Canan Dagdeviren

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IEEE hosts a special issue titled "Conformable Decoding" with Dr. Canan Dagdeviren as the invited area editor

https://www.embs.org/ojemb/articles/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-conformable-decoders/
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Canan Dagdeviren selected as runner-up for MIT Future Founders Initiative Prize Competition

The competition was co-hosted by MIT School of Engineering + the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, alongside Northpond Ventures.
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MIT News highlights Dr. Canan Dagdeviren being selected as a finalist for the Future Founders Initiative prize competition

MIT Future Founders Initiative announces prize competition to promote female entrepreneurs in biotech.
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MIT's Spectrum highlights Dr. Canan Dagdeviren in an article titled "Better Conforming Medical Devices"

By John Pavlus Imagine you're a patient being treated for Parkinson's Disease, which causes tremors. The disorder kills brain cells ...
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Canan Dağdeviren: Follow your dream because life is too short to follow someone else’s

Bioengineer Canan Dağdeviren is living her dream, decoding physical patterns of the human body in order to diagnose and cure diseases.
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New Bionics Center Established at MIT with $24 Million Gift

The center is funded by a $24 million gift to MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research from philanthropist Lisa Yang.
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Media Lab @ MIT Space Week 2021

The Space Exploration Initiative and Space Enabled research group are participating in this year's Virtual MIT Space Week.
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Canan Dagdeviren Receives NSF CAREER and 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Awards

The awards will support Dagdeviren's research in the emerging field of widely deployed biosensing tools.
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Remote Learning: Proactive preparation & student outreach

How Canan Dagdeviren helped her students and members of the Conformable Decoders group adjust to working remotely
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Canan Dagdeviren wants more women in STEM to “Not give up”

“That’s one thing I always tell my female students.”
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Canan Dagdeviren selected for the Inverse Future 50

Conformable Decoders head Canan Dagdeviren is one of the Inverse Future 50—"a group of 50 people who will be forces of good in the 2020s.”
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Remote Teaching and Learning at the Media Lab

This new level of teaching   is the silver lining of this very difficult yet enlightening year.
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A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate

Researchers have designed a skin-like device that can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to speak.
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Research in the time of covid

“We have standard operating procedures for emergencies, and everyone knew what to do,” Dagdeviren says.
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Press Kit: conformable Facial Code Extrapolation Sensor (cFaCES)
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Frequently Asked Questions: A tailored, electronic textile conformable suit for large-scale spatiotemporal physiological sensing in vivo
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“Lean lab” approach enables quick research ramp down

MIT lab offers a model for cost savings, productivity, and safety; principles may also facilitate efficient reopening in the future.
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How can a lean lab provide research resiliency?

The motivation for becoming more organized stems from a desire to reduce inefficiencies and potential safety risks, among other variables.
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Fabric embedded with electronic sensors to monitor vital signs

Clothing that monitors vital signs could be made possible with electronic sensors that have been embedded into stretchy fabrics.
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MIT develops machine-washable sensors that embed in clothing for constant vital sign monitoring

Its potential here on Earth has much more widespread benefit potential, particularly in the era of COVID-19.
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A tailored, electronic textile conformable suit for large-scale spatiotemporal physiological sensing in vivo

The rapid advancement of electronic devices and fabrication technologies has further promoted the field of wearables and smart textiles. ...
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Sensors woven into a shirt can monitor vital signs

Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health.
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Women in Engineering: An interview with Canan Dagdeviren

"Our device-driven research is directly inspired by the diseases of our family members and dear friends...indirectly by humanity at large."
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Teaching at the Media Lab

To me, teaching equals sharing while learning.
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Outstanding Paper in the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards

The MAS.808 course perspective article published in Foresight was chosen as a winner by the editorial team, as it is one of the most exce...
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Decoding physical patterns of our bodies via conformable devices

In an interview with Medgadget, Canan Dagdeviren talks about the mission and ethos of Conformable Decoders
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Designing medical devices to bend with the body

Canan Dagdeviren creates flexible ultrathin systems to decode the patterns of disease.
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How do materials choices and design decisions affect the regulatory pathway for neuroimplantable devices?

We present a review paper that analyzes how early design decisions can affect the regulatory approval process downstream.
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Exhibiting at the Media Lab: Canan Dagdeviren reflects on exhibiting student work

Putting together this exhibit helped me to reflect on both my personal and academic lives.
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Canan Dagdeviren receives 2019 Kadir Has "Promising Scientist" Award

The Kadir Has Awards—organized annually in honor of the late Mr. Kadir Has, founder of the Kadir Has University—are given in the field of...
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Mentoring UROPs at the Media Lab

In just three semesters, we have done a lot, and I cannot wait to experience our progress in Spring 2019 and beyond.
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pH Sensor Benchmarking study is highlighted on the cover of Small Methods

pH Sensor Benchmarking: A Protocol to Characterize pH Sensing Materials and Systems (Small Methods 2/2019)
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Decoders 1.1: Short Movies of Microfabrication

Learning cleanroom processes and fabrication techniques with Canan Dagdeviren.
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Is Our Body the Battery of the Future?

Inspiration from an MIT researcher who is harvesting energy from the body itself.
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Managing a Lab

I would like to start with a mind-ingrained conversation at my 7th birthday party on the 4th of May, 1992, between my late grandfather an...
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Why does the literature need a standardized pH sensing protocol?

Sensing and monitoring pH can convey critical information about brain tumors.
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"MiNDS" technology named to Top 100 Science Spinoffs

The Conformable Decoders group's new method to deliver drugs directly to the brain was selected to the Top 100 Science Spinoffs according...
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Canan Dagdeviren awarded the NARSAD Young Investigator Award

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the awarding of its Young Investigator Grants valued at more than $13.8 mill...
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pH Sensing Protocol

Microscopy image of the ZnO thin film surface after successive testing of the electrode in various buffer solutions for several hours, sh...
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STAT News features an article on Canan Dagdeviren "Our bodies talk to us"

STAT News documents Canan Dagdeviren's work in a video segment: Our bodies talk to us — and these implantable devices can help listen.
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How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices

Batteries wear out, but breathing, sweat and body heat might provide alternative fuel.
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The body electric

What if wearable and implantable devices could harvest energy from the heat, sweat or vibrations of the wearer?
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Tiny implant opens way to deliver drugs deep into the brain

Scientists have created a hair-thin implant that can drip medications deep into the brain by remote control and with pinpoint precision.
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Ultrathin needle can deliver drugs directly to the brain

A miniaturized system that can deliver tiny quantities of medicine to brain regions as small as 1 cubic millimeter
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Frequently Asked Questions: Miniaturized Neural System for Chronic, Local Intracerebral Drug Delivery
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A Fitbit for the stomach

We admit to a weird fascination with electronics that can be swallowed. Whether its robots, cameras, or edible actuators, ...
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Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin highlighted our recent GI paper from Nature Biomedical Engineering

Piezoelectric sensors have many applications including as vibration sensors, accelerometers, energy harvesters, and even electronic drum pad