The tools that drive scientific progress are often made from scratch, not bought off a shelf.

At the Advanced Instrumentation Group, we work closely with researchers to design, build and test commercially unavailable instruments, equipment and software. Our team includes experts that span electrical, mechanical, and optical engineering; we have created everything from a device that maps the steps of a fruit fly to new approaches to probing the brain without harming it. Our in-house facilities, available for researchers to use, include a machine and fabrication shop, a metrology and optics lab, and workshops for the design, development and testing that supports new products throughout their life cycles. We believe that engineers and life scientists must work closely together to bring to life next-generation solutions and answer fundamental questions about the brain.