Title
Low cost, scalable and adaptable automated
behavior testing device for drug discovery.
(ECE-BME)
Technical
areas
Control systems, data acquisition, sensors, microprocessors, behavioral
models, experiment design using animal models, data analysis, image
processing
Customer’s
Project
Description
This project involves the design of a microprocessor control and data
acquisition / analysis system that is integrated into a behavioral training
apparatus used in animal models for drug discovery. The core of the system
will be a microprocessor based control system that will be programmed to
receive inputs from various sensors, and to deliver outputs to motors, lights,
sound to control the progress of behavioral events of freely moving live
mice. A camera may be included in the sensor set. The design / selection of
the microprocessor, sensors, motors, lights, etc will be the responsibility of
the ECE team along with the overall operation and control of the system.
The specific behavioral algorithms, data analysis, and overall design of the
interface with the live mice (arenas, physical enclosures of the sensors and
motors etc) will be the responsibility of the BME team.
Deliverables Complete prototype system for automated animal behavior testing
Customer’s
Contact
Information
Customer’s
Supplied
Items
Prof. Xue Han
BME Department
44 Cummington Street
xuehan@bu.edu
ECE contact: Alan Pisano
apisano@bu.edu
TBD however there is expected to be a modest equipment budget.
ECE Department, Boston University
7/2/2016