NeurotechEU Holds its VIII Board of Rectors

20 de November de 2024

With the goal of strengthening the integration of the European University of Brain and Technology –NeurotechEU, the Boğaziçi University (Turkey), a member of this alliance, has organized the second Board of Rectors of 2024 in Istanbul. Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche was represented by Juana Gallar, leader of the project at UMH and Director of the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the UMH, and the Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Cooperation, Vicente Micol.

Micol and Gallar were accompanied by the Director of the International Relations, Development Cooperation, and Volunteering Service, Inmaculada Blaya, who is also a member of the Governing Board of the NeurotechEU Alliance. Additionally, the Director of the Centre for Translational Research in Physiotherapy, Maria del Carmen Lillo, attended as an active participant in the work package focused on empowering students and staff.

The university delegation included the Rector’s Delegate for Healthy Campuses and a member of the working group on equal opportunities and integration, Raúl Reina; the Rector’s Delegate for Digital Transformation, Federico Botella, an active member of the working group for NeurotechEU’s Campus+ educational platform; the Deputy Vice-Rector for Institutional Positioning and Rankings, José Manuel Blanes, a member of the work package promoting mobility among partner universities in the alliance; and researcher from UMH’s Brain Machine Interface Systems laboratory, Eduardo Iáñez, who is involved in the work group dedicated to developing the alliance’s academic programme in neurotechnology. Also attending the Board of Rectors were project managers Maria José Such, an expert in quality assurance, and Sonia Martín, along with communications officer Júlia Santacreu.

The UMH delegation attends the VIII Board of Rectors of NeurotechEU. Source: UMH

In parallel, the second edition of the NeurotechEU Hackathon took place, with participation from Desirée Garcia, a representative of the Synapses Club formed by UMH students in NeurotechEU, and the winner of UMH’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition.

The NeurotechEU European alliance aims to provide the scientific community with a centre of higher education and research focused on neurotechnology, with the objective of addressing health issues related to neuroscience and mental health through affordable technologies. In addition to UMH, the NeurotechEU alliance includes seven other universities: Radboud University (Netherlands), Karolinska Institute (Sweden), University of Bonn (Germany), Boğaziçi University (Turkey), Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), University of Lille (France), and Reykjavik University (Iceland).

Source: European University of Brain and Technology (NeurotechEU) – UMH (neurotecheu@umh.es)