Blake Porter
@blakep-neuro.bsky.social
Postdoc (he/him) @jadhavlab studying memory schema 🧠 with 🐀
Otherwise 🎮 and 🌭-🐶
Otherwise 🎮 and 🌭-🐶
Come by tomorrow morning to see my poster (PP4) on how my super smart rats learn and solve my transitive inference task! #sfn2025
The Jadhav lab also has Edward showing his cooperative social task (PP5) and Caine presenting their super interesting behavioral observation during decision making (PP6)
The Jadhav lab also has Edward showing his cooperative social task (PP5) and Caine presenting their super interesting behavioral observation during decision making (PP6)
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Come by tomorrow morning to see my poster (PP4) on how my super smart rats learn and solve my transitive inference task! #sfn2025
The Jadhav lab also has Edward showing his cooperative social task (PP5) and Caine presenting their super interesting behavioral observation during decision making (PP6)
The Jadhav lab also has Edward showing his cooperative social task (PP5) and Caine presenting their super interesting behavioral observation during decision making (PP6)
While loud, the pneumatic barriers are easy to control (we've included air flow valves) and produce no electrical artifacts. Our rats habituate to the sound within 1-2 sessions.
Of course, feel free to remix the barrier system for your mazes too!
Of course, feel free to remix the barrier system for your mazes too!
April 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
While loud, the pneumatic barriers are easy to control (we've included air flow valves) and produce no electrical artifacts. Our rats habituate to the sound within 1-2 sessions.
Of course, feel free to remix the barrier system for your mazes too!
Of course, feel free to remix the barrier system for your mazes too!
Last but not least (and the most challenging), barriers! Barriers can be placed between any two track pieces to control available routes on the maze. We spent a lot of time on electric motor barriers, but with some help from our friends in the van der Meer lab, we switched to pneumatic barriers
April 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Last but not least (and the most challenging), barriers! Barriers can be placed between any two track pieces to control available routes on the maze. We spent a lot of time on electric motor barriers, but with some help from our friends in the van der Meer lab, we switched to pneumatic barriers
And keep in mind everything is open source! Want to just borrow our lick detection circuits for your own mazes? Go for it. All PCBs and parts are in the repository
April 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And keep in mind everything is open source! Want to just borrow our lick detection circuits for your own mazes? Go for it. All PCBs and parts are in the repository
Automated reward delivery? We got that. We designed 3D printed reward wells with optical lick sensors (no electrical noise for ephys!) for precisely delivering liquid rewards.
April 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Automated reward delivery? We got that. We designed 3D printed reward wells with optical lick sensors (no electrical noise for ephys!) for precisely delivering liquid rewards.
However, with modularity comes complete freedom! You're not beholden to the 18" grid and you can create whatever you'd like, such as my radial arm maze.
April 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
However, with modularity comes complete freedom! You're not beholden to the 18" grid and you can create whatever you'd like, such as my radial arm maze.
The core of the AAM are modular track pieces made from aluminum (A). You can order these from fabrication sites like xometry.com. The pieces fit together (B) and are designed around an 18" grid (C). You can easily add or remove track pieces, enabling space savings and rapid experimental flexibility
April 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The core of the AAM are modular track pieces made from aluminum (A). You can order these from fabrication sites like xometry.com. The pieces fit together (B) and are designed around an 18" grid (C). You can easily add or remove track pieces, enabling space savings and rapid experimental flexibility