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Congrats to RADIANT students Batlah, Hayam, and Manar on this profile in Entrevestor!

ENTREVESTOR: Dal students’ project to help stroke victims A team of three Dalhousie University neuroscience students is planning to conduct clinical trials in Saudi Arabia for a device they’ve built in a robotics course at the university. Hayam Mahmoud-Ahmed, Manar Alamri and Batlah Alnemer completed Dal’s Creator Series, an entrepreneurship program fo...

Congrats again to RADIANT alumni Tony Ingram and Christopher Lee Friesen on their second big win in a month. Their startup Axem Neurotechnologywas just accepted into the Volta Accelerator program!

Halifax-based Volta Labs welcomes four new tech startups Volta Labs, a Halifax-based tech company hub, is welcoming four new startups to its residency program. ADDText, Axem Neurotechnology, Dragon Veterinary, and Proof have moved into space at Volta’s Maritime Centre location.

Congratulations to RADIANT alumni Tony Ingram and Christopher Lee Friesen on being winners of Innovacorp's Spark Challenge for their company, Axem Neurotechnology!
Also congrats to RADIANT faculty alumnus Ryan Cameron as another Spark winner.

Winners Named in 2017 Spark Innovation Challenge A new wearable technology company in Halifax is receiving $50,000 in funding and business guidance through Innovacorp’s Spark Innovation Challenge. The business, Axem Neurotechnology, is one of four winners selected in the Spark Halifax region of the province. Axem co-founders, Tony Ingram and Chris...

Pretty cool - taking a "lesion deficit" neuropsychology approach to a simple computer chip highlights the limitations of this method. Not really as shocking as the article makes out - we've always known that correlations didn't mean causation - but does nicely underscore some of the limitations that neuroscience faces.

Testing the methods of neuroscience on computer chips suggests they are wanting A cautionary tale about the promises of modern brain science

Welcome to RADIANT’s Feature Friday! Each Friday we will be featuring past RADIANT Summer Institute students and speakers on their experience with the RADIANT Summer Institute of Neurotechnology Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (NICE).

"The Summer Institute was an experience unlike any other I’ve had throughout my academic career. Whether you’re interested in translating your research to the “real world” or not, this program offers a unique and all-too-often unappreciated perspective on the value of neuroscience in society. I’ve since used the skills I learned during the institute to co-found a neuroscience-based startup. If you’re interested in neuroscience and technology, I highly recommend it!”
- Tony Ingram, 2015 NICE Summer Institute student.

Tony is a licensed Physiotherapist with an M.Sc. in Kinesiology and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Dalhousie University, working out of the Lab for Brain Recovery and Function. Tony is also an owner and writer for Mind & Movement, a website that translates motor neuroscience research to entertaining and educational content. Tony and fellow RADIANT student, Chris Friesen, founded a company called Axem. In December, they won 1st place at Launch Dal's Fall Collide Pitch Competition.

Check out our website for more information on the NICE Summer Institute!