Mapping the brain-spinal cord interaction towards understanding and treatment of movement disorders
The Move2Treat project, funded by EIC Pathfinder Open, is at the forefront of groundbreaking research aimed at developing revolutionary technologies. This initiative supports the development of minimally invasive, soft multifunctional neural devices leading to improved mapping of brain and spinal cord neural activity. With a competitive success rate of just 6-7%, Move2Treat exemplifies a high-risk, high-gain endeavor, dedicated to realizing technological advancements that will significantly impact Europe and beyond.
Recent News
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How do the spinal circuits generate walking?
Where neurons sit in the spinal cord may matter as much as what they are: Our new paper is out in Nature Communications: Spatial and network principles behind neural generation of locomotion. Decades of genetics have given us a rich catalogue of spinal cell types, but the mapping from genetic identity to motor function has…
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New publication from the Move2Treat consortium!
Congratulations to Rune Berg, Grace Houser, and the research team at the University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet),on their latest publication in Nature Communications: “Spatial and network principles underlying neural generation of locomotion.” This exciting study provides new insights into the neural circuits that generate locomotion, advancing our understanding of how the brain and spinal cord…
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Spinal cord aficionados, round two!
Last time we showed you how we straighten out a wobbly spinal cord. Now it’s time for the real deal: we built a 3D lightsheet spinal cord reference atlas! We took many straightened spinal cords and merged them using a smoothed, interpolated atlas built in-house (magic done by Salif Komi, sitting right next to me!…
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WELCOME TO ISSUE #2 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the second edition of the Project Move2Treat – EU HORIZON EIC 2024 PATHFINDER OPEN Technical Newsletter. Since the launch of the project, our team has continued to make steady progress towards developing the next generation of soft multifunctional neural interfaces for movement disorders. Through close collaboration between our academic and industrial partners, we…
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Spinal cord aficionados, this one’s for you!
Lightsheet spinal cord imaging generates beautiful 3D data, but the spinal cord relentlessly refuses to stay straight. So we built a straightening step that takes the raw, curved tissue and maps it onto a clean linear one. On the left: the raw 3D rendering, wobbly and doing its own thing. On the right: the same…
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Participation in Photonics Europe 2026
We are pleased to share that Project Move2Treat – EU HORIZON EIC 2024 PATHFINDER OPEN was represented at SPIE Photonics Europe 2026, held from 12 to 16 April. Our team contributed to the conference with two presentations highlighting key technologies aligned with the project’s vision. Andreas Ioannou presented work on femtosecond laser fabricated fiber Bragg…
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon EIC Pathfinder programme under grant agreement No. 101130161. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.