Research
The Tools Behind Our Relentless Pursuit of Discoveries
these are a few of our Research areas and we're always innovating
Much of our work focuses on uncovering the function of neural circuits. Our overarching goal is to discover how neural circuits in the neocortex, basal ganglia, and thalamus contribute to sensorimotor integration in health and disease. Our research spans a range of scales from single neurons and microcircuitry to cortex-wide physiology and whole animal behavior. Our studies are backed by cutting-edge analytics leading to the discovery of fundamental insights into the function of the central nervous system.
Physiology
Two photon and widefield calcium imaging
Ex vivo slice recordings
Optogenetics
Peripheral measurements including pupil imaging and analysis
Behavior
Head-fixed and freely moving behavior
Widefield or two photon calcium imaging in head-fixed preparations
Optogenetic control of neural circuits
Anatomy
Laser scanning confocal microscopy
Virally-delivered, genetically encoded neural circuit tracing
Immunohistochemistry
3D reconstruction and quantification
Data lab
Algorithm development
Machine learning
Scientific cloud architecture
Cloud bioinformatics workflows
Scientific app development