Sheila Nirenberg

Sheila Nirenberg

Nirenberg in 2013
Fields Neuroscience
Institutions Cornell University
Alma mater SUNY Albany
Harvard University
Notable awards MacArthur Award, Beckman Young Investigator Award, TED Talk, NYC BioAccelerate Prize
Website
physiology.med.cornell.edu/faculty/nirenberg/lab/

Sheila Nirenberg is an American neuroscientist. She works in the field of neural coding, developing new kinds of prosthetic devices (devices that “talk to the brain in its own language”[1][2]), and new kinds of smart robots.[3] She is a recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award,[3][4] and is the subject of a BBC documentary for her work on blindness.[5]

She Is currently a professor at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and a description of her work, publications, etc., can be found at: http://physiology.med.cornell.edu/faculty/nirenberg/lab/.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=7217
  2. ↑ TED talks: http://www.ted.com/talks/sheila_nirenberg_a_prosthetic_eye_to_treat_blindness
  3. 1 2 http://www.macfound.org/fellows/899
  4. ↑ MacArthur Fellows Program
  5. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141111-the-code-that-may-treat-blindness
  6. ↑ http://physiology.med.cornell.edu/faculty/nirenberg/lab/

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