Cristina Rodríguez develops advanced optical imaging technologies to visualize biological processes in their physiological context. Her lab integrates multiphoton microscopy with light-shaping techniques, such as adaptive optics, to overcome key limitations in imaging depth, resolution, and speed. The Rodríguez lab applies these innovations to visualize neuronal circuits in the rodent spinal cord in vivo, with the goal of revealing how neural circuits process somatosensory information. These advances will have a broad impact across diverse areas of biology.