Larmagnac, Alexandre, Dr.

Current Research:

• Flexible multi electrode array for in-vivo rat's spinal cord stimulation
  Part of external pageNEUWalkcall_made project
• MRI compatible electrode for nerve stimulation
• Implantable electrical stimulator for small animals
• Transcutaneous signal transmission using inductive link
• New techniques to control cell adhesion and growth

Previous Research Activities:

• Master Thesis: Cell Adhesion and Growth on Electronically Controlled ITO Electrodes
• Semester Thesis: Modelling pH at the micro-Electrode/Electrolyte interface

Education.

• Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2008: Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering - ETH Zurich
• Sept. 2004 - Feb. 2009: French Engineering Highschool Supélec - dipl. El.Ing

Publications:

• Influence of applied currents on the viability of cells close to microelectrodes
  Gabi M., Sannomiya T., Larmagnac A., Puttaswamy M., Vörös J.
  INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, DOI: 10.1039/b814237h
• Combinatory Electrical and Pharmacological Neuroprosthetic Interfaces to Regain Motor Function After Spinal Cord Injury
  Musienko P., van den Brand R., Maerzendorfer O., Larmagnac A., Courtine G.
  IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2027226
• Electrically controlling cell adhesion, growth and migration
  Gabi M., Larmagnac A., Schulte P., Vörös J.
  COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2010.04.019
• Effects of small pulsed nanocurrents on cell viability in vitro and in vivo: Implications for biomedical electrodes
  Gabi M., Bullen ME., Agarkoya I., Schmidt D., Schoenauer R., Brokopp C., Emmert RY., Larmagnac A., Sannomiya T., Weber B., Wilhelm MJ., Vörös J., Hoerstrup SP
  BIOMATERIALS, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.07.092

Oral presentations:

• Neuroprosthetic epidural electrical stimulator to regain motor control after spinal cord injury
  Larmagnac A., Vörös J., Courtine G.
  WACBE world congress on Bioengineering 2009, 26-29 July, Hong Kong
• Cell Adhesion and Growth on Electronically Controlled Indium Tin Oxide Electrodes
  Larmagnac A., Gabi M., Vörös J.
  22nd conference of the European Society for Biomaterials 2009, Lausanne

Poster presentations:

• Neuroprosthetic spinal cord electrode arrays to restore mobility in paralyzed spinal rats
  Larmagnac A., Musienko P., Vörös J., Courtine G.
  ZNZ symposium 2009, Zurich
• Highly Stretchable PDMS-Based Multi-Electrode Array For Epidural Electrical Stimulation To Regain Motor Function After Spinal Cord Injury
  Larmagnac A., Musienko P., Vörös J., Courtine G.
  7th international meeting on substrate-integrated microelectrodes 2010, Reutlingen