All-optical interrogation of hippocampal place-cell remapping during navigation
Dr. Priya Nair · MIT
Combining two-photon holographic stimulation with calcium imaging to causally test how CA1 ensembles reorganize spatial maps in real time.
// Current status
- Stage
- Analysis
- Phase
- Phase III of III
- Started
- Aug 2025
- Next milestone
- Preprint deposited to bioRxiv
// Team selected by funders
- Dr. Priya NairPrincipal investigator
PhD · MIT · 40+ peer-reviewed publications
Named on the original campaign
View credentials ↗ - Ravi MoreauPostdoctoral researcher
PhD · MIT
Voted in by 1,204 funders
View credentials ↗ - Nadia ZhangResearch engineer
MSc · instrumentation & automation
Voted in by 968 funders
View credentials ↗ - Omar AdeyemiData scientist
PhD · statistics and reproducibility
Voted in by 741 funders
View credentials ↗
// Where the money goes
- Personnel & stipends42% of funds
Salaries for the funder-selected team, published quarterly
View receipts ↗ - Reagents & consumables23% of funds
Itemised supplier invoices for every order
View receipts ↗ - Instrument time19% of funds
Core-facility booking logs with hourly rates
View receipts ↗ - Open-access publishing9% of funds
Article processing charges so results stay free to read
View receipts ↗ - Platform & audit fee7% of funds
Independent quarterly audit of all spending
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// Research updates
This month
Analysis underway
Combining two-photon holographic stimulation with calcium imaging to causally test how CA1 ensembles reorganize spatial maps in real time. The team is currently working through the analysis stage and posting weekly notebook entries for backers.
Last month
Funder-selected team confirmed
Backers reviewed shortlisted candidates and voted the postdoc, research engineer, and data scientist onto the project. Credentials are linked above.
Campaign start
Protocol pre-registered
The full protocol, analysis plan, and budget breakdown were registered publicly before a single dollar was spent.