I've never thought of analyzing videos of behavior experiments until yesterday, when my big boss and a graduate student were talking about a problem of matlab software developed by other lab. I started investigating the procedures involved. For a simple task like tracking position, draw a trajectory, and compute the heat map indicating the position/duration, it is relatively simple process. I did this by combination of Matlab and ImageJ. Here is the procedure. 1. Covert .vmv

I have a special feeling for R21. When I changed my research focus from material science to neuroscience, the project I was recruited for was an R21 project. 1st NIH project my boss got at chemistry dept was also an R21 project. Since my research focus is developing methodology or technology for neuroscience research, R21 is best suited. However, since it goes through the same scrutiny in the same study session as R01, the success rate is actually poor. :<