Webinars
Connect with experts and fellow Noldus users
We're excited to host virtual meet-ups and Noldus user groups, offering you the opportunity to connect with our team, industry experts, and - most importantly - fellow Noldus users. These sessions are designed to inspire, educate, and foster collaboration within our community.
Watch 30-minute talks, webinars, and technical briefings from our team and guest researchers.
New sessions are added regularly. Missed one? All recordings are available on-demand.
Animal
Enhancing data quality: The influence of handling and data refinement during anxiety testing
In this webinar, Ylva Vik, PhD student from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, will present her experiences with using the elevated plus maze and open field test to assess anxiety in rodents. She elaborates on the impact handling and data refinement on the results of her experiments.
Duration: 58 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
Validating Baby FaceReader 9 Analysis of Infant Affective Facial Expressions in Face-to-Face Interactions
In this webinar, Martina Zaharieva, PhD, will discuss her validation study on the performance of Baby FaceReader. Martina and her research team compared Baby FaceReader output to manual micro-coding of facial expressions of young infants during naturalistic social interactions.
Duration: 46 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader
Animal
No two mice alike: leveraging inter-individual variability in threat conditioning of inbred mice to model trait anxiety
In this webinar Dr. Kovlyagina will provide insight into the methodology of their pipeline and how EthoVision XT contributed to it.
Duration: 43 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
Beyond the Familial: The Development of Emotional Communication with Mothers, Fathers, and Strangers
In this webinar, Eliala Salvadori, MSc discussses her research involving infants and the complex communication strategies they use to interact with their parents and with strangers.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader
Animal
Do we actually understand what we mean by "anxiety" in rodents models of anxiety?
In this talk, Dr. Mu Yang and Steffen van Heijningen will go over the major differences between contemporary, highly automated methods and “old school”, ethologically based methods of measuring behaviors.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Animal
The benefits of deep learning based rodent tracking in EthoVision XT
In this webinar you get an overview of how you can use EthoVision XT to track rodents in situations that are just a bit trickier than normal. The power and ease-of-use of our advanced deep learning based tracking technique is showcased and applied to real world examples.
Duration: 52 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
How emotions are made in Baby FaceReader
Baby FaceReader™ can automatically measure facial expressions in infants ranging in age from 6 to 24 months old. In this webinar, we show you how to set up an experiment using Baby FaceReader (FaceReader version 9) and what the results look like.
Duration: 38 minutes
Noldus product: Baby FaceReader
Animal
Data Storytelling: A CatWalk XT Tale
In this webinar, we tell you more about CatWalk XT understanding the main parameters, and use CatWalk XT data to describe research models such as arthritis, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury.
Duration: 55 minutes
Noldus product: CatWalk XT
Human
Beyond basic emotions - Best practices when creating custom expressions
For the analysis of, for example, workload, attention, or embarrassment, measuring a basic emotion is often not enough. Therefore, designing your own algorithms will help you out. Tess den Uyl provides some best practices and advice on how to use custom expressions for your benefit.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader
Animal
Innovative Approaches to Tracking and Quantifying Behavior in Rodents
Join Drs. Jason Rogers and De Wet Wolmarans for a deep dive into two research protocols for tracking, quantifying, and analyzing behaviors in rodent models.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
More Than Meets the Eye: Flavor Perception, Facial Expression Analysis, and Predicting Food Choice Behavior
Join Jason Rogers, PhD and Geertje van Bergen, PhD as they take us on a sensory deep dive into flavor perception, facial expression analysis, and food choice and consumption behavior.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader
Animal
UltraVox & EthoVision XT: What Is Your Animal Trying To Tell You?
EthoVision XT is great for telling you “where” your subject is in any behavioral task, but did you know Noldus also has you covered for “what” your subject may be trying to tell you: UltraVox!
Duration: 66 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT, UltraVox
Human
How to measure engagement from facial expressions
In this webinar, Dayenne Sarkol-Teulings tells us more about what engagement is and how she performed an experiment to find out what an engaged face looks like. The results of her validation study will be highlighted as well.
Duration: 44 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader
Animal
Walk This Way: Free-Walking & Treadmill Systems for Rodent Gait Analysis
In this webinar, we discuss the different types of gait analyses, what are the advantages and disadvantages of each system, what do these systems offer behavioral research, and what can they say about an animal’s gait.
