Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions
Abstract Complex experimental protocols often require multi-modal data acquisition with precisely aligned timing, as well as state- and behavior-dependent interventions. Tailored solutions are mostly restricted to individual experimental setups and lack flexibility and interoperability. We present a...
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| author | Matthias Klumpp Lee Embray Filippo Heimburg Ana Luiza Alves Dias Justus Simon Alexander Groh Andreas Draguhn Martin Both |
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| description | Abstract Complex experimental protocols often require multi-modal data acquisition with precisely aligned timing, as well as state- and behavior-dependent interventions. Tailored solutions are mostly restricted to individual experimental setups and lack flexibility and interoperability. We present an open-source, Linux-based integrated software solution, called ‘Syntalos’, for simultaneous acquisition and synchronization of data from an arbitrary number of sources, including multi-channel electrophysiological recordings and different live imaging devices, as well as closed-loop, real-time interventions with different actuators. Precisely matching timestamps for all inputs are ensured by continuous statistical analysis and correction of individual devices’ timestamps. New data sources can be integrated with minimal programming skills. Data is stored in a comprehensively structured format to facilitate pooling or sharing data between different laboratories. Syntalos enables precisely synchronized multi-modal recordings as well as closed-loop interventions for multiple experimental approaches. Preliminary neuroscientific experiments on mice with different research questions show the successful performance and easy-to-learn structure of the software suite. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ec83b32080f42ffac87a4fd23af27402025-01-19T12:31:53ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-01-0116111410.1038/s41467-025-56081-9Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventionsMatthias Klumpp0Lee Embray1Filippo Heimburg2Ana Luiza Alves Dias3Justus Simon4Alexander Groh5Andreas Draguhn6Martin Both7Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg UniversityInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg UniversityInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg UniversityBrain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do NorteInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg UniversityInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg UniversityInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg UniversityInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg UniversityAbstract Complex experimental protocols often require multi-modal data acquisition with precisely aligned timing, as well as state- and behavior-dependent interventions. Tailored solutions are mostly restricted to individual experimental setups and lack flexibility and interoperability. We present an open-source, Linux-based integrated software solution, called ‘Syntalos’, for simultaneous acquisition and synchronization of data from an arbitrary number of sources, including multi-channel electrophysiological recordings and different live imaging devices, as well as closed-loop, real-time interventions with different actuators. Precisely matching timestamps for all inputs are ensured by continuous statistical analysis and correction of individual devices’ timestamps. New data sources can be integrated with minimal programming skills. Data is stored in a comprehensively structured format to facilitate pooling or sharing data between different laboratories. Syntalos enables precisely synchronized multi-modal recordings as well as closed-loop interventions for multiple experimental approaches. Preliminary neuroscientific experiments on mice with different research questions show the successful performance and easy-to-learn structure of the software suite.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56081-9 |
| spellingShingle | Matthias Klumpp Lee Embray Filippo Heimburg Ana Luiza Alves Dias Justus Simon Alexander Groh Andreas Draguhn Martin Both Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions Nature Communications |
| title | Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions |
| title_full | Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions |
| title_fullStr | Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions |
| title_short | Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions |
| title_sort | syntalos a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi modal data acquisition and closed loop interventions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56081-9 |
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