Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 11h

🌍 On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we highlight the Virtual Brain Twin (#VBT) project!

🧠Project partners are creating digital brain twins of #psychiatric patients to test treatments virtually before applying them in real life - paving the way for personalised care.

Learn more: virtualbraintwin.eu

Virtual Brain Twin

This project will create an ecosystem for generating virtual brain twins for psychiatric patients by leveraging our partners' detailed knowledge and expertise in neuronal microcircuit simulation, math...

virtualbraintwin.eu

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 11h

🌍Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay!

EBRAINS fosters #mentalhealth by combining neuroscience, an advanced digital research infrastructure & strong partnerships.

We empower researchers to better understand the brain & translate discoveries into real-world impact.

Learn more: ebrains.eu/data/find-data

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 15h

We are delighted to announce that @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy at the @ec.europa.eu, will deliver a welcome address at the #EBRAINSSummit2025!

Find out more: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 16h

Halfway through EBRAINS 2.0: Highlights from the project so far

EBRAINS 2.0 is developing new tools and services available on the infrastructure for the benefit of the scientific community. Here is a selection of highlights from the project so far.

Read more: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

1 4

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 1d

Today, at the CSA BrainHealth webinar “Towards a Global Brain Health Data Space’’, Philippe Vernier, EBRAINS, highlighted EBRAINS’ role as an open-access digital research infrastructure advancing global brain health and supporting the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
Find out more: www.ebrains.eu

1 2

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 1d

We are delighted to announce that there are now over 15,000 EBRAINS account holders!

Thank you to everyone who has created an account and continues to use and contribute to the research infrastructure.

Don’t have your account yet? Sign up for free today: www.ebrains.eu/page/sign-up

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 1d

On 14 October, GÉANT will host a Multistakeholder Policy Conference in Brussels.

Prof. Katrin Amunts, Joint-CEO of EBRAINS, will join a panel on the pressing question: can public infrastructures keep up with the pace of technology evolution?

Learn more: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 2d

🔍 Explore the future of brain research @ CSA BrainHealth Final Conference on 15 October 2025!
Philippe Vernier, Joint CEO of EBRAINS, will join Panel 3 on building research capacity, data standards & cross-border collaboration.
🧠 Free registration: www.brainhealth-partnership.eu/news-events/...

1

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 2d

The newly published brochure “Discover EBRAINS” provides insights into what the EBRAINS infrastructure has to offer and how individual researchers and institutional partners can become part of it.

Read the new brochure: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

1 1

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 3d

Are you a PhD candidate looking for inspiration, practical insights, and a space for open dialogue?

Register for the PhD Networking Event at the #EBRAINSSummit2025! Tickets are available for €20. Summit conference ticket holders attend for free.

Learn more: summit2025.ebrains.eu/programme/eb...

1

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 3d

EBRAINS is at the World Congress of Psychiatry 2025 in Prague, showcasing the #VirtualBrainTwin project.

Yesterday, Dr. Huifang Wang (Aix-Marseille University & INSERM) presented “Virtual Brain Twins in Schizophrenia.”

Today 14:00-16:00: join us for live demos at our booth.

👉 virtualbraintwin.eu

1

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 4d

NEST 3.9 has been released!

This release adds biologically-inspired features, additions to documentation, and many bug fixes and improvements.

Access NEST, a simulator for spiking neural network models of any size, via EBRAINS: www.ebrains.eu/tools/nest

NEST Simulator @nest-initiative.org · 10d

We are excited to share that NEST 3.9 is now released! 🎉 With contributions from 24 developers, we have done a lot of bug fixes and improvements, including new features for e-prop plasticity and astrocyte models! Thanks to our wonderful community for their contributions :)
github.com/nest/nest-si...

Release NEST 3.9 · nest/nest-simulator

NEST 3.9 is the result of 1217 commits by 24 developers since NEST 3.8 which was released on 2024-08-02. This release notably adds features for several models, specifically, biologically-inspired f...

github.com

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 5d

🧠 Today is the #EuropeanDepressionDay. This condition affects millions worldwide.

At EBRAINS, scientists study brain function & dysfunction by developing platforms such as the Virtual Brain Twin(#VBT), paving the way for better #mentalhealth research & care.

More info: www.virtualbraintwin.eu

3

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 7d

JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT left to submit your abstract for the EBRAINS Student Conference 2026!

We invite original, high-quality submissions describing innovative research from all disciplines across neuroscience.

Abstract submission deadline is 6 October.

Learn more: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 8d

Dr. Huifang Wang, neuroscientist at the Institute of Neurosciences of Systems, part of Aix-Marseille University and INSERM, France, will hold a presentation on "Virtual Brain Twins in Schizophrenia” on 6 October, 15:45 - 15:55 CEST at the EBRAINS booth.

Register here: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

1

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 8d

We are looking forward to #WCP25 next week in Prague!

EBRAINS will be present with a dedicated booth for the Virtual Brain Twin project to answer all your questions.

1 1

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 8d

The deadline to apply for a User Talk at the #EBRAINSSummit2025 has been extended until 7 October!

The floor is yours! Apply now for a chance to present research that makes use of the EBRAINS infrastructure.

Find out more: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

Reposted by EBRAINS

Borana Dollomaja @boranadollomaja.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for highlighting our work @ebrains.bsky.social ! 😃

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 9d

🧠Researchers developed a new non-invasive method using Virtual Brain Twins (#VBTs) - high-resolution digital brain models - to simulate seizure activity and pinpoint the epileptogenic zone (EZN) in drug resistant #epilepsy.

🔗Read more about this promising research: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

1 2

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 9d

BRAINS is at the @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social
#Conference25 in Frankfurt, 29/09-2/10!

Visit our booth to explore Neuromorphic computing (BrainScaleS, SpiNNaker) & brain simulations (Arbor, TVB, NEST).

📝 Want to help shape the future of EBRAINS? Contribute by filling in our workflows survey!

1

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 9d

🧠Researchers developed a new non-invasive method using Virtual Brain Twins (#VBTs) - high-resolution digital brain models - to simulate seizure activity and pinpoint the epileptogenic zone (EZN) in drug resistant #epilepsy.

🔗Read more about this promising research: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

1 5

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 10d

The CSA BrainHealth will host its 3rd international webinar titled 'Towards a Global Brain Health Data Space'.

Mark your calendars:
📅 Thursday, 9 October 2025, 14:00 – 15:40 CEST | 🌍 Online

Secure your spot now: braincouncil.eu/event/toward...

1

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 11d

⏰ Today’s the last day!

Secure your early-bird rate for the #EBRAINSSummit2025 and submit your poster abstract.

Join Europe’s top experts in neuroscience, AI & innovation, on 8–11 December 2025 at The EGG, Brussels.

👉 Register today: summit2025.ebrains.eu/register

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 14d

3 DAYS LEFT until the early-bird registration deadline for the #EBRAINSSummit2025!

Join Europe’s leading minds in neuroscience, innovation, and policy for four days of insightful discussions and new collaborations.

Register here: summit2025.ebrains.eu

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 15d

Earlier this month, Lithuania hosted the 34th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks – a major international event in artificial intelligence and neuroscience organised by ENNS, EBRAINS, LSMU, and VMU.

Read more: www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

2 3

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 16d

Are you a researcher with a passion for your topic and a flair for storytelling?

Less than two weeks until the Science Slam workshop for the #EBRAINSSummit2025!

Find out more: summit2025.ebrains.eu/science-slam