Duration: 46 minutes
Noldus product: CatWalk XT
Human
The psychophysiology of emotion
In this webinar, we look at the relationship between emotions and psychophysiological measures such as heart rate and skin conductance. As we’ve already seen with facial expressions, people show a lot of variation in their facial expressions when expressing certain emotions, and the same holds true for physiological measures.
Duration: 67 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader
Animal
How to set up DanioVision experiments
This webinar is aimed to give you an overview of the DanioVision System, together with EthoVision for high-throughtput tracking.
Duration: 65 minutes
Noldus product: DanioVision, EthoVision XT
Human
What's In A Face: Project Analysis Module and Custom Expressions in FaceReader 9
In this webinar, Dr Jason Rogers demonstrates the updated features of FaceReader 9, including the new Project Analysis Module and Custom Expressions.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader
Animal
The Dilemma of individual versus social housing of mice
This webinar shows that how you house your animals, can greatly influence the outcome of your research. Which form of housing is most adequate and/or relevant for your research?
Duration: 46 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
Behind the scenes of the Behavioural Lab at London School of Economics
In this webinar, the London School of Economics (LSE) invite you to view their Behavioural Lab for Teaching and Research and let's you discover all the possibilities for researchers and how they apply Noldus tools.
Duration: 44 minutes
Noldus product: The Observer XT, Viso, FaceReader
Animal
Hiding in Plain Sight: EthoVision XT and Hidden Zones
Join Matt Feltenstein, for hiding in plain sight: EthoVision XT and hidden zones. In this technical briefing, we cover everything you need, to do it right from the beginning
Duration: 52 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
Research in Developmental psychology
In this webinar, we explain how our research tools can be used to study the behavior of children. How do children acquire language, how do learning behaviors develop, and how do they interact socially with other people, for example in parent-child interaction?
Duration: 56 minutes
Noldus product: Viso, The Observer XT, FaceReader
Animal
CatWalk XT gait analysis in mice: The do's, don'ts and the pitfalls
What is the added value of using automated gait analysis system in your research, what should you pay attention to when starting to use it, and how to avoid making the common mistakes? In this webinar, Dr. Lior Bikovski and Dr. Mu Yang explain all about it!
Duration: 66 minutes
Noldus product: CatWalk XT
Human
Inside a Behavioral Lab: Automatic synchronization and dynamic analysis of physiology, emotions and eye-tracking
In this webinar we take you inside the Behavioral Lab and show you all about automatic synchronization and dynamic analysis of physiology, emotions and eye-tracking.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader, The Observer XT
Animal
Don’t Fear the Procedure: EthoVision XT and Fear Conditioning
In this webinar, we cover everything you need in EthoVision XT to do it right from the beginning: From using Activity analysis, to programming your Trial Control Settings, and analyzing timed events using the Data Profile. Let us show you the way so you don’t have to sweat, worry, or freeze.
Duration: 63 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
How to measure emotions
In this 30-minute talk, you will learn more about the theory of constructed emotions and how it differs from Ekman’s classical view on emotional expressions.
Duration: 40 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader
Animal
Tips and Tricks in EthoVision XT: Insights Into the Unknowns
In this webinar, we show you all the hidden tips and tricks that EthoVision XT has to offer. There’s a lot more than meets the eye, so we look forward to show you the way!
Duration: 70 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
Simulation-based training: Why and how
Why is simulation-based training important and what does a (medical) simulation-based training look like? In this webinar, professionals from the field answer these questions for you.
Duration: 45 minutes
Noldus product: Viso
Animal
Increasing Reproducibility and Reliability of Novel Object Tests Through Standardization and Automation
Join Alicia Brantley, PhD for a deep dive into her work involving novel object tests, the challenges associated with these protocols, and the solutions she is exploring to overcome these challenges.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
Innovative methodologies for consumer behavior research
In this webinar we highlight the recent innovations in consumer behavior research, with special attention to the methodologies employed for the study of sensory perception.
Duration: 53 minutes
Noldus product: The Observer XT, FaceReader online
Animal
Analysis of Spatial Behavior: Heatmaps in EthoVision XT
EthoVision XT has a wealth of visualization tools and Heatmaps is one of the coolest. In this webinar, we take a look at how heatmaps work, and how you can get the most out of them.
Duration: 48 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
How to integrate psychophysiological & behavioral data using both Noldus and BIOPAC tools
In this joint webinar, we dive deeper into the benefits of integrating data seamlessly. How to study behavior and physiology using Noldus and BIOPAC tools is at the core or this webinar.
