Research toolkit
A curated overview of the experimental and computational methods we use to explore sensory systems, from mechanotransduction to behaviour and data analysis.
Explore all methodsThese mock-up modules show how each method could later combine a concise explanation, a representative output and practical context.
A laser beam reads surface velocity without loading the structure. The new module combines a corrected optical schematic with a wave-based explanation of Doppler shifting and heterodyne detection.
Patch-clamp and extracellular recordings reveal how mechanical input is converted into receptor currents, spikes and circuit activity.
Fluorescent reporters connect cell identity, intracellular signalling and spatially resolved activity during stimulation or behaviour.
Fast cameras capture structures and behaviours that are invisible at conventional frame rates, from hair-bundle motion to wing-beat dynamics.
This can later link to method notes, protocols and example datasets.
Non-contact measurements of nanometre-scale vibrations in antennae, chordotonal organs, hair bundles and other sensory structures.
Patch clamp, extracellular recordings and mechanically evoked responses to connect force, motion and electrical signalling.
Optical readout of activity across cells and circuits during controlled sensory stimulation and behaviour.
Tracking rapid motion of sensory structures and behaviour from kilohertz to very high frame rates.
Genotyping, PCR, cloning, expression analysis and molecular perturbations used to link genes to sensory function.
Primary and established cell systems for mechanistic experiments, molecular manipulation and assay development.
Stock maintenance, genetic crosses, targeted expression and behavioural or physiological phenotyping in Drosophila.
Auditory physiology, sensory mechanics and behavioural assays in mosquitoes with a focus on sex-specific hearing and communication.
Connecting sensory input to attraction, avoidance, orientation, courtship and movement in controlled environments.
Custom Python workflows for tracking, synchronization, spectral analysis and combining mechanical, optical and electrical signals.
Fluid jets, piezo-driven probes and calibrated mechanical stimuli for controlled excitation of mechanosensory systems.
Structural and molecular imaging to connect anatomy, membrane composition and cellular organization to function.
Inspect the calcium-imaging workstation as a locally hosted Gaussian splat. Future experimental setups can be added to the same tour selector.
