A spin-off from the REHAssist group has received a FIT-Innogrant to validate TREX, a teleoperated robotic system designed to make clot removal after ischaemic stroke faster, safer and more precise.
Learn MoreSchool of Engineering and Neuro X Institute professor Eduardo Moraud has been awarded one of two 2026 Robert Bing Prizes by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) for his translational research on movement disorders.
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Researchers at EPFL show that fewer than 20 training trials with real-time success/failure feedback can significantly improve how people control prostheses, rehabilitation devices, and other motor interfaces.
Authors : Michael Mitchell
EPFL and CHUV researchers have developed the first AI-assisted, real-time deep-brain stimulation therapy for walking impairments in Parkinson’s disease.
Alexander Mathis lives and breathes mathematics. Yet it was neuroscience that paved the way to a high-flying academic career for the EPFL professor, who was named best teacher in the life sciences engineering section for 2025.
Authors : Nik Papageorgiou
An EPFL-led study shows that individual brain connectivity patterns, unique to each person, can identify Parkinson’s patients with hallucinations and reveal early signs linked to cognitive vulnerability.
Authors : Stephanie Parker
EPFL researchers are developing AI models that could one day enable vision prosthetics able to restore meaningful, object-level sight for the blind.
Authors : Sandy Evangelista
The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL. Among them, Alexander Mathis and Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis (BMI) are promoted to Associate Professors.
Authors : Sandy Evangelista
Through the N-Pulse student association, around 50 budding engineers are developing non-invasive biomedical technology to assist the disabled. The initiative is now entering its second year.
Authors : Fondation Leenaards/Mediacom
The EPFL professor is collaborating on one of the two winning projects, which aims to restore cognitive functions through electrical stimulation without surgery.
Authors : Tanya Petersen
For the first time researchers have used an advanced AI model that understands both images and language allowing them to model dyslexia, paving the way for potential new treatments.
Authors : Queen Elisabeth Prize communication
Neural interfaces are the winners of the 2026 Queen Elisabeth Prize for Engineering. Nine scientists are honoured, including Jocelyne Bloch and Grégoire Courtine, from EPFL and UNIL/CHUV, recognised for their development of electronic spinal stimulation technology, which reactivates neural circuits controlling locomotion.
