2021 Neuropixels course

An online course from University College London, 18-20 October 2021

Neuropixels probes are transforming neurophysiology, and are now adopted by hundreds of laboratories worldwide. This course trains scientists to use these probes in acute and chronic experiments, and to process their output using Kilosort and Phy. The course was supported by the Wellcome Trust and held online on 18-20 October. 

Organizers

• Nick Steinmetz (UW)
• Andy Peters (UCL)
• Matteo Carandini (UCL)

Teaching assistants

• Flora Takacs (UCL)
• Julie Fabre (UCL)
• Max Shinn (UCL)
• Zhiwen Ye (UW)

Participants

We were delighted to welcome over 250 participants from  37 countries. Here is a map of the institutions where they study and/or work:

Lectures

Videos of the lectures are in our YouTube channel. Clicking on the title below will bring you to the relevant video. For instructions on how to install software for the homework assignments, please click here. 

Day 1 

• 1.1 - Introduction to Neuropixels - Matteo Carandini (UCL) 
• 1.2 - The technology in Neuropixels - Carolina Mora Lopez (imec)
• 1.3 - Recording across the brain with Neuropixels - Nick Steinmetz (UW)
• 1.4 - Science with large recordings - Kenneth Harris (UCL) 
• 1.5 - Acute Neuropixels recordings - Sylvia Schröder (Sussex)
• 1.6 - Implanting chronic Neuropixels probes - Dario Campagner (UCL)
• 1.7 - Planning a Neuropixels trajectory - Andrew Peters (UCL)

Day 2 

• 2.0 - Review of Day 1 assignment - Andrew Peters (UCL)
• 2.1 - More practicalities of Neuropixels recordings - Nick Steinmetz (UW)
• 2.2 - Spike sorting with Kilosort - Marius Pachitariu (HHMI)
• 2.3 - Using Kilosort's graphical user interface - Nick Steinmetz (UW)
• 2.4 - Curating sorted spikes with Phy - Nick Steinmetz (UW)

Day 3 

• 3.0 - Review of Day 2 assignment - Nick Steinmetz (UW)
• 3.1 - Mapping Neuropixels tracks from 2D histology - Andrew Peters (UCL)
• 3.2 - Mapping Neuropixels tracks from 3D histology - Steven West (IBL)
• 3.3 - Aligning Neuropixels tracks to an atlas - Mayo Faulkner (IBL)
• 3.4 - Reproducibility of Neuropixels recordings - Anne Churchland (UCLA)
• 3.5 - Combining Neuropixels with imaging - Andrew Peters (UCL)
• 3.6 - Combining Neuropixels with optogenetics - Maxime Beau (UCL)
• 3.7 - Implants for chronic Neuropixels recordings - Yoh Isogai (UCL)
• 3.8 - Recording from the same neurons across weeks - Anna Lebedeva (UCL)