News & Updates

September 3, 2024

Congratulations to Molly Simmonite, Dalia Khammash, Katherine Michon, Abbey Hamlin, Stephan Taylor, Michael Vesia, and Thad Polk on the recently published "Age and visual cortex inhibition: a TMS-MRS study" paper in Cerebral Cortex. 

August 8, 2024

Congratulations to Elana Goldenkoff, Joseph Deluisi, Taraz Lee, Benjamin Hampstead, Stephan Taylor, Thad Polk, and Michael Vesia on the recently published "Repeated spaced cortical paired associative stimulation promotes additive plasticity in the human parietal-motor circuit" paper in Clinical Neurophysiology. 

August 7, 2024

Congratulations to Rupsha Panda, Joseph Deluisi, Taraz Lee, Sheeba Davis, Isabel Muñoz-Orozco, Roger Albin, and Michael Vesia on the recently published "Improving TMS treatments for gait and postural imbalances in Parkinson disease" paper in Frontiers in Human Medicine. 

July 26-28, 2024

The B2Lab presented the Neural Effects of Multi-Day State-Dependent Parietal Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation on Sensorimotor Control Networks at the Neuromodulation Conference in New York City.

May 2, 2024

Elana Goldenkoff graduated at Hill Auditorium with her PhD in Movement Science from the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology surrounded by family and friends. 

May 1, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Vesia! He is excited to work with Drs. Hampstead, Lee, Polk, and Taylor on 

"Personalizing Multifocal Transcranial Direct Stimulation Dose to Target the Motor Network in Older Adults".

March 12, 2024

Elana presented her dissertation titled "Optimizing Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Protocols for Motor Function" and successfully defended her results at the School of Kinesiology.

November 10-15, 2023

Joe presented his latest results that show state-dependent effects of parietal intermittent theta burst stimulation on visuomotor control circuits at the Society of Neuroscience meeting in Washington D.C.

November 10-15, 2023

Elana presented her latest results that show state-dependent effects of parietal stimulation on cortical plasticity and action control at the Society of Neuroscience meeting in Washington, D.C.

October 26, 2023

Congratulations to Elana Goldenkoff, Joe Deluisi, Danielle Destiny, Katy Michon, James Brissenden and colleagues- Drs. Lee, Taylor, Polk- ,on the recently published “The behavioral and neural effects of parietal theta burst stimulation on the grasp network are stronger during a grasping task than at rest” paper in Frontiers in Neuroscience.  

October 31, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Vesia and colleagues on the recently published “Lateral prefrontal stimulation of active cortex with theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation affects subsequent engagement of the frontoparietal network” paper in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.   

September 27-30, 2023

Elana presented her latest results that show the additive effects of multiple, spaced cortical paired associative stimulation sessions on motor plasticity at the Progress in Motor Control XIV meeting in Rome, Italy.

September 27-30, 2023

Elana presented her latest results that show multi-day brain state-dependent stimulation on motor function at the Progress in Motor Control XIV meeting in Rome, Italy.

September 8, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Vesia and colleagues on the recently published: “Tolerability and blinding of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation among older adults at intensities of up to 4 mA per electrode” paper in Brain Stimulation. 

Elana presents her latest results that show the additive effects of multiple, spaced cortical paired associative stimulation sessions and multi-day brain state-dependent stimulation on motor function at the PCMC II Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA.

Joe presents his novel dual-site TMS grid search targeting method for personalized functional stimulation of the grasping network [dsGrid] at the PCMC II Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA.

April 29, 2023

Congrats to the Class of 2023 Research Assistants (Julianna, Maxine, Jordan, and Tess). Thank You 4 Your Service!  We look forward to your future successes. 

December 12, 2022

Elana, one of three UM doctoral candidates and alum selected to receive the Quad Fellowship, a program focused on interdisciplinary innovation and building ties with the new STEM generation. Congratulations Elana!

Read more about the Quad Fellowship

Jordan presents her latest results that show the “Behavioral Effects of Network-Targeted High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) on the Visuomotor Grasping Circuit".

Elana presents her latest results that show the additive effects of multiple, spaced cortical paired associative stimulation sessions on cortical excitability in the human motor system at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego.

