2019 Neuropixels course

Neuropixels probes are transforming neurophysiology. They have 1,000 sites closely spaced on a 1 cm shank, and allow recordings of up to 500 neurons per electrode. This practical course aims to train students and postdocs from a wide array of laboratories to use these probes and to spike sort using Kilosort and Phy. 

The course was supported by the Wellcome Trust and generously funded and hosted by the Sainsbury-Wellcome Centre. Further courses are planned for 2020 and 2021. See the Neuropixels Wiki for alternative courses.  

Organizers

• Nick Steinmetz (University of Washington)
• Matteo Carandini (UCL)

Lecturers

• Nick Steinmetz (University of Washington)
• Kenneth Harris (UCL)
• Matteo Carandini (UCL)
• Andre Marques-Smith (UCL)

Teaching Assistants

• Maxime Beau
• Antonin Blot
• Dario Campagner
• George Dimitriadis
• Alex Fratzl
• Sepiedeh Keshavarzi
• Dimitar Kostadinov
• Yaara Lefler
• Anna Lebedeva
• Cristina Mazuski
• Andrew Peters
• Sylvia Schroeder
• Karolina Socha
• Mateo Velez-Fort

Demo Labs

• Branco
• Carandini/Harris
• Hausser
• Hofer
• Margrie
• O'Keefe

Schedule

Day 1

• Introduction to Neuropixels - Carandini - slides
• Ground-truth data with Neuropixels - Marques-Smith - slides
• Science with large recordings - Harris - slides
• Recording across the brain with Neuropixels - Steinmetz - slides
• Practicalities of Neuropixels recordings - Steinmetz - slides
• Overview of the demos in Day 2 - Teaching Assistants

Day 2

• Implanting chronic Neuropixels in rats - Dimitriadis - slides - CAD - more CAD
• Implanting chronic Neuropixels in mice - Campagner - slides
• Demos: Chronic recordings
• Demos: Acute recordings

Day 3

• Spike sorting with Kilosort and Phy - Steinmetz - slides
• Analyze ground-truth data
• Analyze the data acquired on Day 2
• Project presentations