03:56:19","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/?page_id=255","title":{"rendered":"Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/harrell-stavisky-wb.jpg?resize=640%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/harrell-stavisky-wb.jpg?w=730&amp;ssl=1 730w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/harrell-stavisky-wb.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/harrell-stavisky-wb.jpg?resize=640%2C473&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#8b8b8b\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><sub>Photo: UC Davis Health<\/sub><\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News about my research or articles where I comment about neuroscience and neurotechnology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>October 13, 2026<\/strong>. I was a guest on The Deep End Podcast about the human voice and the impact of its loss in disease. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/deep-end-podcast-voice-communication\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2580028-neurostimulation-restores-feeling-in-paralysed-hand-for-months-after\/\">&#8220;What happens when you lose your voice&#8221; by Laura Sanders for ScienceNews<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>July 16, 2026<\/strong>. I was quoted as an expert opinion about a new paper using a motor BCI pairared with spinal stimulation to restore movement and feeling in a paralyzed hand. (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2580028-neurostimulation-restores-feeling-in-paralysed-hand-for-months-after\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2580028-neurostimulation-restores-feeling-in-paralysed-hand-for-months-after\/\">Neurostimualtion restores feeling in paralyzed hand for months after&#8221;, by Christa Lest\u00e9-Lasserre for New Scientist<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"444\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Chen-Prize.jpg?fit=640%2C237&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Chen-Prize.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Chen-Prize.jpg?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Chen-Prize.jpg?resize=1024%2C379&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Chen-Prize.jpg?resize=768%2C284&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Chen-Prize.jpg?resize=640%2C237&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>July 16, 2026<\/strong>. I was awarded the&nbsp;2026 Chen Institute and&nbsp;<em>Science<\/em>&nbsp;Prize for Al Accelerated Research. My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/eprint\/K3VHAQFPPKVJZVWKXQVW\/full?activationRedirect=\/doi\/full\/10.1126\/science.aeh4797\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/eprint\/K3VHAQFPPKVJZVWKXQVW\/full?activationRedirect=\/doi\/full\/10.1126\/science.aeh4797\">essay<\/a> was published in Science, with an accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/news\/winner-chen-institute-and-science-prize-uses-ai-rebuild-speech-brain-signals\">news article<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/prize-award\/chen-institute-science-prize-for-ai-accelerated-research\">press release<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OUXRHbewZTI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OUXRHbewZTI\">video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>June 16, 2026<\/strong>. I was quoted across a variety of news stories covering our new <em>Nature Medicine<\/em> paper describing long-term, 99% accurate, independent use of a speech and cursor BCI by a man with ALS. These included&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-026-01863-4\">Nature&#8217;s news section<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/06\/15\/1138953\/man-als-first-power-user-brain-implant-speak-bci\/\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/als-patient-gains-ability-to-speak-and-sustain-full-time-job-using-brain-computer-interface-12000808\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/people.com\/als-patient-gains-ability-to-speak-and-sustain-full-time-job-using-brain-computer-interface-12000808\">People Magazine<\/a>.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>April 26, 2026<\/strong>. I was quoted extensively in this in-depth profile of one of our speech BCI clinical trial participants and his family. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/als-brain-implant-speech-21359382.php\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/als-brain-implant-speech-21359382.php\">&#8220;ALS took his voice. A brain implant helped him speak to his daughter again&#8221;, by Rachel Swan for the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>April 13, 2026. <\/strong>I am quoted and my work on speech BCIs was described in an article arguing that momentum in the neurotechnology is shifting to speech BCIs. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/910834\/neuralink-bcis-bet\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/910834\/neuralink-bcis-bet\">&#8220;Did Neuralink make the wrong bet?&#8221; by Elissa Welle for The Verge<\/a>). