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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JULY 04, 2018 FBO #6067
SOURCES SOUGHT

66 -- High Power Ultrafast Fiber Laser - Sources Sought 5011429

Notice Date

7/2/2018
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

334510 — Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211, MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9559, United States
 

ZIP Code

20892-9559
 

Solicitation Number

NIHDA201800301-SS
 

Archive Date

7/24/2018
 

Point of Contact

Danielle R. Brown, Phone: 301 480 2385
 

E-Mail Address

danielle.brown2@nih.gov
(danielle.brown2@nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Sources Sought 5011429 - High Power Ultrafast Fiber Laser The purpose of this acquisition is to procure a high power ultrafast fiber laser to be integrated with existing microscope and used with custom software developed to control this laser. The UNCB studies the function of cortical network activity in vivo using single-cell optogenetic stimulation. A single stimulus or motor action changes the activity of many cells in the cerebral cortex, and it is thought that patterns of activity across many cells are the fundamental unit of cortical function. However, we have been unable to understand how the brain uses activity patterns across multiple cells, principally because, as a field, we have been unable to change the activity of multiple individual cells in a patterned way. Two-photon optogenetic stimulation can provide such control, and thus has enormous promise to reveal how the brain works. Several groups worldwide, including our group, are working to deploy this approach in behaving animals. To do this, we develop custom optical microscopes which are able to both image and stimulate neurons using high-pulse power lasers. Currently, the UNCB is greatly hindered in pursuing its mandated mission and is in critical need of a customizable High power ultrafast fiber laser to fulfill its role within NIMH.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-01/NIHDA201800301-SS/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States

Zip Code: 20814
 

Record

SN04975946-W 20180704/180702230610-cf7b6131f0d4e7b2e9774b48a32755ef (fbodaily.com)
 

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