Sumner L. Norman

@sumnerln.bsky.social

CEO of Forest Neurotech // ultrasound & BCI

Thrilled to finally share this work on how ultrasound BCIs function under the hood. 🧠 It was an honor working with Whitney the pièce de résistance of his PhD work at @caltech.edu

Whitney Griggs@whitneygriggs.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🧠Excited to share our latest ultrasound & neurotech paper @natureportfolio.nature.com 🦾 Our previous papers demonstrated the HOW of an ultrasonic brain-machine interface in monkeys and humans. This paper highlights WHY it works.

E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves. Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism

🚨 Forest Neurotech is hiring across domains and levels! 🚨 We just added a Hardware Test Engineer role and have open roles for SWEs and EEs. More coming soon. If you (or someone you know) is mission driven, high IQ, and low ego, let's talk!

E11 Bio is launching Volara: an open-source Python library for block-wise processing of large volumetric microscopy datasets! 🧪🔬 Volara features block-wise task abstractions, making scalable image processing more accessible, robust, and repeatable. Read more: e11.bio/blog/volara

We are excited to introduce ‘time’ as a new domain for proteomics multiplexing! It enables: -Label-free multiplexing -Combinatorial multiplexing with plexDIA Using combined 9-plexDIA and 3-timePlex we demonstrate 27-plex DIA 🚀

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🚨 Forest Neurotech is hiring an EE Lead! 🚨 If you've shipped 3+ product lifecycles of small/mixed-signal devices, let's talk. We're looking for mission driven, high IQ+low ego. If you/someone you know matches this description, please reach out.

Legislation proposed to regulate neurotech and neurodata has captured interest from state and federal lawmakers. Bloomberg Law shares more: "The compliance costs [of] privacy laws could limit businesses to certain states or solely to the academic realm."

New results from meta are 🔥🔥🔥 "neural activity recorded from over 7,400 electrodes implanted in the brains of 46 children, teenagers, and adults for epilepsy monitoring, as they listened to an audiobook version of “The Little Prince”."

"Fungi and archaea represent some of the most fascinating yet understudied branches of the tree of life. [...] There’s little doubt that we’ve barely scratched the surface of their capabilities." So stoked for this project from @cultivarium.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social!

Cultivarium@cultivarium.bsky.social · last yr.

We're gearing up to tackle new kingdoms of life, thanks to generous support from @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Get in touch! Read more on our blog: cultivarium.substack.com/p/fungi-and-...

🚨 Two Postdoctoral Fellows in Ultrasound Neuromodulation and Neuroimaging! 🚨 Supervised by @EFouragnan at @PlymUni. If you're an expert in MRI, fMRI, MRS, DTI, or TUS -- we want to hear from you! 🔗 Links below 👇

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📰 Featured in The Guardian: With support from ARIA's investment in precision neurotechnologies, we’re thrilled to announce Forest Neurotech's role in the UK’s first NHS clinical trial of an ultrasound-powered whole-brain interface. 🧠