Literature

Alcor

2026

Dong, B., Xuan, A., Gu, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Li, C., Tang, S., Wu, Y. and Kong, C

Breaking the speed limit in two-photon microscopy via deep-learning imaging reconstruction from anisotropic sparse sampling

IRIS, a deep-learning framework reconstructing two-photon images from anisotropic sparse sampling, breaks the speed–resolution–field-of-view trade-off to capture fast neuronal dynamics.

Alcor

2026

Yang, M., Zhou, Z.Q., Lang, S., Zheng, H., Chen, S., Li, T., Stas, E., Yu, J., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z. and Uzungil, V

Ultra-wide-field, deep, adaptive two-photon microscopy for multi-scale neuronal imaging

ULTRA, a two-photon microscope with 50 mm² field of view, enables single-cell resolution imaging across widely distributed superficial and deep cortical regions.

Light: Science & Applications

Alcor

2026

Mano T, Tsaridis K, Kojima Y, Masucci GD, Dinh TT, Tong R, Glykos V, Dolezalova L, Asada K, Shumkova D, Rogers L

Hierarchical processing and polarization encoding in the cephalopod visual system

Two-photon imaging in cephalopods uncovers hierarchical processing and polarization encoding in the optic lobe, supporting complex visually-guided behaviours.

bioRxiv

Alcor

2026

Egashira R, Ke MT, Nakagawa-Tamagawa N, Fujimoto S, Inagaki S, Takagi T, Miyakawa T, Tagawa Y, Imai T

Dendritic compartment-specific spine formation in layer 5 neurons underlies cortical circuit maturation during adolescence

Super-resolution two-photon mapping of dendritic spines in layer-5 projection neurons reveals compartment-specific spine formation underlying cortical circuit maturation during adolescence.

Science Advances

Alcor

2026

Chen S, Yang M, Lyu J, Huang Y, Ye H, Gao Q, Chen T, Chen H, Zeng H, Li M, Han Y

Cellular multipoint adaptive technology for two-photon mesoscope

A cellular multipoint adaptive optics technology corrects optical aberrations across the full field of view of two-photon mesoscopes, improving large-scale neural imaging.

Neurophotonics

Alcor

2026

Tanaka, Ryosuke, and Ruben Portugues

Plastic landmark anchoring in zebrafish compass neurons

Two-photon calcium imaging in larval zebrafish reveals that visual landmark anchoring plastically updates head-direction estimates through optic flow integration.

Nature