Neuroscience Blog

Updates on what’s happening in the world of micropositioning for neuroscience research.


New Target Images for MPM System Setup

New Target Images for MPM System Setup

MPM System Setup screen has new target images (calibration blocks) for larger adult mouse and adult rat.  The upcoming Pathfinder MPM Software V2.8.5 release for the Multi-Probe Micromanipulator (MPM) System includes two additional target images (also called...
Use gaming controllers with the MPM System

Use gaming controllers with the MPM System

The upcoming Pathfinder software release for the Multi-Probe Micromanipulator (MPM) System contains a number of features and enhancements* suggested by our users. One such feature is support for Xbox-style gaming controllers (wired, or with Bluetooth or USB wireless...
Big Science. Big Data. Big Discoveries.

Big Science. Big Data. Big Discoveries.

NEUROSCIENCE 2022 WRAP-UP By David Henderson, CEO It was great to be in-person for Neuroscience 2022, and to see first-hand the amazing work being done by our partners and customers around the world. The MPM Micro-Manipulator System was shown at four booths: New Scale...

See the MPM System live at the Allen Institute

New Scale Technologies’ micro-manipulators at the Allen Institute (photos by the Allen Institute) Are you interested in learning about multi-probe experimental techniques with Neuropixels probes… from the experts in extracellular electrophysiology recording?...
SPIE publication explores photonics and the brain

SPIE publication explores photonics and the brain

The Jan/Feb 2022 issue of Photonics Focus, a publication of the international society for optics and photonics (SPIE),  examines multiple perspectives on photonics and the brain. Several articles suggest future applications for silicon probes, beyond their current use...
Allen Institute Introduces Neural Dynamics Division

Allen Institute Introduces Neural Dynamics Division

This month the Allen Institute launched the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, a new neuroscience research division focused on the mammalian brain’s computations that give rise to complex behaviors like decision making, learning and memory. New Scale is proud to be...
Join us for Neuroscience 2021

Join us for Neuroscience 2021

Neuroscience 2021 will take place online November 8-11, 2021. Preview Days are November 3-7, allowing attendees to preview posters as well as full symposia and minisymposia talks prior to the official meeting dates. While we are definitely sad that Neuroscience...
Allen Institute uses Neuropixels probes and New Scale manipulator to reveal how information flows across the brain

Allen Institute uses Neuropixels probes and New Scale manipulator to reveal how information flows across the brain

The Allen Institute of Brain Science posted a summary of recent work from its MindScope Program. The team uses New Scale Technologies’ Multi-Probe Micromanipulator System to position Neuropixels silicon neural probes at precise locations in a brain. The Neuropixels probes are used to record brain activity in an effort to understand how we perceive the visual world around us.