After 20 years, the De Luca Foundation is announcing the official retirement of our annual Delsys Prize competition.
Created in 2003, the Delsys Prize has long been the De Luca Foundation’s flagship outreach campaign, as our founder, Prof. Carlo J De Luca, believed strongly in providing opportunities for both young and established investigators in human movement fields. Over its two decades of honoring excellence in Electromyography, the Delsys Prize has helped recognize researchers who developed novel […]
2021 Year in Review
2021 was a year where science achieved unthinkable goals. With a number of COVID-19 vaccines produced and distributed globally, science gave us all a fighting chance against a pandemic that changed our world forever. With new tools at our disposal to fight the virus, and a reinvigorated passion for scientific advancement, professionals worldwide began returning […]
Rethink EMG Challenge: 8 Investigators Invited to Participate in Phase 2
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to invite 8 investigators with transformational ideas to Phase 2 of the inaugural Rethink EMG Challenge, for proposing unique and innovative methods to utilize EMG in practical assessments. The 8 invitees for Phase 2 are affiliated with the following institutions: Four (4) finalists from Phase 2 will be chosen to […]
Work on “REM sleep without atonia as prodromal neurophysiological sign of Parkinson’s Disease” wins the 18th annual Delsys Prize
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Femke Dijkstra of Antwerp University Hospital (Belgium) as the winner of the 18th annual Delsys Prize for innovation in electromyography. Dr. Dijkstra’s application was selected from a field of 134 entries from 32 countries, with entries representing a broad range of interests in diverse areas such […]
New Review Board Members for the 2020-21 Edition of the Delsys Prize
The winner of the Delsys Prize is selected by a 5-member rotating Review Board consisting of experts from scientific, engineering, and medical disciplines. For the 2020-21 edition of the Delsys Prize, we are pleased to welcome to our Review Board Dr. Jean-Benoit Morin, Full Professor at the University of Saint-Etienne (France), and a member of the Interuniversity Laboratory of […]
Dr. Tom Buurke Wins the 2021 Carlo De Luca Emerging Scientist Award
On behalf of ISB, we have the great pleasure to announce that the winner of the 2021 Carlo De Luca Emerging Scientist Award sponsored by the De Luca Foundation is Dr. Tom Buurke, KU Leuven, Belgium, for his work titled “Predictive simulations of hemiparetic gait to explore the effects of muscle weakness on walking asymmetry and energetics”. […]
De Luca Foundation Announces Sponsorship of 4-Month Co-Op Position
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce their sponsorship of a 4-month Co-Op position, beginning May 2021 and subsequently operating on a rolling basis. Selected candidates will have the opportunity to work with leading scientists and engineers of the movement sciences field at Altec Inc. The position will immerse research-minded engineering students into an active, […]
Final 3 Winners of Mobile Equipment Donation Initiative to Receive Avanti Mobile Systems (Round 5)
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Charalambos Charalambous (University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus), Dr. Francois Hug (University of Nantes, France), and Dr. Ganesh Bapat (Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India) as the final recipients of Mobile EMG equipment, as part of our 2020 Mobile Equipment Donation Initiative. Dr. Charalambous will be receiving a 2-Sensor Trigno Avanti […]
2020 Year in Review
2020 was a year unlike any other. Due to the global health pandemic caused by COVID-19, people and organizations around the world had to adapt to an ever-changing landscape of shutdowns and health guidelines, while attempting to maintain “normal” operations. Recognizing this, the De Luca Foundation had to be flexible in its own respect – […]
2 New Winners of Mobile Equipment Donation Initiative to Receive Avanti Mobile Systems (Round 4)
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Ms. Elissa Embrechts (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Dr. Pablo Iturralde (Universidad Catolica del Uruguay, Uruguay) as the latest recipients of Mobile EMG equipment, as part of our ongoing Equipment Donation Initiative. Ms. Embrechts will be receiving a 2-Sensor Trigno Avanti Mobile System, for investigating the relationship between spatial neglect and motor […]