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This video will talk about a genetically encoded calcium sensor GCaMP. GCaMP is a genetically encoded calcium indicator (GECI) initially developed in 2001 by Junichi Nakai. It is a synthetic fusion of green fluorescent protein (GFP), calmodulin (CaM), and M13, a peptide sequence from myosin light-chain kinase. Further reading : 1) A quick review on the utility of GCaMP : https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.4359 2) GCamp resource page (includes description of all varieties of GCaMP) : https://www.janelia.org/open-science/gcamp-janelia-geci-reagents