Simon Cherry was invited to write a News&Views article for Nature Methods about one of their papers. His article, “Functional whole-brain imaging in behaving rodents”, appeared in the April issue. The article summary is: “A wearable imaging device allows functional whole-brain imaging of awake, freely moving rats. This technology opens up a noninvasive window for simultaneously assessing brain function and behavior in response to a wide variety of interventions in living rats.”