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by Dr. Brett Kagan
Dr Brett J. Kagan is the Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Operations Officer at Cortical Labs. Cortical Labs is a multidisciplinary deep-tech startup looking at integrating hardware, software, and synthetic biology approaches to explore how to harness intelligence from neurons on a chip. Dr Kagan has a PhD in neuroscience focusing on stem cell therapy and completed post-doctoral work in bioinformatics and regenerative medicine. Recent work includes developing the first real-time closed-loop demonstration of in-vitro intelligence in a simplified pong-game environment, along with working to better test and understand these systems. Dr Kagan has led the scientific development of the first commercialisable device for harnessing the information processing capabilities of biological neurons, called the CL-1. Dr Kagan also explores neurocomputational implications along with philosophical and ethical approaches to the development and use of this new technology.