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Casey gets his voice back\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1qo8ZqOc59dpHt16Z29V7S?si=MAVu5ktlSnaF0ZMJMERLoA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>March 25, 2026. <\/strong>This podcast interview tells the story of the first participant to use the speech brain-computer interface developed by my lab as his daily means of communication. (<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1qo8ZqOc59dpHt16Z29V7S\">&#8220;Casey gets his voice back&#8221;, by Julia Longoria for Vox Unexplainable<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>March 16, 2026. <\/strong>Our work on decoding attempted hand movements for a typing-based neuroprosthesis was covered by Scientific American (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/brain-implant-allows-people-who-are-paralyzed-to-type-using-their-thoughts\/\">&#8220;Brain implant allows people who are paralyzed to type using their thoughts at speed of texting&#8221;, by Tanya Lewis, Scientific American<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>February 27, 2026<\/strong>. A BBC article covers multiple projects from my lab, as well as external work on non-invasive ways to decode aspects of speech (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20260226-how-ai-can-read-your-thoughts\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20260226-how-ai-can-read-your-thoughts\">How AI can read out scrambled inner thoughts&#8221;, by Laurie Clarke, BBC<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/time.com\/redesign\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.time.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F02%2FT100.32.jpg%3Fquality%3D85%26w%3D900&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>February 11, 2026<\/strong>. David Brandman and I were named  amongst the 100 most influential people in health in 2026 for our speech neuroprosthesis research <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collections\/time100-health-2026\/7362537\/david-m-brandman-and-sergey-stavisky\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/researchers-decode-mandarin-chinese-neural-signals\">(TIME100 Health 2026)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>November 20, 2025<\/strong>. My work was extensively referenced as the foundation for the Paradromics Connexus clinical trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-03849-0?utm_source=x&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nature&amp;linkId=18038321#ref-CR1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/researchers-decode-mandarin-chinese-neural-signals\">(&#8220;A brain implant that could rival Neuralink&#8217;s enters clinical trials&#8221; by Liam Drew, Nature)<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>November 5, 2025<\/strong>. I was quoted in an article about a new study decoding Mandarin speech from neural activity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/researchers-decode-mandarin-chinese-neural-signals\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/researchers-decode-mandarin-chinese-neural-signals\">(&#8220;Researchers \u2018decode\u2019 Mandarin Chinese from neural signals&#8221; by Jennie Erin Smith, Science)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-inner-cosmos-with-david-e-110885566\/episode\/ep127-what-happens-when-we-marry-302976860\/?embed=true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>October 27, 2025<\/strong>. I was a guest on David Eagleman&#8217;s podcast talking about brain-computer interfaces (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-inner-cosmos-with-david-e-110885566\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-inner-cosmos-with-david-e-110885566\/\">&#8220;What happens when we marry brains to machines? with Sergey Stavisky on Inner Cosmos by David Eagleman<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>September 17, 2025<\/strong>. My research was highlighted as part of a story surveying the University of California&#8217;s leading role in brain-computer interfaces (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityofcalifornia.edu\/news\/thrilling-progress-brain-computer-interfaces-uc-labs\">&#8220;Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC Labs&#8221; by Julia Busiek, UC Newsroom<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>September 10, 2025<\/strong>. My work was described on the NPR Short Wave podcast (&#8220;<a href=\"ttps:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/nx-s1-5527100\/nx-s1-mx-5709336\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"ttps:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/nx-s1-5527100\/nx-s1-mx-5709336\">Brain implants are here, they help &#8211; and they&#8217;re a little creepy&#8221; by Emily Kwong, Jon Hamilton, Rachel Carlson and Rebecca Ramirez<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/nx-s1-5527100\/nx-s1-mx-5709336\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>June 23, 2025. <\/strong>A brief talk I gave summarizing our recent speech BCI work at the BrainMind Science Salon earlier this summer was recorded and put online.<br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JKbf2-NHodg\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JKbf2-NHodg\">BrainMind<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sergey Stavisky, PhD - Restoring Lost Speech Using a Brain-Computer Interface\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKbf2-NHodg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The life-changing power of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q8_0hoGg5jk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>May 9, 2025.<\/strong> I was a guest on the The Brain Docs podcast Together with Leigh Hochberg and David Brandman (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q8_0hoGg5jk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q8_0hoGg5jk\">The life-changing power of Brain-Computer Interfaces<\/a>&#8220;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>April 30th, 2025<\/strong>. I was quoted in an article &#8220;Brain region used for speech decoding also supports BCI cursor control&#8221; about our recent paper (<a href=\"https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/brain-region-used-for-speech-decoding-also-supports-bci-cursor-control\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/brain-region-used-for-speech-decoding-also-supports-bci-cursor-control\/\">Physics World, by Catherine Steffel<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>April 21st, 2025<\/strong>. I was quoted and my group&#8217;s work referenced in a Financial Times \/ Ars Technica piece on voice neuroprostheses in the University of California media campaign about what is at state if NIH research funding is cut (<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/health\/2025\/04\/neuroscientists-are-racing-to-turn-brain-waves-into-speech\/\">&#8220;Neuroscientists are racing to turn brain waves into speech&#8221;, by Michael Peel, Clive Cookson and Richard Waters<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/sciencefriday\/scifri202504185.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>April 18th, 2025<\/strong>. I was a guest on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/segments\/brain-computer-interface-paralysis\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/segments\/brain-computer-interface-paralysis\/\">Science Friday<\/a> for a segment titled &#8220;Advances In Brain-Computer Interfaces For People With Paralysis&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bringing AI to the Bedside: Clinician Perspectives on AI&amp;apos;s Potential to Revolutionize Patient Care\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoysKuYOchM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>March 20th, 2025<\/strong>. I participated in a panel discussion titled &#8220;Bringing AI to the Bedside: Clinician Perspectives on AI&#8217;s Potential to Revolutionize Patient Care&#8221; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AoysKuYOchM\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AoysKuYOchM\">Shaper Capital AI in Healthcare Summit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>March 13th, 2025<\/strong>. I was featured in the University of California media campaign about what is at state if NIH research funding is cut (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UofCalifornia\/status\/1900306781546700833\">UC Office of the President<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>March 11th, 2025<\/strong>. I was interviewed and my group&#8217;s research featured in the film &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1064311069\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1064311069\">Artificial Intelligence: From Mind to Machine<\/a>&#8221; which was produced in honor of the 2024 Brain Prize (<a href=\"https:\/\/brainprize.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/brainprize.org\/\">Lundbeck Foundation<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>March 4th, 2025<\/strong>. My group&#8217;s research was highlighted as an example of breakthroughs at UC Davis Health in the press release &#8220;NIH research funding fuels innovation and health discovery: (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.ucdavis.edu\/news\/headlines\/nih-research-funding-fuels-innovation-and-health-discovery\/2025\/03\">UC Davis Health<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>January 21st, 2025<\/strong>. I was quoted (and my group&#8217;s research highlighted) in the article &#8220;Brain Implants Give People Back What They Lost&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3701222\">Association for Computing Machinery, by Neil Savage<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>January 13th, 2025<\/strong>. I was quoted in the article &#8220;How preserved brain tissue sparks next-generation neuroscience&#8221; describing how data derived from donated brains can help refine computational models of the brain (<a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/science\/brain-donation-diseases-neuroscience\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/science\/brain-donation-diseases-neuroscience\">Interesting Engineering, by Maria Bolevich<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>December 2nd and 18th, 2024<\/strong>. Two articles our brain-to-text speech neuroprosthesis work, and what might come next for this type of technology: &#8220;Speaking Out&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comstocksmag.com\/article\/speaking-out\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/01\/health\/fda-ai-elon-musk-medical-devices.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">Comstock Magazine, by Jennifer Junghans<\/a>) and &#8220;A man silenced by paralysis got his &#8216;voice&#8217; back, thanks to AI&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/brain-computer-implant-voice-ai\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/brain-computer-implant-voice-ai\">ScienceNewsExplored, by Jennifer Junghans<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>November 11th, 2024<\/strong>. An explainer article about the brain-machine interface featured on the TV show <em>Brilliant Minds<\/em> described our speech neuroprosthesis research: &#8220;Is John Doe&#8217;s Brain-Machine Interface in Brilliant Minds Real? Explaining the True Tech&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc-insider\/brilliant-minds-john-is-brain-machine-interface-neurolink-real\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/01\/health\/fda-ai-elon-musk-medical-devices.