Tired of looking at obscure headstage pinouts to figure out which channel is which? 😵 We’ve launched the 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to save you time! ⏱️ Now you can easily picture the channel maps of all headstages and connections to compatible adapters and EIBs designed by us. #OpenEphys

Ophelia watching you walk past our booth without visiting 😢 Only 1 day left at #SfN25 🕓 If you haven't swung by booth 3332 yet, now's your chance. Don’t let Ophelia down, she wants to show you her neuro tools 🔬 #OpenEphys

We’re ready to meet you all at #SfN25 😃 Come demo our tools, ask questions, or just geek out about your research 🤓 Open source means open doors, so let’s connect at booth 3332 🙌 #OpenEphys

Ophelia's warming up for SfN! 🐭 The secret to her tangle-free moves? You'll have to visit us to find out! 💃 Come meet Ophelia at booth 3332 and interact with our product demos at #SfN25 #OpenEphys

Hey Bluesky! Just letting you know we’re now on LinkedIn too! 👔 linkedin.com/company/open-ephys-inc Follow us there for updates, product news, tutorials, and much more. We'll keep both communities in the loop 🔄 #OpenEphys

We’re gearing up for #SfN25! 🎉 Will you be there too? Then add a stop at booth 3332 to your Meeting Planner and come say hi to our team! 👋😃 See our location on the map below to easily plan your visit 📍 See you soon! #OpenEphys

This spooky season, bring your miniscopes back to life! 🧟‍♂️⚡ Grab a new PCB here bit.ly/MiniscopePCB and replace the electronics on an existing miniscope body by following this ritual bit.ly/assembly-guide 🔮 #OpenEphys #Miniscope #CalciumImaging

This Thursday, @chucklescience.bsky.social will teach multimodal data acquisition, RT processing and closed-loop setups at the @beyondlabneuro.bsky.social naturalistic neuroscience workshop 🌿🧠 Looking forward to discussing ONIX, Bonsai, Harp, and more with the students in Uruguay! 👩‍🏫👥 #OpenEphys

As part of an open source community, we’re proud to work with @3dneuro.bsky.social to distribute their 𝗥𝟮 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 ⚙️🧠 This metal implantation system lets you 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 & 𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘀, making ephys recordings more accessible and sustainable 🌱 Source, docs and store below 👇 #OpenEphys

Hey #neuroskyence #compneurosky I made this interactive tool for showing the phase planes of 2D neuron models to studs! Have fun :) github.com/JuliaSNN/Com...

🧠📈 Now accepting applications for the 2026 Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data & Neuroscience! Apply by December 1 to join the Fall 2026 cohort: alleninstitute.org/shanahan-fou...

Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics is back! Please join us next week for fantastic talks from speakers Rada Mihalcea, Álvaro Vega-Hidalgo, and Tamás Faragó @barkslab.bsky.social @radamihalcea.bsky.social 🗓️September 25th 10:00 EST ✅ Register here: braincoustics.com #bioacoustics #neuroskyence

Are you using two 𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗫 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀, or both at once in a single experiment? The 𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 is now available in our store! 🎉 It provides a tangle free connection between the acquisition device and 2️⃣ headstages on 1️⃣ animal with 0️⃣ torque 🤓 #OpenEphys

pyPhotometry v2 is now in our store! 🚀 ⚡Output current of the 2 onboard LED drivers increased to 300 mA 🔦🔦 2 alternative LED digital output channels to trigger external optical hardware that have integrated LED drivers 🔌Additional connections to the pyBoard for expansion #OpenEphys #pyPhotometry

👀Recording of the webinar on Open Ephys @open-ephys.org, #open-source tools for systems #neuroscience. 💡Their ultimate goal is to create a system optimized for tetrodes and optogenetics where users can record and analyse data in real-time. 👨‍🔬With Jakob Voigts www.youtube.com/live/DmK2Cts...

