Navigated TMS and Precision Brain Stimulation with Mikko Karvinen

In this episode of The Open Loop, Chay Carter is joined by Mark Slater, Co-Founder of Otherside. Mark shares how his personal experience living with epilepsy, combined with a career in healthcare advertising and brand strategy, led him to build Otherside alongside Jon Nelson, a neuroscience agency bringing lived experience into the heart of healthcare communications. We explore why groundbreaking neurotechnology often struggles to connect with the people who need it, and how more human communication can help bridge the gap between scientific innovation and real-world impact. Mark also shares the story behind the Otherside Lounge, a community initiative creating spaces for people living with epilepsy to connect, share experiences, and help shape the future of brain health. Key takeaways: 🔹 Why lived experience is essential to effective neurotechnology communication 🔹 How Mark's experience with epilepsy shaped the creation of Otherside 🔹 Why healthcare language often fails to reflect patients' everyday experiences 🔹 How the Otherside Lounge is creating meaningful connections within the epilepsy community 🔹 Why trust, accessibility and patient understanding matter as consumer neurotechnology continues to grow Host: Chay Carter Founder, Carter Sciences | Co-Founder, Reccy Neuro LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chay-carter/ Guest: Mark Slater Co-Founder, Otherside | Board Member, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (PERC) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-slater-other-side/ Otherside: https://otherside.health/ The Open Loop is a podcast exploring the people, companies, and ideas shaping the future of neurotechnology. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations with the founders, researchers, operators, and industry leaders building what comes next in brain health, medicine, and technology. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone interested in neurotechnology. New episodes of The Open Loop drop weekly. Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Reccy Neuro — the home of neurotech. Jobs, companies, investors, events, Cortex industry intelligence, and specialist resources for the neurotech market. Learn more about Reccy Neuro here: https://neuro.reccy.dev/

In this episode of The Open Loop, Chay Carter is joined by Ryan Glatt and Lauren Sergio of NERON. Ryan is a Brain Health Coach and Director of the FitBrain℠ Program at Pacific Neuroscience Institute, where his work focuses on brain health, exercise science, clinical exergaming, dual-task training, and cognitive wellness. Lauren is a Professor and neuroscientist at York University whose work focuses on movement control, cognitive-motor integration, and how the brain coordinates thinking and movement. We explore how NERON is using simple movement-based tasks to assess more complex brain communication, and why thinking while moving could become a valuable part of brain health measurement. Ryan and Lauren also discuss ageing, concussion, fall risk, sport, military applications, and the challenge of making brain health assessment more accessible outside traditional clinical settings. Key takeaways: 🔹 Why thinking and moving together can reveal more than cognition or movement alone 🔹 How neuromotor and visuomotor control relate to everyday brain health 🔹 Why dual-task assessment may help identify risk earlier than traditional screening tools 🔹 How NERON uses simple movement tasks to assess complex brain communication 🔹 Where this technology could be used across ageing, concussion, sport, military and community health settings Host: Chay Carter Founder, Carter Sciences | Co-Founder, Reccy Neuro LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chay-carter/ Guests: Ryan Glatt Brain Health Coach | Director, FitBrain℠ Program at Pacific Neuroscience Institute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-glatt-ms-cpt-nbc-hwc-50ba3664/ Lauren Sergio Professor and Neuroscientist, York University LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/lauren-sergio-2793351a The Open Loop is a podcast exploring the people, companies, and ideas shaping the future of neurotechnology. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations with the founders, researchers, operators, and industry leaders building what comes next in brain health, medicine, and technology. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone interested in neurotechnology. New episodes of The Open Loop drop weekly. Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Reccy Neuro — the home of neurotech. Jobs, companies, investors, events, Cortex industry intelligence, and specialist resources for the neurotech market. Learn more about Reccy Neuro here: https://neuro.reccy.dev/

In this episode of The Open Loop, Chay Carter is joined by Adam Fraser, Chief Operating Officer at Omniscient Neurotechnology. Adam shares how Omniscient is taking connectomics out of the lab and into clinical practice, using AI and MRI data to help decode the brain’s structural and functional networks. We explore how connectomics can support neurosurgical planning today, why brain network mapping could become important across DBS, stroke, coma, epilepsy and psychiatry, and what it takes to build a scalable neurotechnology platform inside the US healthcare system. Adam also discusses Omniscient’s go-to-market journey, reimbursement, medical education, the company’s US focus, the role of AI in brain mapping, and why mental health remains a long-term North Star for the business. Key takeaways: 🔹 What connectomics means and why it matters for brain health 🔹 How structural and functional connectomes act like “roads and traffic” for the brain 🔹 Why neurosurgical planning was Omniscient’s first major clinical focus 🔹 How connectomics could support future work in DBS, stroke, coma, epilepsy and psychiatry 🔹 Why bringing new neurotechnology into the US healthcare system requires evidence, reimbursement and medical education Host: Chay Carter Founder, Carter Sciences | Co-Founder, Reccy Neuro LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chay-carter/ Guest: Adam Fraser Chief Operating Officer, Omniscient Neurotechnology LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-fraser-23202133/ The Open Loop is a podcast exploring the people, companies, and ideas shaping the future of neurotechnology. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations with the founders, researchers, operators, and industry leaders building what comes next in brain health, medicine, and technology. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone interested in neurotechnology. New episodes of The Open Loop drop weekly. Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Reccy Neuro — the home of neurotech. Jobs, companies, investors, events, Cortex industry intelligence, and specialist resources for the neurotech market. Learn more about Reccy Neuro here: https://neuro.reccy.dev/

In this episode of The Open Loop, Chay Carter is joined by Jonathan “JB” Berent, Founder and CEO of NextSense.

In this episode of The Open Loop, Chay Carter is joined by William Sauvé, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Osmind.