B2Lab members Tess Davis, Maxine Kugelmas, and Joe Delusi volunteer at F.E.M.M.E.S.  inspiring young minds to love and understand the importance of science!

September 26, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Vesia and School of Kinesiology colleagues on the recently published "Designing for Cross-Cutting Skill Development and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a Foundational Kinesiology Course" in Kinesiology Review!

August 26, 2022

PhD student Elana Goldenkoff is a contributing author of the policy memo "The Need for American Scientific Diaspora Networks" published in the Journal of Science Policy & Governance 

Nice work, Elana!

May 1, 2022

Congratulations to Joe Deluisi for being accepted into the University of Michigan Kinesiology PhD program! 

We look forward to Joe joining the B2Lab in August!

April 28, 2022

Jordan's kindness and hard work are highlighted in Vol. 77, No. 29 of The University Record's  2022 Senior profile.

Congratulations, Jordan!

April 21, 2022

Dalia Khammash, PhD candidate in the Polk lab, successfully defending her thesis titled "A TMS Paradigm to Measure Visual Cortical Inhibition and its Application to Aging" - Congratulations and great work, Dalia!

April 17, 2022

Congratulations to Autumn Graham for presenting her poster "Behavioral Effects of Network-Targeted High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) on the Visumotor Grasping Circuit" at the 2022 MRADS Spring Research Symposium Presentation!

April 15, 2022

Member spotlight on  Elana Goldenkoff's role as Graduate Academic Liaison at the Ginsberg Center. Congratulations, Elana!

Read more at the Edward Ginsberg Center

January 11, 2022

Congratulations to Elana Goldenkoff and Rachel Logue, Dr. Brown's PhD student, on the new publication: Measuring Hand Sensory Function and Force Control in Older Adults: Are Current Hand Assessment Tools Enough? 

December 7, 2021

Great write-up in the Ford School News by Elana Goldenkoff about Michigan's electoral map and redistricting. Nice work, Elana!

Read more at the Ford School News

October 18, 2021

The B2Lab is currently seeking a motivated Doctoral Student to join the lab in Fall of 2022.

 CLICK HERE for more information! 

July 1, 2021

After many interviews, we are excited to welcome Ashley Rettmann, our new lab manager, to our lab. We are excited that you have joined our lab! 

June 30, 2021

Congratulations Taraz!

Excited to work with you on Causal examinations of the attention-motor interface in gait and falls. 

April 7, 2021

Congratulations Elana!

Excited to work with you on Modulation of the cortical grasp network through state-dependent multi-focal rTMS.

April 1, 2021

Excited to work with Drs. Lee, Polk and Taylor on Leveraging behavioral state to enhance specificity of non-invasive brain stimulation on motor circuits

March 1, 2021

Congratulations to James Brissenden, Dr. Lee's fellow, on receiving an NIH training grant!

February 1, 2021

Congratulations to Elana Goldenkoff and Rachel Logue, Dr. Brown’s PhD student, on new publication: Reduced Facilitation of Parietal-Motor Functional Connections in Older Adults

January 1, 2021

Congratulations to Elana Goldenkoff and IONM students - Puyan Gholizadeh and John Bridenstine, as well as our amazing collaborators - Heather McGregor ,Josh Mergos, and Matt Brown on new publication: Reversal of Visual Feedback Modulates Somatosensory Plasticity

September 30, 2020

Congratulations to Dalia Khammash, Dr. Polk's graduate student, on receiving an NIH training grant!

September 1, 2020

Congratulations to Katy Michon, our former Research Assistant, for being accepted into the University of Michigan Psychology PhD program!

April 1, 2020

Congratulations to Danielle Destiny, undergraduate student mentored by Drs. Lee and Vesia, for being awarded the distinction of a degree in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with Highest Honors for her thesis- Behavioral State-Dependent Brain Stimulation Improves Manual Dexterity. 

February 23, 2020

Congratulations to Elana Goldenkoff and Movement Science undergraduate students - Amir Mashni and Hannah Lewis, as well as our amazing RA Katy Michon on new publication: Measuring and Manipulating Functionally Specific Neural Pathways in the Human Motor System with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.