Cyberkinetics' Mijail Serruya Named One of the World's Top Young Innovators by MIT's Technology Review Magazine.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K FOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2003 Serruya To Be Honored September 24 - 25 at The Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cyberkinetics, Incorporated, a pioneer in the emerging field of neurotechnology, announced today that Mijail Serruya, Program Manager and co-founder of the Company, has been named to the 2003 list of the world's 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, MIT's Magazine of Innovation. Serruya is recognized for his contributions to the field of brain-science research and his work to design novel brain-machine interfaces that may one-day enable paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. patients to communicate through the translation of thought into direct computer control. The TR100, chosen by the editors of Technology Review and an elite panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
"We congratulate Mijail for being recognized as a top young innovator," said Timothy R. Surgenor, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cyberkinetics, Inc. "In addition to his groundbreaking neuroscience research at Brown, he has been a tremendous contributor to the development of Cyberkinetics." In addition to his role at Cyberkinetics, Serruya is an M.D./Ph.D. student at Brown University where he, under the leadership of John Donoghue This article is about John Donoghue, Australian Pioneer Settler. For John Donoghue, Brown University Neuroscience Dept. Chair, see John Donoghue (disambiguation). : John Donoghue , Ph.D., has been developing breakthrough technologies for matching patterns in brain activity with associated physical movements. In 2001, Serruya, Donoghue and collaborators Gerhard Friehs and Nicholas Hatsopoulous, formed Cyberkinetics to transform the groundbreaking brain-science research at Brown University into the first implantable brain-computer interface A brain-computer interface (BCI), sometimes called a direct neural interface or a brain-machine interface, is a direct communication pathway between a human or animal brain (or brain cell culture) and an external device. device, called BrainGate(TM), for clinical use in human patients. The BrainGate technology platform may one day provide paralyzed or motor-impaired patients with a novel mode of communication through the translation of thought into direct computer control. Future applications for BrainGate may include the monitoring and treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases. "Innovation and technological change are essential to worldwide economic growth. Now, more than ever, it's important to recognize that there is no one technology driving the next wave of success, but rather several that, when fused together, will create another era of significant change for our society. Each member of this year's TR100 is actively developing the emerging technologies that we feel will profoundly impact our world in the century ahead," said Robert Buderi, editor-in-chief of Technology Review. About Technology Review Inc. Technology Review Inc., an MIT Enterprise, delivers essential information about emerging technologies on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of commercialization. Since 1998, paid circulation for the company's magazine, Technology Review, has more than tripled, climbing from 92,000 to 315,000. Combined with its signature events, newsletters, and online businesses, Technology Review reaches over a million senior technology thinkers and influencers - including venture capitalists, chief scientists, MIT alumni and students, researchers, senior corporate executives, investors, and innovators - throughout the world each month. About Cyberkinetics, Inc. Cyberkinetics is a leader in neurotechnology, an emerging field driven by advances in neuroscience, computer science, and engineering that promises to revolutionize the medical treatment of nervous system dysfunction. Cyberkinetics first product, BrainGate(TM), is designed to give severely paralyzed patients a permanent, direct brain-computer interface for the purpose of communication and control of a computer. Cyberkinetics' intellectual property features key technologies licensed from Brown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , Emory University Emory University (ĕm`ərē), near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Atlanta. , and the University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. . Cyberkinetics is headquartered in Foxborough, Massachusetts and conducts engineering and research in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. and Providence, Rhode Island  “Providence” redirects here. For other uses, see Providence (disambiguation). Providence is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. . More information is available at www.cyberkineticsinc.com. |
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