Real-Time Neuronal Network Imaging Using Diamond Optrode Arrays

Abstract

The project aims to develop new imaging technology for real time recording of electrical activity from cell and neuronal networks with unprecedented resolution and scale. The technology innovation stems from an optical defect in diamond which can be engineered to sensitively detect local changes in electric field. The all-optical diamond optrode array devices will be applied to biological model systems including cardiomyocytes, mammalian cells, and neurons; and will be benchmarked against current state-of-the-art technologies. The knowledge gained from the high density recordings will aid predictive models of disease and will lead to an improved understanding of the brain’s micro circuity an..

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