UCLA Miniscope Project
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The UCLA Miniscope Project develops open-source miniaturized fluorescence microscopes (Miniscopes) for in vivo neural recording in freely behaving animals. Each Miniscope pairs custom optics, electronics, and firmware with open hardware designs, data-acquisition software, and analysis pipelines. The platform spans the full stack of needs to go from surgery to publishable findings, with a global community of researchers using and contributing hardware, software, and methods.
This wiki is the project's primary dissemination hub. Documentation, guides, and workshop materials live here so new and experienced users can build, run, and extend the platform without reverse-engineering prior labs' workflows.
Goal: Lower the barrier to high-quality in vivo calcium imaging in freely behaving animals by making the underlying tools, training, and know-how openly available, regardless of budget or in-house engineering capacity.