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">NBC Insider, by Cassidy Ward<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>November 1st, 2024<\/strong>. Our research was highlighted as an example of emerging medical devices in the article &#8220;From A.I. to Musk&#8217;s Brain Chips, the F.D.A.&#8217;s Device Unit Faces Rapid Change&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/01\/health\/fda-ai-elon-musk-medical-devices.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/01\/health\/fda-ai-elon-musk-medical-devices.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">New York Times, by Christina Jewett<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>October 3, 2024<\/strong>. I was featured in the article &#8220;Brain-computer interfaces are rapidly evolving. Here are six scientists shaping the field&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/10\/03\/brain-computer-interfaces-are-rapidly-evolving-here-are-six-scientists-shaping-the-field\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-01451-4\">STAT News, by Timmy Broderick<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>August 14, 2024<\/strong>. Over 300 news outlets covered my team&#8217;s major study,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2314132\">&#8220;An Accurate and Rapidly Calibrating Speech Neuroprosthesis&#8221;<\/a> in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>. Coverage with original content or quotes include the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/14\/health\/als-ai-brain-implants.html\">New York Times<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/brain-to-speech-tech-good-enough-for-everyday-use-debuts-in-a-man-with-als\/\">Scientific American<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-08-14\/brain-tech-breakthrough-restores-als-patient-s-ability-to-speak?srnd=health\">Bloomberg<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/new-technology-allows-man-with-als-to-communicate-using-brain-implant-and-ai-voice-217184837982\">NBC News<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/neurotodayonline\/fulltext\/2024\/10170\/great_leaps_forward_in_brain_computer_interfaces.3.aspx?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organic+social\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/neurotodayonline\/fulltext\/2024\/10170\/great_leaps_forward_in_brain_computer_interfaces.3.aspx?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organic+social\">Neurology Today<\/a>.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>May 21, 2024<\/strong>. I was quoted in an article, &#8220;First \u2018bilingual\u2019 brain-reading device decodes Spanish and English words&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-01451-4\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-01451-4\">Nature News, by Amanda Heidt<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>February 8, 2024.<\/strong> A great long-form story about the experience of several participants in the BrainGate brain-computer interface clinical trial, and the large team effort (including my postdoc and recent work) over the past decade to get neuroprosthetic technology to where it currently is. &#8220;Give It Some Thought&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/science-news\/neuralink-elon-musk-science-behind-rcna136352\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/science-news\/neuralink-elon-musk-science-behind-rcna136352\">Stanford Magazine, by Sam Scott<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>February 4, 2024.<\/strong> I was quoted in an article, &#8220;Behind Elon Musk\u2019s brain chip: Decades of research and lofty ambitions to meld minds with computers&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/science-news\/neuralink-elon-musk-science-behind-rcna136352\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/science-news\/neuralink-elon-musk-science-behind-rcna136352\">NBC News, by Denise Chow<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>November 28, 2023. <\/strong>My group&#8217;s speech restoration project was featured in an article titled &#8220;Giving their voice back&#8221; in the Fall 2023 issue of the UC Davis magazine (<a href=\"https:\/\/giving.ucdavis.edu\/impacts-giving\/in-greater-focus-magazine-fall-2023\/giving-their-voice-back\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/giving.ucdavis.edu\/impacts-giving\/in-greater-focus-magazine-fall-2023\/giving-their-voice-back\">In Greater Focus Magazine, by Cl\u00e9mentine Sicard<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>November 6, 2023<\/strong>. Quoted in &#8220;A man with Parkinson\u2019s regained the ability to walk thanks to a spinal implant&#8221; commenting on the recent neuro-restoration paper in <em>Nature<\/em> <em>Medicine<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2023\/11\/06\/1082993\/parkinsons-spinal-implant\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2023\/11\/06\/1082993\/parkinsons-spinal-implant\/\">MIT Technology Review, by Abdullahi Tsanni)<\/a>.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCI-Award-2023-splash-screen.jpeg?resize=640%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCI-Award-2023-splash-screen.jpeg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCI-Award-2023-splash-screen.