
Dominik Braun
Professorship for Neuromuscular Physiology and Neural Interfacing
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- 07.05.2026: GraspAgain | Restoring Hand Function
- 01.04.2026: BIONIK | BMFTR START-Interaktiv Project
- 13.10.2025: Run against cancer 2025
- 01.07.2025: ERC Proof of Concept: Helping Children Grasp the World Again
- 11.04.2025: MyoGestic Published in Science Advances
- 05.04.2024: 1.6 million euros granted through DFG Emmy Noether program
- 05.04.2024: Federal President Steinmeier visits GraspAgain!
- 20.09.2023: 1.5 Million Euros granted through ERC Starting Grant
- 15.06.2023: 1.3 million euros in funding – Medical Valley Award & Lifescience-Medizintechnik
2025
Decoding and training spared motor neuron activity in children with paralyzed hands
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader:
Term: 1. July 2025 - 31. December 2026
Acronym: PlayAgain
Funding source: EU / European Research CouncilWe have recently identified single motor neuron activity in humans with spinal cord injury and stroke resulting in complete loss of hand function. We have then demonstrated that these individuals can control with high levels of precision the spared motor neurons ensemble in real-time, up to four degrees of freedom of the hand. We have now collected pilot data in children (
2024
A Direct Sensorimotor Connection with the Spared Neural Code of Movement to Regain Motor Function
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader:
Term: 1. January 2024 - 31. December 2028
Acronym: GRASPAGAIN
Funding source: EU / European Research Council
2023
Development of an innovative neurobandage with an integrated brain-computer interface for testing hand function
(Third Party Funds Single)Term: 1. October 2023 - 31. October 2026
Acronym: NeurOne
Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie (StMWi) (seit 2018)Restoring hand function with neuromuscular restrictions using an intelligent neuroorthosis
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader:
Term: 1. December 2023 - 31. May 2026
Acronym: GraspAgain
Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie (StMWi) (seit 2018)
2025
Journal Articles
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Task-specific motor units in the extrinsic hand muscles control single- and multidigit tasks of the human hand
In: Journal of Applied Physiology 138 (2025), p. 1187-1200
ISSN: 8750-7587
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00911.2024
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MyoGestic: EMG interfacing framework for decoding multiple spared motor dimensions in individuals with neural lesions
In: Science Advances 11 (2025)
ISSN: 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ads9150
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads9150
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Non-Invasive Neural Interfacing for Tetraplegic Individuals Using Residual Motor Neuron Activity Decoded At the Forearm or Wrist
In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (2025)
ISSN: 2168-2194
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2025.3556496
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2024
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Learning a Hand Model from Dynamic Movements Using High-Density EMG and Convolutional Neural Networks
In: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2024), p. 1-12
ISSN: 0018-9294
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2024.3432800
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A direct spinal cord–computer interface enables the control of the paralysed hand in spinal cord injury
In: Brain 147 (2024), p. 3583-3595
ISSN: 0006-8950
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae088
URL: https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awae088/7631714
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Conference Contributions
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Compact and Lightweight Cable Decoupling Unit for Bio-Inspired Tendon Drives in Wearable Robots
10th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2024 (Heidelberg, 1. September 2024 - 4. September 2024)
In: Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics 2024
DOI: 10.1109/BioRob60516.2024.10719892
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2022
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Accurate Continuous Prediction of 14 Degrees of Freedom of the Hand from Myoelectrical Signals through Convolutive Deep Learning
44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2022 (Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, UK, 11. July 2022 - 15. July 2023)
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9870937
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A Generalized Framework for the Study of Spinal Motor Neurons Controlling the Human Hand During Dynamic Movements
44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2022 (Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, 11. July 2022 - 15. July 2022)
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9870914
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Accurate Continuous Prediction of 14 Degrees of Freedom of the Hand from Myoelectrical Signals through Convolutive Deep Learning
44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2022 (Glasgow, GBR, 11. July 2022 - 15. July 2022)
In: Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2022
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9870937
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A Generalized Framework for the Study of Spinal Motor Neurons Controlling the Human Hand During Dynamic Movements
44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2022 (Glasgow, GBR, 11. July 2022 - 15. July 2022)
In: Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2022
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9870914
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2023
- , , , : Medical Valley Award (Bayerische Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie (StMWi)) – 2023