Quebec Mental Health Institute

Key researcher: Paul De Koninck, Ph.D

The Neurophotonics Centre is located at the Québec Mental Health Institute – Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec (IUSMQ), and has unique expertise in Neurophotonics research.  

Examples of the expertise of Paul De Koninck and his colleagues include:

• calcium imaging,
• video microscopy to track cells,
• tracking single molecules,
• STED and other super resolution imaging techniques, with multiple colors.  

Multiple other technologies have been developed by members of the Neurophotonics Centre, such as

• optrodes and microoptrodes, which are probes that can be used to simultaneously stimulate with light and record activity of single cells.
• expertise in microscopy
• fiber optics technologies, developed in collaboration with engineers and physicists, members of the Neurophotonics centre. 

The Neurophotonics Centre is also recognized for its training programs.