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCI-Award-2023-splash-screen.jpeg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCI-Award-2023-splash-screen.jpeg?resize=640%2C481&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BCI-Award-2023-splash-screen.jpeg?w=1054&amp;ssl=1 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>October 3, 2023<\/strong>. My team won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bci-award.com\/2023\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bci-award.com\/2023\">2023 International BCI Award<\/a> for our project &#8220;A rapidly-deployable high performance speech&nbsp;neuro-prosthesis&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>July 6, 2023<\/strong>. Quoted in &#8220;Brain-Spine Interface Restores Standing, Walking, and Stair-Climbing After Spinal Cord Injury&#8221; commenting on the recent Onward Brain-Spine Interface paper in <em>Nature<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/neurotodayonline\/Fulltext\/2023\/02160\/Two_Studies_Find_Few_Brain_Computer.8.aspx\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/neurotodayonline\/Fulltext\/2023\/02160\/Two_Studies_Find_Few_Brain_Computer.8.aspx\">Ne<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/neurotodayonline\/Fulltext\/2023\/07060\/Brain_Spine_Interface_Restores_Standing,_Walking,.4.aspx\" data-type=\"URL\">urology Today, by Dan Hurley<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>May 18, 2023<\/strong>. David Brandman and I spoke to the<a href=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/s\/f87fb8fa\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/s\/f87fb8fa\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/connectingals.org\/?s=stavisky\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/s\/f87fb8fa\">Connecting ALS podcast<\/a> about our speech brain-computer interface research:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2fCcsJWninN6zeRH2Sk01z?si=clpUhM3oS5S-Jm_0JlHW0g\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>May 15, 2023<\/strong>. I was named a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/searlescholars.org\/\">2023 Searle Schola<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/searlescholars.org\/\">r<\/a><\/strong>. This prestigious annual award selects ~15 early career scientists across the biological, chemical, and engineering sciences. It comes with a flexible $300,000 to support my research program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>April 25, 2023<\/strong>. I was awarded the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20230425005127\/en\/The-Pershing-Square-Foundation-Launches-Its-Inaugural-%E2%80%9CMIND%E2%80%9D-Prize-Maximizing-Innovation-in-Neuroscience-Discovery-to-Fund-Brain-Research-Part-of-a-Large-New-Cognitive-Health-Initiative\">MIND Prize<\/a>, a new $750,000 award mechanism for early-to-mid career scientists using innovative approaches to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The lab also was awarded a $2M Pilot Clinical Trial Award from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdmrp.health.mil\/funding\/alsrp\">DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research program in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis<\/a>&nbsp;to develop a system that restores lost speech by synthesizing the user&#8217;s voice using a brain-computer interface (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.ucdavis.edu\/news\/headlines\/neuroscientist-sergey-stavisky-and-colleagues-awarded-35-million-in-research-grants\/2023\/05\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/health.ucdavis.edu\/news\/headlines\/neuroscientist-sergey-stavisky-and-colleagues-awarded-35-million-in-research-grants\/2023\/05\">UC Davis Health News, by Claudia Coons<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>February 16, 2023.<\/strong> Quoted in &#8220;Two Studies Find Few Brain-Computer Interface-related Adverse Events&#8221; commenting on the recent Synchron Stentrode safety paper (<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/neurotodayonline\/Fulltext\/2023\/02160\/Two_Studies_Find_Few_Brain_Computer.8.aspx\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/neurotodayonline\/Fulltext\/2023\/02160\/Two_Studies_Find_Few_Brain_Computer.8.aspx\">Neurology Today, by Dan Hurley<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>January 18, 2023.<\/strong> Quoted in &#8220;Brain Implant Helps Patients with ALS Paralysis Use Computers&#8221; commenting on the recent Synchron Stentrode safety paper (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/987141\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/987141\">Medscape Medical News, by Eve Bender<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>August 18, 2022<\/strong>. Related to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityofcalifornia.edu\/news\/clinical-trial-aims-restore-speech-those-who-lost-it-due-brain-injuries\">news<\/a> that our group became a site of the BrainGate2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.braingate.org\/clinical-trials\/\">pilot clinical trial<\/a> and is recruiting participants, David Brandman and I did <a href=\"https:\/\/kdrt.org\/audio\/davisville-aug-29-2022-uc-davis-researchers-work-restoring-ability-speak\">a long interview on the Davisville podcast<\/a>. I really like this program; over the course of ~28 minutes, we cover our speech BCI goals as well as how each of us got into this field and why we chose to launch our independent careers at UC Davis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sergey-and-David-UCD-news.jpeg?resize=640%2C358&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photograph of Sergey Stavisky and David Brandman\" class=\"wp-image-723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sergey-and-David-UCD-news.jpeg?resize=1024%2C573&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sergey-and-David-UCD-news.jpeg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sergey-and-David-UCD-news.jpeg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sergey-and-David-UCD-news.jpeg?resize=1536%2C859&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sergey-and-David-UCD-news.jpeg?resize=640%2C358&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sergey-and-David-UCD-news.jpeg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sergey-and-David-UCD-news.