International spotlight on ASU spinal cord research


The Irish Times reported on a featured lecture by ASU bioengineering professors Ranu Jung and James Abbas at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway). 

Jung and Abbas, associate professors in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering in ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, are co-directors of the university’s Center for Adaptive Neural Systems. The center focuses on developing and utilizing new scientific knowledge and engineering technology to address physiological, medical and societal problems presented by neurological disabilities. 

For the lecture series hosted by the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science at NUI Galway, Jung and Abbas gave a presentation about their work on repair and recovery after spinal cord injury. 

Article source: The Irish Times

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