Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Michael Maharbiz
University of California Berkeley, Department: Engineering (All Types)
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Iota Biosciences
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
The Conflict of Interest Committee determined that the Investigators interest in Iota Biosciences, is related to the interest of the project and represents an FCOI in that those interests could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct or reporting of the PHS-funded research because knowledge gained in the course of the project may benefit product(s) being developed by the company and the company may want to license IP that results from the project.
Wireless recording in the central nervous system with ultrasonic neural dust
PROJECT NARRATIVE A major hurdle in brain-machine interfaces (BMI) is the lack of an implantable neural interface system that remains viable for a substantial fraction of a primate lifetime. The use of distributed, ultrasonic backscattering systems to record high frequency (~kHz) neural activity would pave the way for both truly chronic BMI and massive scaling in the number of neural recordings from the nervous system. Both of these goals would be major game changers in the study and treatment of neurological diseases and possibly lead to chronic therapies for a number of disabilities.
Filed on October 19, 2017.
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