New from @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social, @gatsbyucl.bsky.social, NeuroGEARS & DataJoint: Aeon - an open-source platform combining long-term neural recording with naturalistic behavioural tracking in enriched habitats. 📑 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Aeon enables: – Continuous Neuropixels recordings – Behavioural tracking – Modular, scalable design – Multi-modal data pipelines – Open-source hardware/software A new tool for neuroscience → aeon.swc.ucl.ac.uk

It was a pleasure to see everyone recently in the European Social Club and European Brain and Behavior Society Meetings. This one was particularly special for Ophelia 🐭 Thanks to the organizers and those who stopped by to discuss our tools 😃 Have a nice and well-deserved vacation! 😎 #OpenEphys

15 years ago, we created the first prototypes of two tools that make multichannel ephys more affordable and scalable. Today, there are 2k+ Open Ephys Acquisition Boards in the field and 500+ pubs using the Open Ephys GUI. Both tools have now been rebuilt for the future of neuroscience. #OpenEphys

💥 GOSH Community Council nominations are open! 💥 Want to shape the future of GOSH + open science hardware? Know someone who should? Step up - or nominate a fellow leader. 🕒 ~6 hrs/month 🌍 New & longtime GOSHers welcome! 🔗 goshcommunity.limesurvey.net/252574?lang=en

...all due to passion and the enthusiasm of the wonderful TAs and lecturers that make TENSS happen (only some with handles here): @pgupta-cshl.bsky.social @open-ephys.org @antblot.bsky.social @brunopichler.bsky.social @mtkostecki.bsky.social @neuroetho.bsky.social @alecamera.bsky.social

📢 We are excited to announce a substantial update to ONIX hardware and software that delivers significant performance improvements and enhanced system reliability. #OpenEphys #ONIX #Bonsai

The 🌍🔬 Gathering for Open Science Hardware 🔬🌍 is a global community making science tools open, accessible, and ethical. We share designs for everything from microscopes to sensors, and we hope you'll join us! 🌟 Learn more: openhardware.science 🌟 Join the conversation: forum.openhardware.science

We are super happy to announce the 4th edition of our Optics and Microscopy Workshop that will be held May 9-11 th at Nencki! Join us to learn optics - from basics up to building your fluorescent microscope! More info here -https://nenckiopenlab.org/optics-and-microscopy-workshop-2025/

Are you using Neuropixels probes with our ONIX headstages? 🛠️ We’ve just uploaded a tutorial that details how to stream Neuropixels data from Bonsai to Open Ephys GUI so you can use its high-density probe visualizers while retaining the flexibility of Bonsai. #OpenEphys #Bonsai #ONIX #Neuropixels

We want to hear from you! Given recent changes to publicly available data, @thetransmitter.bsky.social wants to know what datasets are most important to the neuroscience community. What datasets do you use in your research? #neuroskyence thetransmitter.typeform.com/datasets?utm...

🤔 Want to use the Miniscope in your experiments? 🧐 Are you already working with it, but want to learn how to harness its full potential? 💡 Attend our free virtual event with Ceci Herbert @chucklescience.bsky.social from @open-ephys.org. 📅 Thu, March 20 at noon (ET) via Zoom Register 👇

We (www.compmotifs.com) are coming to SF! Together with Pebblebed, we’re hosting a 2-day hackathon on 26-27 March for builders and scientists across disciplines to build new methods and tools for the computational and natural sciences. Join us: lu.ma/t5yik06g. Reposts will be much appreciated!

✅Save your spot at our next hybrid workshop and learn how to dig into open-source tools for data acquisition and analysis, including the Miniscope! 🗓️Thu, March 20 at noon (ET) via Zoom 🧑‍🔬Join our expert Ceci Herbert @chucklescience.bsky.social from @open-ephys.org 👇Link & details #openscience

Training opportunity! The 2025 Allen Institute Modeling Software Workshop: learn how to use #opensource software modeling tools. Apply by March 15: alleninstitute.org/e...#opensource @AllenInstitute@mastodon.world @alleninstitute.bsky.social @AllenInstitute

The Open Ephys GUI is the world’s only cross-platform, plugin-based application for high-channel-count electrophysiology. A preview of the long-awaited version 1.0 is now available to download: openephys.jfrog.io/ui/native/GU...

