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Miniscopes and accessories for in vivo recording in freely behaving animals.

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Welcome to the Miniscope wiki

The old miniscope.org wiki site is accessible here. This new wiki is currently under development so please check back soon for updates!

This wiki is the open-access knowledge base for the UCLA Miniscope Project. Designs, software, protocols, publications, and community resources for open-source miniature microscopy.

Latest news

Launch of the New Miniscope.org

26 May 2026

Transfer and Modernization of Minian

26 May 2026

Rebuilding the Miniscope Infrastructure

26 May 2026

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Applications open

August 2026

2026 Research Triangle Miniscope Workshop

A day and a half of lectures and hands-on Miniscope activities centrally located in Research Triangle, NC! From experimental design and hardware setup to data analysis and interpretation.

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Upcoming events

2026 Paris Workshop

Jul 1 – Jul 3ESPCI, Paris

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2026 CSHL Miniscope Workshop

Aug 3 – Aug 4CSHL, New York

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2026 Research Triangle Miniscope Workshop

Aug 26 – Aug 27NC Biotechnology Center, North Carolina

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What's new

Guide/Animal Handling & Habituation

16:53:13, 23 June 2026

Guide/Experiment Planning for Freely Behaving Animals

16:52:11, 23 June 2026

Guide/Surgery and baseplating

A workflow for cortical and deep region surgery and baseplating

16:42:07, 23 June 2026

Guide/Workflow for freely behaving animal experiments

An overview and workflow for thinking through and implementing freely behaving animals experiments

16:36:15, 23 June 2026

Guide/Purchasing

21:15:26, 22 June 2026

Guide/Miniscope V4 part procurement

21:14:47, 22 June 2026

... further results

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Recent discussions

Questions on calcium imaging in Marmoset using Miniscope LFOV

started by Justin Zheng6 replies2 peoplelast activity 22:43:59, 10 June 2026

Experiments and methods

Is anyone (female) looking for a roommate?

started by Cassandra2 replies2 peoplelast activity 23:56:02, 3 June 2026

General

One week left to apply to our upcoming 2026 Paris Miniscope Workshop

started by Daniel Aharoni2 replieslast activity 22:48:22, 21 May 2026

General

How does this forum thing work?

started by jonny4 replies2 peoplelast activity 16:14:54, 21 May 2026

General

Welcome to miniscope.org's discussion forum!

started by Daniel Aharoni1 replylast activity 23:39:12, 8 May 2026

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ⓘAbout the project

History, team, goals, and how the Miniscope project came to be.

⚙Open-source Projects

Designs, guides, papers, software, and analysis tools for building and using Miniscopes.

✎Guides & tutorials

Step-by-step how-tos, calibration walkthroughs, and reference material.

☞Workshops & training

Upcoming training events, virtual office hours, and other activities.

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