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ReviewNature protocols2025

Standardized measurements for monitoring and comparing multiphoton microscope systems.

Robert M Lees, Isaac H Bianco, Robert A A Campbell, Natalia Orlova, Darcy S Peterka, Bruno Pichler, Spencer LaVere Smith, Dimitri Yatsenko, Che-Hang Yu, Adam M Packer

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Review in Nature protocols, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. TWINKLE: An open-source two-photon microscope for teaching and research.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Robert M LeesScience and Technology Facilities Council, Octopus imaging facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5473-4219
Isaac H BiancoDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
Robert A A CampbellSainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8330-4477
Natalia OrlovaAllen Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Darcy S PeterkaMortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Bruno PichlerIndependent NeuroScience Services INSS Ltd, Lewes, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8545-2991
Spencer LaVere SmithDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Dimitri YatsenkoDataJoint Inc., Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1844-641X
Che-Hang YuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Adam M PackerDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. adampacker@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5884-794X

Funding

Modeling multi-area dynamics during motor controlU19NS104649 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI COSTA, RUI M. · 2017 to 2021
$15.3M
DataJoint Pipelines for NeurophysiologyU24NS116470 · NINDS · VATHES INC. · PI YATSENKO, DIMITRI · 2020 to 2024
$3.7M
Cortical visual processing for navigationRF1NS121919 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI GOARD, MICHAEL, NIELL, CRISTOPHER M · 2021 to 2021
$2.8M
Optimization and dissemination of non-linear Acousto-Optic Lens two-photon microscopy for high speed multiscale 3D imagingU01NS113273 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · PI CARDIN, JESSICA A, DIAMOND, JEFFREY S · 2019 to 2021
$1.7M
Visual representations across cortical areasR01EY035378 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI SPENCER LAVERE SMITH · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
EC | EC Seventh Framework Programm | FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013)) 852765National Science Foundation (NSF) 1934288NEI NIH HHS R01 EY035378NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS121919NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS113273NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS104649NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS116470U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) U01NS113273U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) U19NS104649U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) U24NS116470Wellcome Trust 204651Wellcome Trust 220273Wellcome Trust (Wellcome) 204651/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 220273/Z/20/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The goal of this protocol is to improve the characterization and performance standardization of multiphoton microscopy hardware across a large user base. We purposefully focus on hardware and only briefly touch on software and data analysis routines where relevant. Here we cover the measurement and quantification of laser power, pulse width optimization, field of view, resolution and photomultiplier tube performance. The intended audience is scientists with little expertise in optics who either build or use multiphoton microscopes in their laboratories. They can use our procedures to test whether their multiphoton microscope performs well and produces consistent data over the lifetime of their system. Individual procedures are designed to take 1-2 h to complete without the use of expensive equipment. The procedures listed here help standardize the microscopes and facilitate the reproducibility of data across setups.

Indexed as

Microscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonSoftware

Identifiers

PMID40097833
PMCPMC7618499

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