Sheila Nirenberg
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Nirenberg in 2013
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| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Alma mater | SUNY Albany Harvard University |
| Notable awards | MacArthur Award, Beckman Young Investigator Award, TED Talk, NYC BioAccelerate Prize |
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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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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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