Below is a list of Mightex Research Excellence Prize winners. For details about how these researchers are using Mightex’s market-leading Polygon and OASIS for their research, please click the project titles to access the full descriptions.
Deep model predictive control via optogenetics with the Mightex Polygon, Boston University, (2023). 1st prize.
Dr. Jean-Baptiste Lugagne & Prof. Mary Dunlop
Boston University, USA
Discovering a new cardiac arrhythmia mechanism in neonatal rat atrial monolayers using patterned illumination, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, (2023). 2nd prize.
Dr. Tim De Coster & Prof. Daniël A. Pijnappels
Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Exploration of the mechanism of refractive error in the mouse retina, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, (2023). 3rd prize.
Dr. So Chung Him & Prof. Pan Feng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Interleaved complementary dual-λ photo-stimulation facilitates high spatial-temporal precision labeling, Sichuan University, (2023). 3rd prize.
Xinyu Xie & Prof. Zhipeng Yu
Sichuan University, China
Elucidating dynamic intracellular signalling pathways of hippocampus-dependent memory with the OASIS Implant, University of Toronto, (2021).
Jayant Rai, PhD, Prof. Kenichi Okamoto & Mei Zhen
University of Toronto, Canada
Induction of CA1 Theta-Nested Gamma Oscillations Using Layer-Specific Optogenetic Stimulation, University of Cambridge, (2021).
Dr. James L. Butler & Prof. Ole Paulsen MD
University of Cambridge, UK
A rostro-caudal map of V1 inhibition in axial motor circuits, Washington University in St Louis, (2021).
Dr. Mohini Sengupta & Prof. Martha Bagnall
Washington University in St Louis, USA
Photopatterning of multi-domain DNA hydrogels, Johns Hopkins University, (2021).
Dr. Misha Rubanov & Prof. Rebecca Schulman
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Pixelated wrinkles using patterned optical phase retardation, Chungnam National University of Korea, (2021).
Dr. Kitae Kim & Prof. Jun-Hee Na
Chungnam National University, Korea
Examining functional connectivity within the cerebellar microcircuit, McGill University, (2021).
Dr. Kim Gruver & Prof. Alanna Watt
McGill University, USA
Optogenetic stimulation of olfactory cortex to mimic odors, New York University, (2021).
Dr. Pedro Herrero-Vidal & Prof. Dima Rinberg
New York University, USA
Photopatterning with mercaptopropylsilatrane and the Polygon 1000, Marquette University, (2021).
Mark Mitmoen, PhD & Prof. Ofer Kedem
Marquette University, USA
In vivo calcium imaging of somatostatin-expressing cell activity in the cingulate cortex during social interaction in freely moving mice using Mightex’s OASIS Implant, The City University of Hong Kong, (2021).
Huanhuan Li, PhD & Prof. Geoffrey Lau
The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Optogenetic characterization of muscular responses in the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle, Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin, (2021).
Emma Moravec, PhD & Prof. Jordan Williams
Marquette University, USA
Cortical Observation by Synchronous Multifocal Optical Sampling Reveals Widespread Population Encoding of Actions, Stanford University, (2021).
Isaac Kauvar, PhD & Prof. Karl Deisseroth
Stanford University, USA
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Protein Phase Separation Provides Long-Term Memory of Transient Spatial Stimuli, Princeton University, (2021).
Elliot Dine, MD-PhD & Prof. Jared Toettcher
Princeton University, USA
