Tuesday, 17 September 2019
i-Vision and InBrain projects hit the news after being granted by “la Caixa”
ICREA Prof. Jose Antonio Garrido, head of the ICN2 Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices Group, and Damià Viana, PhD student of the same Group, received a “la Caixa” Health Research Grant and a CaixaImpulse Grant, respectively. Both initiatives seek to develop new graphene-based neural interfaces for clinical applications and received broad media coverage in the context of the awards ceremony celebrated yesterday.
“La Caixa” Foundation announced yesterday the winners of the second edition of “la Caixa” Health Research Grants. IFAE, ICFO, Barraquer Foundation and Institut de la Vision (University of Sorbonne) are the partner institutions forming the i-VISION research consortium, led by the ICN2 through ICREA Prof. Jose A. Garrido and awarded with 1 million euros. The three-year project will design the next generation of retinal prostheses using graphene-based electrodes to provide artificial vision to patients blinded by retinal degeneration.
O the other hand, the InBrain Technologies project, led by Damià Viana, PhD student from the ICN2 Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices Group, received a CaixaImpulse Grant. This initiative is an acceleration programme that helps early stage biomedical research projects to validate their asset and define their valorisation plan. The programme aims to facilitate the leap from basic research to the market.
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