Sheila Nirenberg
Sheila Nirenberg | |
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| File:Nirenberg 2013 hi-res-download4 1.jpg Nirenberg in 2013 | |
| Alma mater | SUNY Albany Harvard University |
| Awards | MacArthur Award, Beckman Young Investigator Award, TED Talk, NYC BioAccelerate Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Website | physiology |
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][better source needed] 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
- ^ http://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=7217
- ^ TED talks: http://www.ted.com/talks/sheila_nirenberg_a_prosthetic_eye_to_treat_blindness
- ^ a b http://www.macfound.org/fellows/899
- ^ MacArthur Fellows Program
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141111-the-code-that-may-treat-blindness
- ^ http://physiology.med.cornell.edu/faculty/nirenberg/lab/
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