⏰ Last days to apply!!⏰ This hands-on course covers: 🦠 Flies/Zebrafish – Optogenetics, 2P imaging 🐭 Mice – 2P/3P imaging, Neuropixels, closed-loop behavior 📅 June 8-27, 2025 | Champalimaud, Lisbon ⏳ Apply by March 7 🔗 loom.ly/OMvqMcE

We are very happy and proud to have helped the Bacci team get their first Neuropixels recordings using @open-ephys.org in @institutducerveau.bsky.social . 🚀

New newsletter alert! We're relaunching Null and Noteworthy, a monthly roundup about null results and replications in neuroscience research. This month: A failed replication of a potential schizophrenia biomarker. By Laura Dattaro #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/null-and-not...

🧠NEUROSCIENCE NEEDS MAKERS!🔧 🚨LAST SPOTS for our workshop on BONSAI_RX for systems and behavioral neuroscientist. 5th to 7th June 2025, UC-Biotech, Coimbra (Portugal). Register here (be fast! first come first served!): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @open-ephys.org @open-neuroscience.com

📢 Update notice 🔄 Make sure to update to version 0.4.4 of our ONIX Bonsai package (OpenEphys.Onix1) for performance improvements. Here is the change log: github.com/open-ephys/b... And the docs on how to update: open-ephys.github.io/bonsai-onix1... #OpenEphys #ONIX #Bonsai

Celebrate the brain with us at the Pacific Science Center! 🧠✨ On 3/15, get up close with real brain tissue, listen to your own nervous system, check out a model of T. rex brain, and more. BrainFest with free with admission and perfect for all ages. 🎟️ alleninstitute.org/events/brain... 🧠📈

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Join us in the following programs that demystify cutting-edge neuroscience techniques and empower you with low-cost, open-source tools you can use 🧠⚡️ More info in the thread below 👇 #OpenEphys #OEdu #ExperimentalNeuroscience #BehavioralNeuroscience

A new Python toolbox called HSSM simplifies working with Hierarchical Sequential Sampling Models (HSSMs) to understand how we accumulate evidence and make choices. Built on PyMC, Bambi, & ArviZ. Check it out! #cognitivescience #python #decisionmaking edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...

🧐Want to dive deeper into Open Hardware (OH)? 💡Are you trying to start or improve your own OH? 🥳Whatever the case, Open Science Office Hours is here to help! 🗓️Book now a one-on-one meeting with André, founder of the Open Neuroscience initiative, and expert of the month 🔗Link and more details 👇

Gearing up for the EURON PhD Days! The grid below shows components of a neuroethological experiment. What tools do you currently use and which do you wish you had? @chucklescience.bsky.social will help you complete the picture and demo ephys, miniscope and behavioral tools on Friday. See you there!

Looking forward to the @winter_brain meeting this weekend! We are presenting a poster on OpenBehavior on Saturday and Jensen Palmer is speaking in a workshop on Monday on RL and DDMs. Files and data for her talk are available here: github.com/LaubachLab/W...

Attention #Miniscope and #neuropixels users! We recently published updates to our OpenEphys.Miniscope and OpenEphys.Onix1 Bonsai (bonsai-rx.org) libraries - make sure you update! Release notes are here: github.com/open-ephys/b... and github.com/open-ephys/b....

I am thrilled to announce that Rich Kramer and I are co-directing a BRAND NEW hands-on visual neuroscience course at the MBL. August 1-16, 2025. Details in this flyer. Trainees please apply. And everyone, please spread the word!

Interested in understanding how things work? In particular the tools you use to study the brain? Join us at TENSS 2025 where we brainstorm ideas, build and debug microscopes, electrophysiology and behavior rigs amidst the picturesque Transylvanian hills! tenss.ro Apply by: February 16th!

Version 0.4.1 of the ONIX Bonsai package is now available in the Bonsai package manager. It includes a greatly improved GUI for designing stimuli with the 32-channel RHS2116 bidirectional headstage (coming to the store soon!).

A paper about our next generation data acquisition system, ONIX, was just published: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What a great first day at #FENS2024! Come see the open source tools we make in action: our extracellular ephys acquisition board, the UCLA Miniscopes, our new ONIX multimodal system (for neuropixels probes!), the HARP behavior board, and more!

Looking for a high-resolution readout of motor neuron activity to study fine details of behavior? Check out what you can do with CAMBER #myomatrix arrays and our Acquisition Board in this blog post. Reach out if you want to give this technique a try!