IIN-ELS Master's in Neuroengineering – Selection Result 2017.1
18/01/2017
Text and photo: Ariane Mondo – Ascom ISD
The Selection Committee of the Graduate Program (PPG) in Neuroengineering of the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience (IIN-ELS) completed the second stage of the 2017.1 Selection Process for the master's degree course and based on the evaluation criteria set out in the respective notice, selected the following students:
Ledycnarf Januarius of Holland (UnP)
Luiza Gabriela Araujo Fonseca (UFRN)
Cesar Augusto Noronha (UFRN)
Mylena Nazaré (UFPA)
Rommel Soares Araujo (UFRN)
Juliette de Paula (UFRN)
Larissa Fernanda (UFRN)
Mayara Jully Costa da Silva (UEPB)
John Rodrigo de Oliveira (UFRN)
Ozair Argentille Pereira da Silva (UFRN Santa Cruz)
Alice Barreto Suassuna (UFRN)
Ludimille Santos France (INATEL)
Evaldo Junior Lopes Borba (FURG)
Master's students record a special video to welcome their selected colleagues. Check it out:
Enrollment
Those selected must pre-register between January 23 and 27 and will be informed of the procedures by email. Enrollments will be made in person during the first week of classes, which begin on March 6.
The course is free and offers activities at its facilities in Macaíba, Rio Grande do Norte. Students can count on free transportation between Natal and the Institute's headquarters.
This is the seventh call from IIN-ELS for graduates in the areas of health sciences or engineering who are interested in deepening their knowledge in the area of Neuroengineering. The next application cycle for the IIN-ELS PPG will be from April 20 to June 6, 2017.
Neuroengineering is an interdisciplinary research area that brings together neuroscience and engineering methods to study the functioning of the nervous system and develop solutions for limitations and dysfunctions associated with it.
Unique in Brazil
The IIN-ELS is a pioneer in offering, since 2013, the first Master's course in Neuroengineering in Brazil, certified by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).
Research Lines of the IIN-ELS PPG
The IIN-ELS Postgraduate Program in Neuroengineering has two lines of research: Brain-Machine Interface (BMI), which is an area whose objective is to establish direct communication between the nervous system and robotic, electronic or computational artifacts through the use of neurophysiological signals and brain micro-stimulation. The development of ICM has great therapeutic and technological potential for a variety of neurological diseases, which dramatically affect motor function, such as paralysis, Parkinson's disease and stroke.
The other line of research is neuromodulation, which consists of implanting devices in the central or peripheral nervous system, which release an agent (chemical, biological or physical) to promote an effect of restoring, modulating, inhibiting or increasing functions of the nervous system. Neuromodulation with electrical stimulation has currently been used to treat motor symptoms of Parkinson's and essential tremor, Tourette's syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, chronic pain, depression, Alzheimer's and cerebral coma, but there are still numerous possibilities for research and technological development.
More information about IIN-ELS: https://institutosantosdumont.org.br/instituto-internacional-neurociencias/
