There’s been an interesting discussion on the Confocal listserv, and we’ll quote some of that discussion below. We’ve always used protected gold and silver mirrors for our multiphoton systems. That’s still what we recommend…
One of the most common ways that universities and institution use to evaluate scientists is to solicit letters of recommendation. But who should they ask? Of course former mentors will write letters. To…
This could be handy for some of you. Resonant scanners are fast, but inflexible. You can’t tell them where to go. They just oscillate at a fixed frequency. All you can do is control…
This is about the research exemption for patents. Early in my training, I was taught that academic researchers didn’t need to worry about patents, because they could build whatever they wanted for research purposes without…
The Thiele Lab at the University of Toronto is recruiting a Postdoc for the Fall to work with an HFSP team (UC Berkeley, Univ of Maryland, and Univ of Tübingen) that is…
The easy ways aren’t usually the best ways. This might be an exception. Check out the video.
This is an interesting product for cleaning and storing lenses. It’s called “First Contact”, and is…
Lisa Saksida and Tim Bussey turned touchscreen systems into high throughput tools for rodent behavior assays. When I visited their lab in Cambridge (they’re now based at U Western Ontario in London, Canada, between…
There are lots of ways to quickly change the z-focus plane, including tunable lenses, piezo objective movers, and a coupled objective. What is the best way to change the…
Post by Amanda Foust
Applications are invited for the above post to work with Dr. Amanda Foust (Bioengineering department) and Prof. Pier Luigi Dragotti (Electrical and Electronic Engineering department) on a BBSRC funded…
Frontiers in BioImaging 2018 will take place on Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 June at the Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow. It will focus on the latest developments in applications of…
Fast laser power modulation in 2p systems is typically done with a Pockels cell. Conoptics sells one that is optimized for common Ti:Sapph systems, and that’s what many people end up using.
Pockels cells…
CRISPR/Cas9 technology has greatly accelerated the development of genetically engineered mice, but it’s still a big investment of time before the mice are ready. For quicker turnaround, there are other options (and speed isn’t…
In this work, the authors used fast optical motion tracking and 2p imaging to measure the activity of individual neurons in freely moving animals. No surgery. No optical window. No restraint. And all the…
LabMaker sells parts, kits, and assemblies for open source neuroscience tools, including the UCLA MiniScope and Crystal Skull “coverslips”.
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The International Brain Lab (IBL) project has an outstanding team of PIs, covering both theory and experiments. The measurements themselves are interesting, and can lead to important insights. However, what…