News Archive
September 10, 2024
Congratulations Jessica! Jess has successfully defended her MSc thesis and completed the requirements for a Master's degree. Work from her thesis, "Grasping at illusions: Stimulating the skin to investigate the cutaneous contribution to kinesthesia in the human hand" will be prepared for upcoming journal publication. She has started a PhD in the ACELab under Dr. Craig Chapman in the same faculty.
July 17, 2024
We are teaching a neuroscience mini-course for the Faculty of Science Summer Camps! Our course is part of the Body science Challengers program offered to young learners going into Grades 5-8. Our classes will be held today and on the next two Wednesdays.
June 26, 2024
The research team attended a meeting organized by the Canadian Action and Perception Network (CAPnet)! The meeting is a satellite symposium for the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science conference held at the University of Alberta from June 25 to 27. Stephanie presented a poster: "Spinal cord stimulation activates local sensory axons before axons in the spinal cord" for CAPnet. Jessica presented "Grasping at illusions: Stimulating Skin to create the illusion of finger movement" for both meetings.
April 12, 2024
The KSR Graduate Student Retreat & Conference ReCon XI was held at the Matrix Hotel in downtown Edmonton. ReCon is an annual graduate student retreat and conference that focuses on graduate student research and professional development. Jessica, Jocelyn, Stephanie presented posters detailing their research. Cavan was invited to present his winning poster from the 2024 Faculty of KSR Research Day. Congratulations to
Jessica for winning Best Poster Presentation!
| Jess: | Grasping at illusions: Stimulating the skin to make you think your fingers are moving. |
| Jocelyn: | Amplifying Electrically-Evoked Contractions: Two techniques, one goal. |
| Stephanie: | Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation: What does it activate and when? |
| Cavan: | The effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on torque produced during functional electrical stimulation. |
April 11, 2024
Phil's application to the Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentship Program was successful! Phil will be working on the project: "Could multisite stimulation improve functional recovery for people experiencing paralysis?" and helping with other experiments in our lab this summer.
March 27, 2024
Congratulations Cassia for receiving a 2024 Undergraduate Grant from the Branch Out Neurological Foundation! Cassia will be conducting working on the project: "When using transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to reduce paralysis, does stimulation frequency matter?" in our lab this summer.
March 26, 2024
This afternoon the lab hosted visiting students participating in the first annual neuroscience research symposium "NeuroPosium". The visit, organized by NeuroReach, took groups of high school students to tour multiple neuroscience labs across the University of Alberta. NeuroReach is a U of A student group with the aim of exposing neuroscience research to high school students with a special focus on traditionally underrepresented groups in neuroscience. We set up workstations demonstrating our techniques in EMG, reflexes and kinesthesia and had a great time!
March 21, 2024
The Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation hosts the 2024 Faculty Research Day at the University of Alberta. Cavan, Cassia and Jonah presented their posters from FURCA (see March 12 entry for poster titles). Cavan won first place in the undergraduate poster category and has been invited to present it at the Faculty's Graduate Student Retreat & Conference, ReCON!
March 14, 2024
The 25th Annual Neuroscience Research Day is
held today at the Lister Center at the U of A. Jess, Jocelyn and Morgan will be presenting posters at this event. See pictures here.
| Jess: | Can stimulation of skin make you think your fingers are moving? |
| Jocelyn: | Muscle & Spinal Stimulation: Are two better than one? |
| Morgan: | The effects of Spinal Stimulation Frequency on Central Nervous System Excitability and Torque when coupled with Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation. |
March 12, 2024
The U of A is celebrating the achievements of undergraduate research at the Festival of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (FURCA) held in the Student's Union Building on campus over the next three days. The undergraduate students in our lab presented posters for this event! See pictures here.
| Dhiman: | Does multi-site stimulation increase synaptic strength in neural pathways in humans? |
| Cavan: | The effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on torque produced during functional electrical stimulation. |
| Cassia: | Can spinal cord stimulation increase reflexes (and contractions) produced by functional electrical stimulation? |
| Jonah: | When Combining Spinal Stimulation and Nerve Stimulation, Does Timing Matter? |
| Morgan: | The effects of spinal stimulation frequency on the central nervous system and movement. |
February 16, 2024
Big U School day today!
We were visited by a grade 5 class from St Alphonsus School . Thank you for sharing your kind impressions and for your drawings!
January 8, 2024
Happy new year! New to the lab are practicum students Cavan Chong and Cassia Čulo. Jonah and Dhiman return to pursue directed studies. The team will be busy with all aspects of research, from running experiments to analyzing the data. This term Morgan will collect data to defend his undergraduate thesis for his Honors Neuroscience project.
