Our next webinar will feature 

W. Apoutou N'Djin, M. Eng., M.S., Ph.D.

LabTAU Lyon, France



"Single-Pulse MHz-Range Focused Ultrasound Neurostimulation"

The webinar will be held on Thursday, May 28 or Friday, May 29, 2026 at the following times depending upon your local time zone:



• 8:00 - 9:00 (West Coast, USA/Canada) Thursday, May 28
• 11:00 - Noon (East Coast, USA/Canada) Thursday, May 28
• 16:00 - 17:00 (UK) Thursday, May 28
• 17:00 - 18:00 (Continental Europe) Thursday, May 28
• 23:00 - Midnight (China) Thursday, May 28
• Midnight - 1:00 (Korea and Japan) Friday, May 29

This session will be moderated by Mark E. Schafer, Ph.D. from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.

Registration for this event is required. The Webinar Series will be recorded and available to members for later review. Confirmation of your registration and the Zoom Conference Link Info will be emailed to all registered attendees prior to the meeting.

W. Apoutou N’Djin received the M. Eng. degree in Instrumentation from the National Graduate School of Engineering & Research Center of Caen (Ensicaen, France) in 2004, the M.S. degree in Image & Signal Processing from the Centrale Graduate School of Lyon (ECL, France), in 2005, and the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University Claude Bernard Lyon I (UCBL, University of Lyon, France), in 2008. From 2005 to 2008, he completed his PhD thesis at the LabTAU laboratory (Lyon, France) of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and UCBL, on intraoperative USgHIFU therapies for focal thermal ablations of liver metastases. From 2009 to 2011, he joined the Imaging Research Laboratory of Sunnybrook (SRI, Toronto, Canada) and University of Toronto (U of T, Canada), as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to study endocavitary/interstitial MRgHICU therapies for conformal thermal ablations of localized tumors in prostate and brain. In 2012, he returned to LabTAU as a Junior Researcher, and has worked there since 2013 as a Research Associate (PI). His research interests include focal/conformal image-guided HIFU/HICU therapies, novel MEMs-based CMUTs technologies, and the mechanisms/applications of FUS neurostimulation. Dr. N’Djin has been a member of the ISTU since 2011, the national SFGBM since 2015, the IEEE UFFC since 2016 and the ITRUSST consortium since 2021, among others. Since 2022, he has served as a Member of INSERM’s national Specialized Scientific Commission “Technologies for Health”. In 2019, he received the international Frederic LIZZI Early Career Award of the ISTU (ISTU/EUFUS symposium, Barcelona, Spain) and is currently an ISTU Board Member.

Dr. Mark Schafer is the Director of Ultrasound Engineering for Neuromodulation at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, where he’s developing new approaches to treating neurological conditions using transcranial ultrasound. He is an internationally recognized expert in multiple aspects of ultrasonic/acoustic technology, including transducers, systems, acoustic output, biological interactions, and standardization/regulatory affairs. He has over 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur, consultant, and executive in the field, with hands on development and program management experience that spans R&D through regulatory and commercialization. He is best known for his work and expertise in ultrasound measurement, dosimetry and standardization for diagnostic, surgical, therapeutic and shock wave ultrasound systems; he has published key works in those fields, and developed several international standards. He is a named inventor on over 40 patents. Dr. Schafer is a former president of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society and the Ultrasound Industry Association, and has been elected to the Board of the IEEE. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Acoustical Society of America, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Ultrasound Industry Association. His career passion has always been the application of acoustic technology in service to patients.

We are so grateful for the sponsorship of this year's Webinar Series. Please learn more about their products and innovations in the field today!

Join scientists, engineers, clinicians and industry from around the world for a very special 25th Annual International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound. The Annual Symposium will be held at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology right in the heart of Trondheim, from June 15 - 18, 2026. The meeting will bring together nearly 500 attendees worldwide.

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This conference has both virtual and in-person attendance options.