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>April 4, 2022.<\/strong> My work on studying speech production and bringing next-gen neural interfaces to human use were featured in this very good write-up by Emily Singer for the Simons Foundation.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/2022\/03\/29\/cracking-the-neural-code-in-humans\/\">&#8220;Cracking the Neural Code in Humans&#8221;<\/a>.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>March 21, 2022.<\/strong> Q&amp;A with me as part of the &#8220;Next Generation Science&#8221; series (<a href=\"https:\/\/neuroscience.stanford.edu\/news\/qa-tip-iceberg-building-next-generation-neural-prosthetics\">Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Nicholas Weiler and Gordy Slack<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>December 17, 2020<\/strong>. Quoted in &#8220;Implanted Endovascular Device Provides ALS Patients With Independent Access to Computer Navigation&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/neurotodayonline\/Fulltext\/2020\/12170\/Implanted_Endovascular_Device_Provides_ALS.3.aspx\">Neurology Today, by Dan Hurley).<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>October 28, 2020<\/strong>. I discuss brain-computer interfaces for communication with Matt Angle, Beata Jarosiewicz, Vikash Gilja, and Frank Willett in this episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paradromics.com\/podcast\/neurotech-pub-episode-2-what-weve-got-here-is-failure-to-communicate\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.paradromics.com\/podcast\/neurotech-pub-episode-2-what-weve-got-here-is-failure-to-communicate\">Neurotech Pub Podcast<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"353\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/neurotech-pub.png?resize=353%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Neurotech Pub\" class=\"wp-image-601\" style=\"width:177px;height:177px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/neurotech-pub.png?w=353&amp;ssl=1 353w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/neurotech-pub.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/neurotech-pub.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synbiobeta.com\/sbb\/sbb-sept2020\/synthetic-biology-global-conference-2020\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SynBioBeta.-twitter-card.png?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SynBioBeta.-twitter-card.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SynBioBeta.-twitter-card.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SynBioBeta.-twitter-card.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SynBioBeta.-twitter-card.png?resize=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stavisky.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SynBioBeta.-twitter-card.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>September 30, 2020.<\/strong> I spoke at the SynBioBeta 2020 panel on &#8220;Neuromodulation and the frontiers of biolectronic therapy&#8221;. The other panelists are Nir Grossman, Flip Sabes, David Borton, Konstantinos Alataris, and moderated by Ursheet Parikh. [<a href=\"https:\/\/synbiobeta.app.swapcard.com\/event\/synbiobeta-2020-the-global-synthetic-biology-conference\/planning\/UGxhbm5pbmdfMTY4OTQw\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/synbiobeta.app.swapcard.com\/event\/synbiobeta-2020-the-global-synthetic-biology-conference\/planning\/UGxhbm5pbmdfMTY4OTQw\">link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>August 29, 2020<\/strong>. Quoted in &#8220;Three Little Pigs&#8217;: Musk&#8217;s Neuralink Puts Computer Chips in Animal&#8221;<em> <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/world\/three-little-pigs-musks-neuralink-puts-computer-chips-in-animal-brains-idUSKBN25P022\/\">New York Times, by Reuters<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>August 3, 2020.<\/strong> &#8220;How thoughts could one day control electronic prostheses, wirelessly&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2020\/08\/03\/how-thoughts-could-one-day-control-electronic-prostheses-wirelessly\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2020\/08\/03\/how-thoughts-could-one-day-control-electronic-prostheses-wirelessly\/\">Stanford Medicine Scope Blog, by Tom Abate<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>July 14, 2020<\/strong>. &#8220;Discoveries of Rotational Dynamics Add to Puzzle of Neural Computation&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/2020\/07\/14\/discoveries-of-rotational-dynamics-add-to-puzzle-of-neural-computation\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/2020\/07\/14\/discoveries-of-rotational-dynamics-add-to-puzzle-of-neural-computation\/\">Simons Foundation, by Ashley Juavinett<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>July 1, 2019. <\/strong>&#8220;How Important Is Spike Sorting?