July 2008: Otto group awarded collaborative award from Purdue Research Foundation entitled, “Novel peptide-presenting sol-gel coatings for improving biocompatibility of cortical implants.”

July 2008: Otto group awarded collaborative award from Showalter Trust entitled, “Development of advanced multifunctional brain-machine interface devices with enhanced reliability for chronic implantation applications.”

March 31, 2008: Congratulations to Andrew Pierce (his second win in a row!) et al. for winning Second Place in the College of Science at the Purdue University Undergraduate Poster Competition!