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2027

Hao Sheng to join Westlake University

Hao Sheng is expected to join Westlake University’s School of Engineering as an assistant professor in August 2027 and establish Sheng Lab.

2026

Growth-adaptive spring electronics

A preprint by Ariel J. Lee, Hao Sheng, and collaborators describes adaptive interfaces and computational analysis for following the same neurons during postnatal brain development.

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2026

A perspective on lifetime electrophysiology

Hao Sheng and collaborators review implantable microelectronics for long-term neural recording at single-cell and single-spike resolution.

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2025

Nature cover article: cyborg embryos

Collaborative work led by Hao Sheng and colleagues appears as a Nature cover article, demonstrating soft electronics that integrate with the developing brain.

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Nature cover, 26 June 2025: Cyborg tadpoles

2024

AI for longitudinal neural analysis

The AutoSort preprint introduces a multimodal deep-learning approach to tracking and decoding neural activity over long recordings.

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2024

Toward a spatial molecular atlas of the brain

The FuseMap preprint brings together spatial molecular measurements to build a more unified view of the mouse brain.

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2024

Scalable soft neural probes

Nature Nanotechnology publishes collaborative work on fluorinated elastomer neural probes for scalable recordings across space and time.

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2023

Cell cover article: electro-seq

Collaborative electro-seq work appears as a Cell cover article, combining flexible bioelectronics and in situ RNA sequencing to connect molecular cell identity with electrical function.

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Cell cover, Volume 186, Number 9, 27 April 2023

2022

Long-term multimodal neural interfaces

Biomaterials publishes collaborative work on subdural neural interfaces that support long-term electrical recording, optical microscopy, and magnetic resonance imaging.

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2019

Nanoelectronics integrated during organogenesis

Nano Letters publishes collaborative work on cyborg organoids, integrating nanoelectronics as tissues develop to enable tissue-wide electrophysiology.

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2019

Hydrogels for neural interfaces

Work led by Hao Sheng and collaborators appears in Extreme Mechanics Letters, exploring hydrogels as soft materials for neural interfaces.

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