The $250K MIT Future Founders Prize Competition, supported by Northpond Ventures, aims to boost women in biotech entrepreneurship. Nine MIT faculty will compete in this year’s competition, which is co-directed by Sangeeta Bhatia and Kit Hickey. The Future Founders Initiative was established in 2020 to promote female entrepreneurs in biotechnology.
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The interface is easy to insert into the body when dry, but behaves ‘stealthily’ inside the brain when wet
Figure 1. Schematic of Hydrogel Hybrid Brain-Machine Interfaces
Professor Seongjun Park’s research team and collaborators revealed a newly developed hydrogel-based flexible brain-machine interface. To study the structure of the brain or to identify and treat neurological diseases, it is crucial to develop an interface that can stimulate the brain and detect its signals in real time. However, existing neural interfaces are mechanically and chemically different from real brain tissue. This causes foreign body response and forms an insulating layer (glial scar) around the interface, which shortens its lifespan.