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Trainings

New users are encouraged to attend one of the regularly organized user workshops or training courses prior to using the probes. 

Meet the Experts - SfN 2026

Attending SfN 2026 in Washington? Come to Booth #2737 for our meet the Expert sessions. Meet a Neuropixels expert for an interactive case-based discussion!

Date
Time
Expert 
Institute 
Use case
Sunday 15th November
9.30 a.m.– 10.30 a.m.
Matteo Guardamagna 
Moser Lab - NTNU 
Chronic rat pups Npix 2.0
Sunday 15th November
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 
Stefan Oline 
Brody Lab - Princeton 
Chronic mouse
Sunday 15th November
1 p.m.– 2 p.m. 
Bill Karsh, Jennifer Colonell
UCL - Johns Hopkins University
SpikeGLX software
Sunday 15th November
1.30 p.m.– 2.30 p.m. 
Ben Kanter 
Moser Lab - NTNU 
Chronic mouse/rat Npix 1.0/2.0
Sunday 15th November
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. 
YoungJu Jo, Jo Carpenter
Jo lab - UC Berkeley, Moser Lab - NTNU
Acute mouse Npix 2.0, Chronic rat Npix 2.0/2.0QB
Sunday 15th November
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. 
Josh Siegle 
Allen Institute 
Open Ephys software
Monday 16th November
9.30 a.m.– 10.30 a.m.
Valdemar Olsen 
Moser Lab - NTNU 
Chronic mouse Npix 2.0
Monday 16th November
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 
Michael Schellenberger 
Moser Lab - NTNU 
Chronic rat Npix 2.0
Monday 16th November
1 p.m.– 2 p.m. 
Josh Siegle 
Allen Institute 
Open Ephys software
Monday 16th November
1.30 p.m.– 2.30 p.m. 
Roberto Adamo Gulli 
Gulli Lab – ISMMS, Mount Sinai 
Macaque, Npix 1.0 NHP
Monday 16th November
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. 
Gabe Stine 
Jazayeri lab - MIT 
Macaque, Npix 1.0 NHP
Monday 16th November
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. 
Bill Karsh, Jennifer Colonell
UCL - Johns Hopkins University 
SpikeGLX software
Monday 16th November
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. 
Dan O’Shea 
Deisseroth lab - Stanford 
Macaque, Npix 1.0 NHP
Tuesday 17th November
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 
Alexandra Cheng 
HHMI Janelia 
Chronic mouse, Npix 2.0/2.0QB
Tuesday 17th November
1 p.m.– 2p.m. 
Bill Karsh, Jennifer Colonell
UCL - Johns Hopkins University
SpikeGLX software
Tuesday 17th November
1.30 p.m.– 2.30 p.m. 
Rajat Saxena 
Moser Lab - NTNU 
Chronic freely moving rat, Npix 2.0
Tuesday 17th November
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. 
Emily Aery Jones 
Aery Jones lab - University Maryland
Acute/chronic mouse, Npix 1.0/2.0
Tuesday 17th November
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. 
Josh Siegle 
Allen Institute 
Open Ephys software
Wednesday 18th November
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 
Katie Hummel 
Aery Jones lab - University Maryland 
Chronic mouse Npix 2.0

2026 Offerings

July 13-15

We are excited to announce our next Neuropixels Training Course at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, July 13-15, 2026. This course, funded by an NIH U24 BRAIN grant, will take place in the Department of Neurology, BIDMC, Boston Mass. You can apply for the course here. The application portal will be open until July 1, 2026. The course can’t cover travel costs.

October 12-14

The second course in this program will be hosted by Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD, on October 12-14, 2026. This course is funded by an NIH U24 BRAIN grant, You can apply for the course here. The application portal will be open until October 1, 2026, 2026. The course can’t cover travel costs.

Past Trainings

1.01 - Course Introduction (Matteo Carandini )
09:15
1.02 - The Past and Future of Neuropixels (Tim Harris)
17:53
1.03 - Neuropixels NXT (Carolina Mora Lopez)
11:22
1.04 - Cracking circuits with Neuropixels Ultra and Opto Probes (Nick Steinmetz)
20:40
1.05 - Activating local populations with Neuropixels Opto probes (Karolina Socha)
12:43
1.06 - Optotagging with the Neuropixels Opto probe (Anna Lakunina)
10:04
1.07 - Neuropixels Recording Hardware (Flóra Takács)
11:59
1.08 - Planning Neuropixels trajectories with Pinpoint (Kenneth Yang)
15:58
2024 1.1 Introduction: the past and future of Neuropixels (Carandini)
11:17
2024 1.2 Planning your Neuropixels trajectory (Birman)
22:52
2024 1.3 Recording hardware (Tákacs)
09:38
2024 1.4.1 Recording software: SpikeGLX (Karsh)
13:04
2024 1.4.2 Recording software: OpenEphys (Siegle)
10:04
2024 1.5.1 Recording techniques: acute recordings (Socha)
22:50
2024 1.5.2 Recording techniques: chronic recordings (Bimbard)
15:54
2024 1.6 Inspecting raw data (Winter)
11:02
2023   1 01   Introduction to Neuropixels (Carandini)
09:39
2023   1 02   Neuropixels technology (Mora Lopez)
18:59
2023   1 03 1    Neuropixels trajectory explorer (Peters)
10:48
2023   1 03 2   Trajectory planning with HERBS (Saldanha)
09:32
2023   1 03 3   Trajectory planning with Pinpoint (Birman)
09:18
2023   1 04   Recording hardware (Fabre)
08:21
2023   1 05 1   Recording software SpikeGLX (Karsh)
14:39
2023   1 05 2   Recoding software Open Ephys (Siegle)
10:02
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