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Noura Hakam

Baylor College of Medicine

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:imaging· 2 Organism:mouse· 2

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A red-emitting, genetically encoded indicator for two-photon voltage recording in vivo

Shuyuan Yang, Alex James McDonald, Xiaoyu Lu, Vincent Villette, Noura Hakam, Mario Galdamez, Tanmayee Torne-Srivastava, Gregory Foran, Xiaoyu Dong, Matthew Shorey, Nima Bavili, Shujuan Lai, Zhuohe Liu, Haixin Liu, T. Maslianitsyna, , François St-Pierre

This paper introduces VADER1, a red GEVI that enables reliable in vivo two-photon voltage imaging with millisecond resolution and supports dual-color imaging with calcium indicators.

bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Designer indicators for two-photon recording of subthreshold voltage dynamics

Michelle Ann Land, Mario Galdamez, Vincent Villette, Jun Zhu, Xiaoyu Lu, Mate Marosi, Shuyuan Yang, Gregory Foran, Alex James McDonald, Xiaoyu Dong, Elsayed Zaabout, Haixin Liu, Zhuohe Liu, Kevin L. Colbert, Shujuan Lai, , François St-Pierre

The paper develops two new genetically encoded voltage indicators (JEDI3sub and JEDI3hyp) for improved two-photon recording of subthreshold voltage dynamics in vivo.

Nature Methods · Apr 15, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A versatile, positive-going voltage indicator that enables accessible two-photon recordings in vivo

Alex James McDonald, Michelle Ann Land, S. Q. Yang, Noura Hakam, Vincent Villette, Jun Zhu, Mario Galdamez, Mario Fernández de la Puebla, Xiaoyu Lu, Gregory Foran, Tanmayee Torne-Srivastava, Beatriz Campillo, Haixin Liu, Xiaoyu Dong, Shujuan Lai, , François St-Pierre

The paper introduces FORCE1s, a GEVI that enables robust two-photon voltage imaging in awake mice with high signal-to-noise and reliable spike detection.

bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience