JetBall TFT
The air-cushioned spherical treadmill allows a restrained rodent to navigate in virtual space presented on a 270° TFT surround monitor.
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Mightex Systems, with operations based in Toronto, Canada, and in the Silicon Valley,
California, is a leading supplier of photonic products and services for a broad spectrum of
applications including industrial imaging, bio-photonic solutions, LED illumination, machine
vision, life & health sciences, and industrial test & measurement etc.
Website:
https://www.mightexbio.com/
OASIS Implant – Freely Behaving Cellular Resolution Calcium Imaging and Optogenetics
Understand the Link Between Neural Circuits and Behaviour
The OASIS Implant is a ground-breaking platform for simultaneous cellular-resolution optogenetics and calcium imaging in freely-behaving animals to probe complex neuronal networks in the deep-brain, cortex, and multiple brain regions, or spinal cord.
- Freely-Behaving Calcium Imaging and Optogenetics
- Cellular-Resolution Optogenetics
- Multi-Region Investigation
- Reconfigurable Platform
- High-Quality Imaging with Scientific Cameras
A Different Approach to Integrated Freely-Behaving Calcium Imaging and Optogenetics
To offer neuroscientists the ability to stimulate and visualize individual neurons in freely-behaving animals, Mightex’s engineers went back to the drawing board and pioneered a new path in the in vivo calcium imaging field. Instead of miniaturizing and placing the microscope on the animal – thereby limiting the microscope’s features and the animal’s behaviour – we kept the microscope out of the animal’s head by making use of long and flexible imaging fibers.
How It Works
By keeping the microscope away from the animal’s head, the OASIS Implant accomplishes 2 main goals:
Whitepaper
PhenoSys is a research- and development-oriented company based in Berlin, Germany. They engineer
and market cutting edge technology for automated animal behaviour research. Their team draws on
extensive expertise of electrical and mechanical engineering, computer science, and behavioural
biology.
PhenoSys offers unique, automated instrumentation in the field of behaviour biology. This
includes specialised applications of virtual reality and touch screen technology for animal
behaviour environments and RFID (transponder) operated devices in home cage environments.
Phenosys’ experimental systems are used for behavioural phenotyping, brain research,
experimental psychology, and the diagnostic characterisation of animal models for translational
medicine.
Website:
https://www.phenosys.com/
Virtual Reality for uncovering neural dynamics in decision making.
Virtual Reality Systems enable rats and mice to enter a virtual reality world. These platforms
offer a revolutionary concept for research on animal learning, memory, cognition, and
navigation. They provide an environment of optimal control when investigating how animals
process complex information. Furthermore, simple and complex behaviour can be explored
in-depth.
Their VR platforms are highly flexible and modular solutions. Stimulation is not only visual but
can be extended to 3D sound, odours and tactile information. It is easy to interface to existing
hard- and software for in-vivo measurements or brain stimulation.
JetBall Dome
The JetBall Dome allows a rodent to navigate in a virtual world presented by projecting into a spherical 1.2m igloo type screen.
SpeedBelt
The PhenoSys SpeedBelt is a linear treadmill designed for stand-alone applications or for the integration with our JetBall VR systems.
TopoBelt large
The PhenoSys TopoBelt is a linear treadmill designed for rats and similarly sized animals.
Steering Wheel Add-on
Rotational input add-on to the PhenoSys VR setups which allows probing mouse visual decisions.
Wheel Add-on
Turn the ball of the JetBall system into a fully functional wheel within minutes.
RFID technologies – Tracking and task automation for mice and rats
RFID technology is an ideal tool for long term studies of group housed animals. Standardized RFID implants allow the fast and accurate identification of animals which can be used for position tracking or access control. Different sensor types and geometries allow a large variety of applications.
- Reduced operator interaction
- Animal friendly group housing
- Continuous 24/7 operation and data collection
- Precise activity measurement for individuals
IDspyder
Scalable system for adding animal tracking to test arenas.
IDsorter
For individual access from group housing to testing arenas.
IDsorter for rats
For individual access from group housing to testing arenas.
MultiMouseMonitor
Smart surveillance of group housed animals.
IDsensors
RFID sensors for animal identification and tracking
ColonyRack
System for the automated tracking of a large group of mice.
IDrevolyzer
Combines multiple running wheels with group housing.
Olfactometer
The multi-channel olfactometer provides fast-response odour stimulation. It is a sophisticated
tool for visualizing and quantifying activity in olfactory sensory neurons and the olfactory
bulb for investigating olfactory quality coding. Our olfactometer systems allow perfect control
of multiple stimuli and stimulus concentration.
The preparation of high quality odour mixtures is a complex process. With the automated
olfactometer and its software this is made a standard laboratory routine that can be used and
integrated easily for the behavioural assessment of odour-detection and for odour discrimination
behaviour.
qOMR – Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity
The optomotor response (OMR) is a reflex used to assess visual function. To evoke OMR, a mouse watches a striped pattern rotating within a cylinder. Stimulus-correlated head movements are quantified to determine visual thresholds.
The PhenoSys qOMR (quantitative OMR) is a unique system that automatically measures the OMR with minimal experimenter effort. It uses a virtual stimulation cylinder that continuously aligns with the animal´s head position. Based on real-time head tracking, quantitative OMR measurements run fully automatically and objectively. This is a PhenoSys Collaboration product that is brought to market together with its developer, Dr. Friedrich Kretschmer.
- Simple, robust, and non-invasive test to examine vision in rodents
- Fully automated measurement and analysis: no manual positioning of the stimulus, no specially trained experimenter required, time and cost effective, and unbiased
- As a reflex, OMR measurements do not require animal training
- Freely behaving animals, no surgery, no fixation
- Flexible, user-friendly experimental design and data handling.
qOMR-XT – Vision testing for rats
The optomotor response measurement (OMR) is a proven method to assess visual function in rodents. The PhenoSys qOMR-XT extends the qOMR product line to applications where larger animals, such as adult rats are to be studied. It is a unique system that objectively measures the OMR with minimal experimenter effort. Based on real-time head tracking, quantitative OMR measurements automatically provide visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. This is a PhenoSys Collaboration product brought to market together with its developer, Dr. Friedrich Kretschmer.
Mini2P: All-In-One Suite
The Mini2P is a miniature two-photon microscope for fast, high-resolution, multi-plane calcium imaging in freely moving mice. Weighing under 3 g with a highly flexible connection cable, Mini2P enables stable imaging without hindering animal behaviour. Its optimized optical system allows stable simultaneous recordings of neuronal activity of more than thousand cells in different brain regions.
PhenoSys presents this innovative technology as a turnkey solution, including the miniature 2P microscope with its fiber optics, laser, detection unit and flexible DAQ hardware and software. Get your complete system and have it ready to run within hours.