Together with Andy Jackson (Newcastle) and Tim Constandinou (Imperial College London) we got a large EPSRC grant (~1m) to develop a wireless chip for neuroprosthetic applications.

This has been featured in:

Daily Mail
The Engineer

Press Releases

Mariano Molina Brings a Dash of Intuition to Leading Bioengineering Research - Arte al Dia

Brain paintings - The Scientist

May 2010

Press Releases

Funes no podia pensar - El Cable (Argentina)

News

Carlos Pedreira got an MRC fellowship to work with human single cell recordings and neuroprosthetics. well done!

Interview in Muy Interesante

April 2010

News

Rodrigo gave a lecture at the Borges-Kafka Bienal in Buenos Aires.

The Bienal was featured (among others) in:
El Cronista
La Nacion
Pagina 12
Buenos Aires Goverment

March 2010

News

Rodrigo and Maria Kodama gave a talk about Borges and memory

When art meets neuroscience... - University of Leicester (01.03.10)

Funes no podia pensar - Universidad de Buenos Aires (30.03.10)

Press Release

Jennifer Aniston splijt hersenwetenschap - De Standaart (11.03.10)

February 2010

News

Iinterview in Noticias y Protagonistas (16.02.10). Listen the interview here.

Article on Borges and memory appeared in Nature and it was covered in:

Clarin, Argentina.
La Nacion, Argentina.
Perfil, Argentina.
i, Portugal.
ABC, Spain.
see also: University of Leicester Press Release.

January 2010

News

Our work was featured in Cielos Argentinos, the magazine of Aerolineas Argentinas.

Together with Tom Matheson's lab we cellebrate a recently awarded £800k BBSRC grant to jointly study aimed limb movements in the locust.

see University of Leicester Press Release

December 2009

News

Mariano Molina will be one of the five leading contemporary artists from Argentina -one the 32 countries that will qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa- to participate in 2010 Fine Art which will be one of the largest and most ambitious international art collaborations in history.

Carlos got a postgraduate scholarship from Mutua Madrileña.
Congratulations!

November 2009

News

Rodrigo was interviewed in Noticias y Protagonistas (17.11.09). Listen the interview here.

October 2009

News

Our work was featured in Nature: Opening up brain surgery - Nature (15.10.09)

Press releases

Neuronas que recononcen a "famosos" - La Nacion (19.10.09)

A neuron's obsession hints at biology of thought - The Wall Street Journal (09.10.09)

September 2009

Press releases

How do we perceive art? - University of Leicester (15.09.09)

How do we perceive art? - Science Centric (15.09.09)

Neuroscience, are and the wow retina 'looming' alert - Compute Scotland

August 2009

Press releases

Effetto Marilyn: basta un neurone e si reconosce un volto - Il Sole (13.08.09)

July 2009

Press releases

Do you have brain cells devoted to Oprah? - Good Morning America, ABC News (23.07.09)

If Oprah has real estate in our brains, does God? - USA Today (23.07.09)

'Oprah neuron' hints at nature of memory - New Scientist (23.07.09)

The legend of grandmother cells continues - Discover Magazine (23.07.09)

Nel nostro cervello i personaggi famosi hanno un neurone dedicato solo a loro - Il Messaggero (23.07.09)

I neuroni delle celebrita - Corriere della Sera (24.07.09)

Un neurone per 'l'idea' di Marilyn - Le Scienze (24.07.09)

Oprah, Luke Skywalker and Maradona - new study investigates how our brains reponds to them - University of Leicester (24.07.09)

La misma neurona reacciona al mismo concepto visto u oido - Diario Medico (27.07.09)

Nel cervello per ogni star c'e un neurone 'dedicato' - La Stampa (27.07.09)

Famous names get single neurons fired up - WMBF News (27.07.09)

More news...

June 2009

Press releases

Responses of human medial temporal lobe neurons are modulated by stimulus repetition - University of Leicester (22.06.09)

May 2009

Press releases

How does the human brain work? - University of Leicester (25.05.09)

The Brain Can a Single Neuron Tell Halle Berry From Grandma Esther? - Discover (15.05.09)

March 2009

News

Rodrigo gave the opening lecture of the National Science and Engineering Week at the Univesity of Leicester.

February 2009

News

Our work on extracting information from neuronal populations was cover of Nature Reviews Neuroscience.

January 2009

News

We've just released a new version of Wave_clus

November 2008

News

Rodrigo gave his Professorial Inagural Lecture (04.11.08)

Press releases

'Jennifer Aniston neuron' may show what's on your mind - The Epoch Times (12.11.08)

Una neurona llamada Jennifer Aniston - El Mundo -Spain (03.11.08)

Jennifer Aniston tiene una neurona propia - Critica de la Argentina (01.11.08)

October 2008

Press releases

The Jennifer Aniston brain cell - Daily Mail (29.10.08)

Jennifer Aniston neuron shows how we react to celebrity faces - Daily Telegraph (29.10.08)

Cientista identifica neuronio que reage a celebridades - BBC Brasil (30.10.08)

Jennifer Aniston tiene neurona - BBC World (30.10.08)

Una neurona es llamada "Jennifer Aniston" - 20 minutos -Spain (31.10.08)

People - The Guardian (30.10.08)

British professor studies Jennifer Aniston. Lucky bloke! (very funny!) - ItWire (01.01.08)

Scientist find Friends, Star Wars brain cells - The Australian (29.10.08)

Brain cells "dedicated to celebrities" discovered - The Hindu News (29.10.08)

Picture this? Professor unveils research on "Jennifer Aniston Neuron" - University of Leicester (28.10.08)

Understanding the wow factor - University of Leicester (29.10.08)

More press releases

News

Rodrigo gave a broadcast live talk about Spike Sorting for the Spike Train Analysis Network
Insitute of Neuroscience of Newcastle University (13.10.08)

September 2008

Press releases

Our work is mentioned in EL Pais
El Nobel de la Calle - EL Pais (29.09.08)

June 2008

News

Our work on neural correlates of conscious perception has been selected as one of the Breaking News in Neuroscience by the federation of European Neuroscience Societies (fENS).