Category Archives: Science

In a new publication out in Current Biology, we describe the impact of reward size on memory formation and how memories coupled to a large reward are formed and stabilized faster. Our ability to remember certain experiences in our lives depends in part on how we perceive their value. Generally, if an experience is perceived to haveContinue reading “Big rewards, better memory”

Our new Nature Protocols paper is out! Together with the Haesler lab and ATLAS Neuroengineering, we describe how to implant Neuropixels probes for chronic recording of neuronal activity in freely behaving animals. Two months after introducing Neuropixels 2.0 in Science, we have now published a detailed step-by-step protocol on how to implant the probes for chronic recordings usingContinue reading “3D-printed fixtures for Neuropixels”

Proud that we have been able to contribute to Neuropixels 2.0, a new generation of miniature recording probes that can track the neurons inside the brain over weeks — and even months. The new probes build on the success of the original Neuropixels probes released in 2017 and currently used in more than 400 labs.Continue reading “Neuropixels 2.0”

Our new paper on hippocampal replay is out. Congrats to Frédéric Michon and the rest of the team! A team of scientists led by Fabian Kloosterman found that highly demanding and rewarding experiences result in stronger memories. By studying navigation in rats, the researchers traced back the mechanism behind this selective memory enhancement to so-called replay processes inContinue reading “What makes memories stronger?”

The rat in a maze may be one of the most classic research motifs in brain science, but together with international collaborators we describe a new innovation in Cell Reports that shows just how far such experiments are still pushing the cutting edge of technology and neuroscience. In recent years, scientists have shown that by recording theContinue reading “Where do rats think they are?”