Finalists Announced for Israel Brain Technologies' Million Dollar Global B.R.A.I.N. Prize

Posted: Published on June 3rd, 2013

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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Israel Brain Technologies (IBT) has announced the ten finalists for its $1 million Global B.R.A.I.N. (Breakthrough Research And Innovation in Neurotechnology) Prize competition - an international R&D award for breakthroughs in the field of brain technology. Finalists include leading researchers from the world's elite institutions as well as companies addressing the world's most critical brain-related health issues. The finalists were chosen from amongst entries from eleven different countries.

The finalist projects represent breakthrough achievements with potential for significant impact on humanity. The ten finalists are:

Dr. Hagai Bergman - Improved adaptive deep brain stimulation technique to treatParkinson's disease and otherbasal ganglia disorders including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders and schizophrenia.

Dr. Edward Boyden- Developing optogenetics, which enables cells to be activated by light, towards identifying clinically relevant targets in the brain and for treating brain disorders.

BrainGate Team led by Dr. John Donoghue-Development and first demonstrations of a neural interface system being used by people with paralysis to provide direct brain control of communication devices, computers, and robotic limbs to restore functions performed by the arm and hand.

ElMindA & Soterix (Collaboration) - Integrating brain functional mapping and monitoring with targeted brain stimulation technology in order to offer focused, personalized and effective treatment for pain.

Dr. Itzhak Fried - Brain pacemaker to treat memory impairment in early Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders including traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and stroke.

Inscopix- Mouse brain imaging devices enabling researchers to observe large numbers of neurons and in many mice in parallel, thereby opening up new approaches to studying brain disease and identifying therapeutics.

Insightec - Using ultrasound for brain surgery with no incision and no radiation.

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Finalists Announced for Israel Brain Technologies' Million Dollar Global B.R.A.I.N. Prize

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