Neuroscience
Neuroengineering
Neurology
The e-Lab is led by Prof. Maxime Baud, neuroscientist and neurologist at the Department of Neurology, Bern University Hospital. Our vision is that of a world in which underserved complex brain disorders such as epilepsy are controlled, if not cured. Our mission is to leverage neuroscience discoveries and neurotechnologies to improve care in epilepsy. To that aim, we elucidate large-scale connectivity and neuronal dynamics underpinning seizures, as well as innovate in neuromodulation. Unifying questions we have are “Why are neurons never at rest, even during sleep”, “how do shifts in neuronal regimes precipitate dangerous seizures“ and “why does a seizure occur at a particular moment in time ?”.
Who we are
Talented researchers from different backgrounds (biology, medicine, physics, engineering) convene at the e-Lab to crack the most mysterious aspects of the brain.
What we do
At the e-Lab, we study the cortical dynamics of sleep and epilepsy using experimental, computational and clinical approaches: from analysis of big data in epilepsy patients to neuronal manipulations in animal models of seizures. We also foster the development and validation of neurodevices in Switzerland through collaboration with engineers.
Neuroscience
We study the timing of seizures by controlling firing patterns of neurons using optogenetics and circadian clocks engineering
Neuroengineering
We strive to control seizures using EEG recordings, electrical probing and neuromodulation in a closed-loop design
Neurology
We characterize and strive to control individual ‘seizure cycles’, the periodic recurrence of seizures, in people with epilepsy.
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