Enny

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* Senior research fellow @UCL, studying goal directed behavior and developing analytical tools
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EnnySep 16, 2025
Join the 2025 UCL Neuropixels course (free and online!),
22-24th of October:
Day 1 and 2: Get started with the basics and the latest updates on hardware & software.
Day 3: Focus on how to analyse the many neurons you recorded.
More info and to register:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/neuropixels/training/2025-neuropixels-course
2025 Neuropixels course

A free online course on Neuropixels, 22-24 October 2025

Neuropixels
EnnyOct 30, 2024

All the talks from the UCL Neuropixels course 2024 are now available on YouTube!

We had an amazing speaker line-up covering the usage, cutting-edge tools, and science related to Neuropixels probes. Special thanks to the @internationalbrainlab for their contributions this year.

Check out the talks here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfhWmWntvjl7SYCcrM5Qy1RFIiIIO6MK-
More information on the course: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/neuropixels/training/2024-neuropixels-course

2024 UCL Neuropixels Course

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Show threadEnnySep 30, 2024
Now in Matlab and Python, compatible with SpikeInterface and Phy (if you want to check for split neurons!): https://github.com/EnnyvanBeest/UnitMatch
GitHub - EnnyvanBeest/UnitMatch: Ephys toolbox to match single units (electrophysiology) either within the same day (over splits) or across two days

Ephys toolbox to match single units (electrophysiology) either within the same day (over splits) or across two days - EnnyvanBeest/UnitMatch

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Show threadEnnySep 30, 2024
Our latest addition is a tracking module that uses simple rules to determine whether a neuron is present in each recording. While some neurons appear and disappear, other neurons were tracked across months!
Show threadEnnySep 30, 2024
UnitMatch uses only the neurons’ spike waveform to track them across many days. This works really well with high-density probes such as #Neuropixels, where the spikes are visible across many recording sites.
EnnySep 30, 2024

Our paper “Tracking neurons across days with high-density probes” is now out in @naturemethods! https://rdcu.be/dVhCN
UnitMatch is a software for chronic electrophysiology that will automatically track neurons for months!

Thanks to co-first Célian Bimbard, and co-authors @basal_gang, Sam Dodgson, Flóra Takács, Pip coen, @neurvanna, Kenneth Harris, and @MatteoCarandini. And to @MSCActions, @embo, Wellcome trust, and BBSRC for funding this work.

EnnyAug 31, 2024

Happy to see my PhD work published in iScience:
"The direct and indirect pathways of the basal ganglia antagonistically influence cortical activity and perceptual decisions". Read it here:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110753

Thanks to all who collaborated on this challenging project! Specifically my PhD advisors Pieter Roelfsema, Ingo Willuhn, and Matthew Self. This work was funded by Horizon EU 2020 and NWO.

The direct and indirect pathways of the basal ganglia antagonistically influence cortical activity and perceptual decisions

The striatum, the main input nucleus of the basal ganglia, receives topographically organized input from the cortex and gives rise to the direct and i…