: ▁M OS F ET s , ▁B ios ens ors ▁and ▁Ne ur ons ", ▁edited ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁by ▁Mc - G raw ▁Hill . ▁Mass imo ▁then ▁proposed ▁an ▁International ▁Research ▁Center ▁on ▁Ne uro engine ering ▁in ▁Gen ova . ▁ ▁His ▁pe ers ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁soft - sp oken , ▁person able ▁man ▁with ▁an ▁inten se ▁mind ▁who : ▁"... ▁transm itted ▁to ▁his ▁students ▁not ▁only ▁his ▁knowledge ▁but ▁also , ▁and ▁even ▁more , ▁his ▁enthus ias m ▁for ▁research ▁and ▁his ▁cre ative ▁way ▁of ▁doing ▁science ." ▁ ▁P ione er ▁- ▁First ▁Bio - Art ific ial ▁Bra in ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁European ▁Commission ▁appointed ▁Mr ▁Gr att ar ola ▁as ▁an ▁F . E . T . ▁( Future ▁and ▁Emer ging ▁Techn ologies ) ▁Program me ▁Project ▁Le ader , ▁to ▁study ▁neur onal ▁pl astic ity ▁at ▁the ▁network ▁level ▁( A ▁Bio - art ific ial ▁Bra in ), ▁to ▁train ▁cult ured ▁neur onal ▁t issue ▁to ▁support ▁behavior ▁of ▁an ▁artificial ▁body . ▁ ▁Acc red itation ▁ ▁More ▁than ▁ 7 0 ▁publications , ▁contributions ▁to ▁con ferences , ▁work sh ops ▁and ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁various ▁university ▁course ▁text books , ▁including : ▁Bio elect ron ics ▁and ▁journ als ▁among ▁others ... ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Ne uro bio engine ering ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁University ▁of ▁Gen ova ▁- ▁Ne uro