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JAX Envision™ Software – Technical Capabilities

With high-definition monitoring, cloud-based storage, and advanced machine learning, Envision facilitates scalable real-time behavioral monitoring of individual animals in their group-housed home cage environment. The novel open architecture of Envision allows end users to leverage pre-defined digital measures as well as easily develop their own custom measures, providing near-unlimited flexibility and continuous evolution of tools to classify animal behavior.

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JAX Envision™ Software – Technical Capabilities

Develop Customized
Digital Measures

With Envision Developer Environment, users can leverage the core framework of Envision to create custom digital measures. In combination with JAX validated digital measures the opportunities to tailor Envision to your specific research needs are nearly limitless.

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Activity Suite - Behavior

Active
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Active Behavior
Moving but in a stationary position, e.g., grooming
Inactive
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Inactive Behavior
No detectable movement
Climbing
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Climbing Behavior
All four paws above the cage floor
Locomoting
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Locomoting Behavior
Moving around the cage
Huddle NEW
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Huddle Behavior
Body pressed against another mouse's
Inferred Sleep
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Inferred Sleep Behavior
Inactive or huddle states lasting > 40s
Drinking
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Drinking Behavior
Drinking-like behavior at the bottle lixit
Feeding
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Feeding Behavior
Feeding-like behavior at the food hopper
Undetected
NEW
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Undetected Behavior
Animal obscured or not individually identifiable

Activity Suite - Movement

Activity
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Movement Activity
Movement, measured in cm/s
Total Distance
Traveled
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Total Distance Traveled
Overall distance during locomoting bouts, in cm
Social
Distance
JAX Envision™ - Activity Suite - Social Distance
Distance from other mice in the cage, in cm

Cage & Resource Monitoring

Motion
Estimation
JAX Envision™ - Cage & Resource Monitoring - Motion Estimation
Cage-level activity tracked even when studies aren't running
Food Level
JAX Envision™ - Cage & Resource Monitoring - Food Level
Automated monitoring of water bottle
Water Level
JAX Envision™ - Cage & Resource Monitoring - Water Level
Automated monitoring of food hopper

Physiological Measure

Respiratory
Rate
JAX Envision™ - Physiological Measure - Respiratory Rate
Breaths per minute for each animal
JAX Envision™ - Manage your Studies

Manage your Studies

  • Create, browse, and manage studies.
  • Specify groups and individual subjects.
  • Define activities, protocols, and study timelines.
  • Share updates regarding study progress with other users around the globe.

A - See study overviews or view group specific data.

B - Review acclimation and dosing records.

C - Filter by activity to track and manage study variables.

JAX Envision™ - Create, browse, and manage studies
JAX Envision™ - Monitor your Mice

Monitor your Mice

  • Monitor animals on study in real-time.
  • Receive notifications and alerts for events such as food and water levels or cage changes.
  • Conduct remote health checks via 24/7 streaming video.
  • Collaborate regarding study progress, observed phenotypes, animal health concerns, and more.

A - Quickly view cage and individual level activity.

B - Review annotation to ensure welfare and treatment compliance.

C - Insights on animal behavior and physiology for any day and time.

D - Click on charts to display video to better understand metrics.

E - Add annotations to highlight unusual behavior or mark significant events such as cage changes or study interventions.

JAX Envision™ - Monitor animals on study in real-time.
JAX Envision™ - Analyze your Data

Analyze your Data

  • Correlate cage and individual subject level digital measures to activities and events.
  • Quickly identify significant trends in digital measures with data visualization across selected time windows.

A - Export and extrapolated digital measures for further statistical analysis.

B - Compare treatment groups and identify outliers in study data.

JAX Envision™ - Correlate cage and individual subject level digital measures to activities and events.

For an in-depth exploration of how Envision can change your research, explore our Envision Resources

Envision 5.0 Product Sheet

Envision 5.0 Product Sheet

This product sheet explains the data, machine learning, and end-to-end validation framework behind Envision, showing how continuous home-cage monitoring delivers robust, reproducible insights into animal biology.

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Leveraging Continuous Home-Cage Monitoring to Improve Science and Animal Welfare

Leveraging Continuous Home-Cage Monitoring to Improve Science and Animal Welfare

Learn how the Behavioral Phenotyping Core at Seattle Children’s Research Institute expanded its capabilities with the integration of the Allentown Discovery IVC Rack powered by The Jackson Laboratory.

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