Duration: 74 minutes
Noldus product: The Observer XT,
Animal
Field experience on use of CatWalk XT: from data acquisition to analysis
In this webinar, Dr. Johannes Heinzel and Dr.-Ing. Ivanna Timotius share their personal experience and discoveries while using gait analysis system CatWalk XT.
Duration: 80 minutes
Noldus product: CatWalk XT
Human
Behavioral Coding - Designing optimal coding schemes in The Observer XT
In this Noldus Technical Briefing, we will show you how to create coding schemes that allow you to reach your behavioral endpoints but, at the same time, are clear enough for efficient and reliable coding.
Duration: 50 minutes
Noldus product: The Observer XT
Animal
Data analysis, organization, and visualization in EthoVision XT and Microsoft Excel
In this technical briefing you learn more about the typical workflow in EthoVision XT. Learn how you can select, analyze, organize and export your data! A Noldus Trainer shows you the software and guides you through with tips and tricks.
Duration: 55 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Human
Tools and methods for Facial Action Coding
In this technical briefing, you will learn more about different tools that can be used to objectively measure AUs. We will also discuss how you can look at the AUs not only from an emotional, but also a functional point of view.
Duration: 37 minutes
Noldus product: FaceReader, The Observer XT
Animal
Integrating Video Tracking with Digital Telemetry
Integrating various tools in neuroscience, like video tracking and wireless telemetry, offer a more complete assessment of complex disease models. In this webinar, we will hear about wireless telemetry options in behavioral testing and integration in video tracking experiments.
Duration: 54 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Animal
The standardization paradox: better data with naturalistic behavioral tests
Most animals, like humans, have a rich and varied behavioral repertoire. Which behavior they show depends a lot on internal and external cues, and the outcome can be different every time. Naturalistic behavioral tests can offer a solution, and we go over several during this webinar.
Duration: 50 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT, PhenoTyper, CatWalk XT
Animal
Lessons From The Core: Longitudinal Assessment vs. Point Sampling of Behaviors in Mice
Join Lior Bikovski and Shivang Parikh from Tel-Aviv University for a presentation on longitudinal behavioral studies and how to optimize the use of home cage monitoring (HCM) systems for behavioral research.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: PhenoTyper
Animal
Zebrafish research in the spotlight
Recent discoveries, methodologies, challenges in zebrafish research, and how to tackle them. We invited renowned behavioral researchers Dr. Christian Tudorach and Dr. Ruud van den Bos to tell us all about these topics in this webinar.
Duration: 95 minutes
Noldus product: DanioVision, EthoVision XT, DanioScope
Animal
How to use the Track Editor in EthoVision XT
In an ideal EthoVision world, there would be no need for the Track Editor. All samples would stay perfectly on the correct body points, there would be no nose-tail swaps and multiple animals in the same arena would never swap identities. However, if tracking issues still occur, the Track Editor is a useful tool to correct errors.
Duration: 48 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Animal
Boost analysis capability in EthoVision XT with JavaScript variables
In this technical briefing, we take a look at how you can expand the analysis capability in EthoVision XT by creating custom variables with the JavaScript programming language.
Duration: 50 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Animal
Detection Settings in EthoVision XT: Insights Into Doing it Right
In this webinar, we go over all the things that you need to consider before starting your experiment.
Duration: 73 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Animal
Long term rodent studies in neuroscience
In this talk, we investigate how animal research can be extended in to long-term observations, following the path human research has entered for some time already which resulted in great new insights.
Duration: 73 minutes
Noldus product: PhenoTyper
Animal
Tools for preclinical COVID-19 research
In this technical briefing, Dr. Lucas Noldus reviews relevant animal models, behavioral and physiological biomarkers related to COVID-19, and how these can be measured automatically using appropriate sensors and software.
Duration: 60 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT, Observer XT, PhenoTyper,
Animal
Automated Rodent Behavior Recognition with EthoVision XT
In this technical briefing, you will learn more about EthoVision XT’s module Automatic Behavior Recognition: how it works and what you can use it for.
Duration: 35 minutes
Noldus product: EthoVision XT
Animal
Tools and techniques for zebrafish research
In this webinar, you will get an overview of new techniques and current developments in zebrafish research tools, from video tracking to complete systems, and how scientists worldwide use such tools.
Duration: 38 minutes
Noldus product: DanioVision, EthoVision XT, DanioScope