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Ongoing Collaborations


Dr. Laurent Bentlila at Optical Microscope Core Facility
  • CNSI (California Nano System Institute)
  • Scientific Aim : High speed optical microscopes for the user facility
  • Optical System : Ultra high-speed CMOS camera and Image Intensified CMOS Camera
  • Funding: NSF IDBR
  • Year : 2008 - current

Prof. Dolores Bozovic's Group

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Scientific Aim : Motion of inner hair cells of frogs
  • Optical system : Ultra high-speed CMOS camera
  • Funding: NSF MRI and IDBR
  • Year : 2006 - current
  • Publication (1) : Correlated movement of hair bundles coupled to the otolithic membrane in the bullfrog sacculus, Strimbu CE, Ramunno-Johnson D, Fredrickson L, Arisaka K, Bozovic D. Hear Res. 2009 Oct;256(1-2):58-63
  • Publication (2) : Distribution of frequencies of spontaneous oscillations in hair cells of the bullfrog sacculus, Ramunno-Johnson D, Strimbu CE, Fredrickson L, Arisaka K, Bozovic D., Biophys J. 2009 Feb;96(3):1159-68

Prof. Elissa Hallem's Group
  • Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at UCLA
  • Scientific Aim : Neural networks of C. elegans
  • Optical System : Bessel Beam Sheet Illumination
  • Funding: NSF IDBR
  • Year : 2013 - current

Prof. David Krantz' Group
  • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA
  • Scientific Aim : Optogenetics of Drosophila 
  • Optical System : Epi-fluorescence with optogenetics by DLP
  • Year : 2014 - current

Prof. Thomas Otis' Group
  • Department of Neurobiology
  • Scientific Aim : High-speed optical observation of neutral circuit
  • Optical System : Scientific CMOS camera with LCOS-SLM (Optical Phase Modulator)
  • Key Collaborator : Matt Shtrahman, Daniel Aharoni
  • Funding: NSF IDBR
  • Year : 2011 - current

Past Collaborations


Prof. Mayank Mehta's Group
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Scientific Aim : Learning and memory of space, using the virtual reality system for rats.
  • Hardware System : VR system with visual and auditorial situations
  • Key Collaborators : Daniel Aharoni (PhD student), Bernard Willers (PhD student)
  • Year : 2010 - current
  • Funding : Keck Fundation

Prof. Carlos Portera-Gailliau's Group
  • Department of Neurology
  • Scientific Aim : How are cortical circuits assembled during development?
  • Optical System : High-speed two-photon excitation microscopes with Hybrid APD
  • Year : 2008 - 2011
  • Publication  : Simultaneous two-photon calcium imaging at different depths with spatiotemporal multiplexing, Cheng A, Gonçalves JT, Golshani P, Arisaka K, Portera-Cailliau C., Nat Methods. 2011 Feb;8(2):139-42

Prof. Jack Feldman's Group
  • Department of Neurobiology
  • Scientific Aim : Single molecule tracking by means of quantum dots
  • Optical System : Multi-pixel hybrid APD
  • Year : 2006 - 2007

Prof. Shimon Weiss' Group
  • Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Scientific Aim : Single molecule tracking by means of quantum dots
  • Optical System : Multi-pixel hybrid APD
  • Key Collaborator : Xavier Michalet
  • Year : 2007 - 2011
  • Publication (1) : High-throughput single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy using parallel detection. Michalet X. at al, Proc Soc Photo Opt Instrum Eng. 2010 Jan 24;7608.
  • Publication (2): Hybrid photodetector for single-molecule spectroscopy and microscopy. Michalet X, Cheng A, Antelman J, Suyama M, Arisaka K, Weiss S.. Proc Soc Photo Opt Instrum Eng. 2008 Feb 15

Prof. Manuel Penichet's Group
  • Department of Surgical Oncology
  • Scientific Aim : High-speed tracking of TfR on cancer cells
  • Optical System : Ultra high-speed CMOS camera
  • Year : 2006 - 2007

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