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Last week, our n-squared lab members took part in this year’s Run Against Cancer (Lauf gegen Krebs) in Erlangen’s Schlossgarten. Together, they managed an impressive 70 laps! The Run Against Cancer raises awareness of the importance of nutrition and exercise therapy and supports research in the fig...

Ten of our PhD students represented the department at the Motoneuron Conference in Newfoundland, showcasing their work on motor neuron research. The team contributed with multiple posters, two oral presentations and Prof. Alessandro Del Vecchio also hosted a panel, bringing our expertise to the moto...

Our recent symposium in Austria brought the team together to strengthen collaboration and exchange ideas. Everyone presented their latest research and discussed current challenges, receiving valuable feedback and fresh perspectives from the group.

Yesterday, our research group took a break from experiments and papers to celebrate the season together at the beautiful Erlangen Christmas Market. It was a wonderful opportunity to relax, enjoy some mulled wine (Glühwein!), delicious treats, and good company as we wrapped up the year. We’d like ...

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded 1.5 million Euros through the ERC Starting Grant for our research project GraspAgain. 

We were delighted to host Prof. Demetris Soteropoulos from Newcastle University during his visit to our lab from the 16th of July to the 22nd of July. Prof. Soteropoulos is an expert in the bilateral organization of the motor system and the coordination of spinal circuits for voluntary movements....

We, the N-squared Lab, in collaboration with FAPS and Noxon GmbH, have won a total of €1.3 million in grants for two innovative projects aimed at helping people with hand paralysis due to stroke or spinal cord injury.  The Medical Valley Award was granted to our team for the project "GraspAgain,"...

On the 6th of July, we had the honor to meet Prof. Dr. Roberto Merletti. Until 2015, Prof. Merletti was a Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Dept. of Electronics at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), and director of the Lab. for Engineering of the Neuromuscular System (LISiN). He is a S...

We were very pleased to welcome Prof. Berdondini and his team to our lab. He is a senior researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa and leads the IIT-NetS3 laboratory.

Big congratulations to Marius, who won both the 1st jury price and audience award at the DMEA 2022 – Connecting Digital Health Newcomer award with his master thesis “A Generalized Framework for Investigating the Kinematics and Neural Dynamics of the Hand”, written here at our N-squared Lab.