The winners of the BCI Award 2020 were recently announced at the IEEE SMC conference during the Award ceremony. The BCI Award is organized every year by the BCI Award foundation, led by Christoph Guger and Dean Krusienski. The head of the jury Aysegul Gunduz selected the winners with the help of the other jury …
The extent to which our everyday life relies on dexterous usage of our hands is something that we usually only realize when things go wrong, e.g., when we break a bone and our hand is fixed in a plaster cast. Tetraplegic patients permanently suffer from these restrictions throughout their lives. Restoring hand movements, especially functional …
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The °AirRay research Nerve Cuff Electrodes from CorTec have become the standard in the research of applications in bioelectronic medicine in recent years. In order to give more researchers access to the electrodes, we now offer the most popular configurations from stock and at reduced prices.
We all intuitively know that our mental states can affect our physical wellbeing. Especially when it comes to fighting off infections, it is common knowledge that too much stress affects our resilience against germs. And yet, the concrete details of how our brain activity influences the immune system have remained largely unclear. A new, massively …
At CorTec we frequently undertake the most diverse activities as a team that weld us together a little bit more. Our team is not only concerned with their own pleasure. Especially in the tense situation of the present time, we as a team also want to make a contribution. Recently, some of our colleagues therefore …
Bladder problems affect millions of people worldwide, significantly decreasing quality of life and often coming with additional medical complications. One of the most common syndromes is called “overactive bladder”, in which, as the name already suggests, patients experience a constant urge to urinate. In a recent story, we already reported how scientists are currently trying …
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We are very proud that in 2020, the Bernstein-CorTec-Award will be awarded for the first time to to honor outstanding scientific achievements at the University Freiburg. The cooperation between CorTec and the Bernstein Center Freiburg makes it possible to award a prize money of 1000 € to master theses and doctoral theses in the interdisciplinary …
Interstitial cystitis (IC), also called bladder pain syndrome (BPS), is a chronic bladder health issue that strongly affects everyday life of millions of people worldwide. Patients chronically feel pain and pressure in the bladder area and an increasing urge to urinate. The causes for the condition are still unclear and treatment attempts often remain unsatisfactory. …
Neuromodulation: now also a promising candidate for alleviating painful bladders Read More »
Basic research in animal models form an essential milestone on the pathway towards innovative medical treatments. For good reasons, clinical testing in human subjects can only start when the approach has been sufficiently tested and validated in preclinical experiments. Yet, translating a treatment idea from one species to another comes with challenges. Frequent obstacles range …
Before we – like the rest of the world – were surprised by COVID-19 and those of us not working in our cleanroom disappeared into home office, we did a photo shoot in our offices. The goal behind it: to give a very special insight into our work. You can see the usual stock material …