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Miguel Maldonado

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Hemodynamic Signals Reshape Biological Inference in Widefield Calcium Imaging

Tenesha Connor, Macit Emre Lacin, James Hartz, Miguel Maldonado, Kemal Ozdemirli, Anthony R. Sloan, Justin D. Lathia, sarah muldoon, Murat Yıldırım

This study shows hemodynamic correction significantly alters biological interpretations of cortical dynamics in calcium imaging by reducing global connectivity and changing network structure.

bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

A Deterministically Synchronized Widefield Imaging and Virtual Reality Platform for Multimodal Brain Behavior Recording

Miguel Maldonado, Ömer Faruk Dinç, Macit Emre Lacin, Tenesha Connor, Frederick Bell, Berfin Dinc, Kemal Ozdemirli, Murat Yıldırım

This paper introduces a synchronized platform for multimodal brain behavior recording, achieving millisecond-precision alignment across neural imaging, behavior, and virtual reality.

bioRxiv · May 20, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

NeuroPupil: A generalization-first framework for scalable and biologically informative cross-species pupillometry

Kemal Ozdemirli, Tenesha Connor, Berfin Dinc, Kaleb Kim, Macit Emre Lacin, Miguel Maldonado, Shreya Guha, Kiersten Hawk, Abdullah Çağlar Öksüz, Frederick Bell, Zhiyao Zhang, Thiago Peixoto Leal, Nick Sarn, Anthony R. Sloan, Anthony M. Chomyk, , Murat Yıldırım

NeuroPupil improves cross-species pupillometry with a deep learning framework, achieving better accuracy and efficiency while enabling reliable biological insights.

bioRxiv · May 18, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

DeepFace: A High-Precision and Scalable Deep Learning Pipeline for Predicting Large-Scale Brain Activity from Facial Dynamics in Mice

Kemal Ozdemirli, Tenesha Connor, Kaleb Kim, Macit Emre Lacin, Miguel Maldonado, Thiago Peixoto Leal, Caglar Oksuz, Ignacio Fernandez Mata, Murat Yıldırım

DeepFace improves facial tracking and cortical activity prediction in mice by building on existing tools with scalability and precision enhancements.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience