Another year, another successful Neuroscience conference for Noldus
13 December 2011
This year, The Society of Neuroscience was kind enough to bring Neuroscience 2011 to our back yard. Just 45 minutes from our US headquarters in Leesburg, Virginia and with the picturesque Washington Monuments as a backdrop, 30,000 Neuroscientists descended upon the DC convention center for this exciting 5 day scientific event featuring the newest breakthroughs and innovations in Neuroscience Research. For Noldus, this meant an opportunity to showcase our tools and solutions as well as participate in several scientific programs throughout the week.
Autism Speaks awards 10 new research grants
25 October 2011
Recently, Autism Speaks awarded nearly $1.8 Million in autism treatment study grants to outstanding autism-treatment research projects. The scientific panel reviewed 86 applications and awarded grants (8 out of 10) to pilot studies aimed at bringing new investigators into the autism field and jump-starting research on novel treatments.
Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder has increased a great deal in recent years. This has resulted in new understandings of how to setup therapies, how to detect ASD early in life, how to stimulate developmental processes, and much more. Researchers often observe and code behavior in combination with other research methods such as questionnaires or parental interviews to be able to understand, recognize, and explain specific behaviors that are linked to autism.
What kind of studies will be performed?
Opening of unique training facility for detectives
17 October 2011
Noldus Information Technology is helping to develop the CSI Lab
On 27th October, the CSI Lab will open. This is a training facility for crime scene investigators. The CSI Lab is unique in the international forensic world.
CSI Lab
The CSI Lab is located within the Netherlands Forensic Institute. Inside the Lab, crime scenes can be reconstructed. Cameras and sensors are attached in many positions, and can be operated from an observation room. There are also techniques whereby you can walk through a virtual crime scene, interactively, in 3D. These offer tremendous possibilities for training forensic detectives in the police force. In addition, they can use the CSI Lab to test out new techniques to secure traces of evidence.
Consortium completes Inside Consumer Experience research project
22 August 2011
Wageningen, The Netherlands, August 2011 – The consortium “Inside Consumer Experience” consisting of four partners - Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, VicarVision, Symrise, and Noldus Information Technology – announces the completion of the Inside Consumer Experience Project, also known as the ICE project. After three years of successful teamwork, the consortium can proudly present its results.
SenseWell: Automated Assessment of Health and Wellbeing
21 July 2011
Noldus participates in consortium that integrates sensor technology with brain and cognition research
Wageningen - Noldus Information Technology and sister companies Delta Phenomics and TeleMetronics Biomedical are three of the eight partners joining in the SenseWell consortium, aiming to develop a novel system for the automated assessment of rodents’ wellbeing in a home cage environment.
The SenseWell proposal was one of the winners of the IIP Cooperation Challenge, a program launched by the Dutch National Authority for ICT research (ICTRegie) to stimulate ICT-based innovation in domains ranging from brain and cognition research to sensor networks and robotics. Partners in this project consist of leading academic groups and innovative companies.
Rodent model for animal husbandry systems
Noldus Information Technology introduces FaceReader™4.0 facial expression analysis software.
15 July 2011
FaceReader™4 is the first software tool for automatic analysis of facial expressions. Version 4.0 offers even more accurate and reliable automatic emotion recognition.
NeuroBasic PharmaPhenomics consortium kicks off
25 May 2011
Noldus joins in the development of new drug discovery strategies
Wageningen, 25 May 2011 - Noldus Information Technology joins the new research consortium NeuroBasic PharmaPhenomics (www.neurobasic.nl) in their efforts to develop new drug discovery strategies in both neurology and psychiatry. This project builds on the successes of Neuro-Bsik Mouse Phenomics (www.neurobsik.nl), the consortium in which Noldus was responsible for the development of an automated home cage technology that allowed the investigation of mouse models in an enriched environment. Over the years, this has resulted in a successful product that is now commercially available and known as the PhenoTyper.
Moving forwards with the successes of Neuro-Bsik
Powerful and flexible software for behavioral observation and video analysis
25 May 2011
Offering you a complete solution for behavioral observations, the latest release of Noldus' The Observer XT coding and analysis software is now available. Inspired by you, we fine-tuned The Observer® XT to be faster, easier, and more reliable.
Noldus identified the needs and wishes of The Observer XT users, resulting in a mature product with an improved design. It is so easy to work with that you will save valuable time working with this efficient software.
What is The Observer XT?