&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/2019\/07\/01\/how-important-is-spike-sorting\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/2019\/07\/01\/how-important-is-spike-sorting\/\">Simons Foundation, by Grace Lindsay<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>June 20, 2019. <\/strong>&#8220;Could prosthetic limbs one day be controlled by human thought?&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/systemx.stanford.edu\/news\/2019-06-20-000000\/could-prosthetic-limbs-one-day-be-controlled-human-thought\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/systemx.stanford.edu\/news\/2019-06-20-000000\/could-prosthetic-limbs-one-day-be-controlled-human-thought\">Stanford Engineering, by Andrew Myers<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>December 10, 2019.<\/strong> &#8220;Speech Decoded from Brain Activity in Area for Hand Control&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/news-opinion\/speech-decoded-from-brain-activity-in-area-for-hand-control-66832\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/news-opinion\/speech-decoded-from-brain-activity-in-area-for-hand-control-66832\">The Scientist, by Shawna Williams<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>December 10, 2019.<\/strong> &#8220;How to \u201cRead\u201d the Brain Signals Underlying Human Speech&#8221;  (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/news\/how-to-read-the-brain-signals-underlying-human-speech\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/news\/how-to-read-the-brain-signals-underlying-human-speech\">HHMI News, by Meghan Rosen)<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>December 10, 2019<\/strong>. &#8220;Why we talk with our hands \u2014 and how that may help give speech to the speechless&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2019\/12\/10\/why-we-talk-with-our-hands-and-how-that-may-help-give-speech-to-the-speechless\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2019\/12\/10\/why-we-talk-with-our-hands-and-how-that-may-help-give-speech-to-the-speechless\/\">Stanford Medicine Scope Blog, by Bruce Goldman<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>December 10, 2019.<\/strong> &#8220;Brain patterns can predict speech of words and syllables&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2019-12\/e-bpc120819.php\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2019-12\/e-bpc120819.php\">Elife,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/elifesciences.org\/for-the-press\/73c47720\/brain-patterns-can-predict-speech-of-words-and-syllables\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2019-12\/e-bpc120819.php\"> by Emily Packer<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>February 15, 2018<\/strong>. &#8220;Mental rehearsal prepares our minds for real-world action, Stanford researchers find&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/2018\/02\/15\/mental-rehearsal-might-prepare-minds-action\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/2018\/02\/15\/mental-rehearsal-might-prepare-minds-action\/\">Stanford News, by Nathan Collins<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>February 15, 2018<\/strong>. &#8220;Study Explores How To Master A Skill You&#8217;ve Only Practiced In Your Mind&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andreamorris\/2018\/02\/15\/study-explores-how-to-master-a-skill-youve-only-practiced-in-your-mind\/#4c684cdd4a5f\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andreamorris\/2018\/02\/15\/study-explores-how-to-master-a-skill-youve-only-practiced-in-your-mind\/#4c684cdd4a5f\">Forbes, by Andrea Morris<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>January 24, 2018<\/strong>. <em>&#8220;<\/em>People with tetraplegia gain rapid use of brain-computer interface&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brown.edu\/news\/2018-01-24\/calibrate\">Brown News, by Kevin Stacey<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>June 15, 2017<\/strong>. &#8220;Did something jostle my arm? My neurons need a moment&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.stanford.edu\/news\/did-something-jostle-my-arm-my-neurons-need-moment\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/engineering.stanford.edu\/magazine\/article\/did-something-jostle-my-arm-my-neurons-need-moment\">Stanford Engineering, by Glen Martin<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>December 8, 2015<\/strong>. &#8220;We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time&#8221; (book <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Aay6CgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT141&amp;lpg=PT141&amp;dq=Kara+Platoni++stavisky&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ZMmaMv5Nqf&amp;sig=ACfU3U3fqQEtFrewFbCwBTX-VSAYOsrsBA&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiwxLqdvszrAhVaGDQIHTL0D1QQ6AEwAHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Kara%20Platoni%20%20stavisky&amp;f=false\">by Kara Platoni, published by Basic Books<\/a>).<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>May 20, 2013<\/strong>. &#8220;Neural Prosthetics: Understanding Reach Planning&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/igert2013.videohall.com\/presentations\/432.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/igert2013.videohall.com\/presentations\/432\">NSF IGERT Video and Poster Competition, Public Choice and Community Choice winners<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News about my research or articles where I comment about neuroscience and neurotechnology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-255","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stavisky.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}