OpenBehavior

Excited to share another #opensource tool from the lab! We have been using this set up to do awake head-fixed scans without the need for any anesthesia on the day of the scans! Now working on integrating licking behaviour and linear treadmill operandum! @OpenBehavior

If you have a project that you would like us to post about, please reach out to us at openbehavior@gmail.com.

We will be posting less frequently going forward. Funding for our project from the NSF has completed. We will proceed as we first did with this project, with a more grass roots approach involving undergraduates at American University in creating content for our website.

DeepOF (Deep Open Field) processes DeepLabCut/SLEAP data using supervised and unsupervised annotation pipelines and using SHAP for interpretability. Read about it in this month's post on OpenBehavior: edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/p… #OpenSource #Neuroscience #DeepLearning

The Neuroscience Dept at American University is hiring for a tenure-track position at the Assistant level and with expertise in Computational Neuroscience. Apply by Sep 15: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-Ca… #FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry

Pre-print alert: The Crunchometer is a low-cost, open-source technology that uses bite sound to democratize the microstructural analysis of feeding bouts on solid food The Crunchometer: A Low-Cost, Open-Source Acoustic Analysis of Feeding Microstructure biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🧵 I’m excited to announce that the 2025 LabGym Symposium & Tutorial will be held online via Zoom on Friday, August 22, 2025. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about cutting-edge AI-based behavioral analysis! lsi.umich.edu/events/2025-08… 1/

Getting advanced video analysis tools like SLEAP, DeepEthogram, and A-SOID to work can be tricky! Our team figured out some key steps and fixes. Check out our detailed setup guide: edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/2… #OpenScience #Neuroscience

What's hot in open-source neuroscience for 2025? This week's post on OpenBehavior reviews projects of interest to the followers of our blog in the first half of 2025. Check it out: edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/2… #opensource #neuroscience

#eNeuro | Adapt-A-Maze: An Open-Source Adaptable and Automated Rodent Behavior Maze System doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO…

Ray Shen, a student at the University of Maryland, developed the program as part of summer research with the OB team. You can access his code here: github.com/LaubachLab/ArU…

Real-time ArUco tracking is available in Bonsai but has some limitations. The OB team developed a Python/OpenCV program for robust offline analysis, that provides full position and rotation information. Read about it in this week's post: edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/2… #Neuroscience

Thomas Akam (U Oxford) developed an active commutator that auto-rotates to prevent twisting of cables for neural recordings from freely moving subjects. Read about it in this week's post on OpenBehavior. #Electrophysiology #OpenScience #Neuroscience edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/p…

Design files for the Arduino counter are available on the Laubach Lab's GitHub at github.com/LaubachLab/ard…

Our latest post highlights a simple, open-source #Arduino device developed by Jason Blackmer from the Laubach Lab that displays trial numbers in your video recordings. It makes finding trials a breeze! edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/2… #OpenScience #Neuroscience #LabHacks

This week's post on OpenBehavior reviews available #opensource tools for imaging, including for microscopy, calcium imaging, and integrating behavior with imaging. From UCLA Miniscope to PyPhotometry, see what's making an impact! 👇 #Neuroscience edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/2…

This week's post on OpenBehavior reviews our posts over the years on #opensource tools for neural recordings & analysis, including a motorized swivel, Pynapple, & Open Ephys. #Neuroscience #Electrophysiology #OpenScience edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/2…

Researchers have developed a chronic EMG implant for the diaphragm in freely behaving rats. It is low-cost, quick to build, and fully documented. Read about it in this week's post on OpenBehavior. @streeter_kristi @LabDale #opensource #neuroscience edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/p…

This summer, we're working on documenting setups and protocols for using popular tools such as SLEAP, Bonsai, & ArUco marker tracking. You can read about our plans in this week's post and stay tuned for updates over the summer! #OpenScience #Neuroscience edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/2…