CMU CNBC researchers awarded NSF Grant To Study Neuron Variability and Motor Learning

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded CMU CNBC researchs Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Steven Chase and Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Byron Yu, and their long-time collaborator, University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor of Bioengineering Aaron Batista, an $869,000 grant to conduct basic research that will establish how variability in movement is encoded in the brain and how this variability contributes to learning and performance.

The CMU-led team, which is made up of researchers from the university’s BrainHub^SM initiative and the University of Pittsburgh, will bring together expertise in neuroscience, engineering and computer science to establish a fundamental understanding of neural variability in motor learning. (read more)