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EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Aug 27

Very honored to receive the Royal Society Research Culture Award - this represents the work of a great team who've worked non-stop since we launched bioRxiv in 2013 royalsociety.org/news/2025/08... www.cshl.edu/inglis-and-s...

Invisibility cloak pioneer Sir John Pendry awarded Royal Society’s top prize | Royal Society

The Royal Society announces the medals and awards recipients 2025

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EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · Jul 18

Congrats to SpiNNcloud startup! A great example of European AI innovation & brain tech evolving from research to commercial success!
The SpiNNaker2 chip was developed under Prof. Mayr’s leadership in Dresden, as part of the EU Flagship Human Brain Project. More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We are excited to share that SpiNNcloud has been selected for the EIC Accelerator, securing €10M in blended funding (grant + equity) under the "GenAI4EU: Creating European Champions in Generative...

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Jul 7

Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate science, reduce costs and increase the value of investments. But to date, the field hasn't placed equal emphasis on the reuse side of the data-sharing equation, writes @bendichter.com

#neuroskyence

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Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate the pace of science, reduce costs and increase the value of our collective research investments.

Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate the pace of science, reduce costs and increase the value of our collective research investments. New tools that make open data easier to use—and new…

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Open Source Initiative @opensource.org · Jun 10

The OSI has endorsed a proposal by Open Forum Europe to create an EU Sovereign Tech Fund to support maintenance and development of key Open Source software projects. https://opensource.org/blog/investing-in-open-source-sustainability-osi-supports-open-forum-europes-eu-sovereign-tech-fund-proposal

Investing in Open Source sustainability: OSI supports Open Forum Europe’s EU Sovereign Tech Fund proposal

The OSI has endorsed a proposal from Open Forum Europe to create an EU Sovereign Tech Fund to support maintenance and development of key Open Source software projects.

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Nature Computational Science @natcomputsci.nature.com · May 28

📢Alain Destexhe and colleagues from @neuropsi.bsky.social introduce a computational framework to study how molecular changes impact brain activity. #compneurosky #Neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s43...

A computational approach to evaluate how molecular mechanisms impact large-scale brain activity - Nature Computational Science

A computational framework is introduced to study how molecular changes impact brain activity, using biophysically grounded mean-field models to evaluate how drugs acting on synaptic receptors lead to ...

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Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · May 21

A tenure track "AI and pathological behavioral trajectories" Professor position is open at NeuroPSI.
Learn more and apply
🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CPJ/C...

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Laura Dugué @lauradugue.bsky.social · May 2

Researchers in France are working on creating a french network of researchers to organize interaction, communication and training in #Computational_Neuroscience. If you are a CompNeuro working in France, consider joining, and registering to our mailing list: listes.services.cnrs.fr/wws/subscrib...

rt_neurocomp - réseau français de neurosciences computationnelles - subscribe

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EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · Apr 11

A recent article from the Institute Pasteur blog compares EBRAINS, DANDI and OpenNeuro as data repositories.

It highlights the different types of neuroscience data that EBRAINS accepts, as well as the curation services that EBRAINS offers.

Take a look below 👇

LaLIST | CNRS-INIST @inistlalist.bsky.social · Apr 7

Les différences entre 3 entrepôts en neuroscience : EBRAINS, DANDI et OpenNeuro

« Pour partager ses données avec un large public, la solution la plus efficace est de les déposer dans un entrepôt de données. La première recommandation consiste à chercher s’il existe un entrepôt…

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EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · Mar 24

Earlier this month, the EBRAINS Tutorials and Users Day took place at the European Institute for Neuromorphic Computing in Heidelberg.

Take a look at our aftermovie of the event below!

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EBRAINS Tutorials and Users Day 2025 - Aftermovie

YouTube video by EBRAINS

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Julien Bouvier @jul-bouvier.bsky.social · Mar 18

Our institute @neuropsi.bsky.social has an ongoing call for new team leaders, from junior to mid-career levels. All fields of neuroscience are welcome!
Apply before May 30: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/wp-content/u...
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social

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INCF @incforg.bsky.social · Mar 18

INCF has been accepted as a mentoring organization in #GSoC for the 15th time!
Learn more:
GSoC discussions on Neurostars: neurostars.org/c/gsoc/5
Project ideas list, timeline, etc: bit.ly/INCFGSoC2025
#GSoC2025 #neuroscience #neuroinformagical #neuroskyence 🧪🧠

GSoC

This is the workspace for the INCF Google Summer of Code ( GSoC ) as well as Google Season of Docs projects.

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Cole Hurwitz @colehurwitz.bsky.social · Mar 17

The International Brain Laboratory reproducibility platform paper is now published at eLife. An amazing effort by many different labs and individuals to understand and improve the reproducibility of electrophysiological measurements in mice. 🧠

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Andrew Davison @apdavison.bsky.social · Mar 16

first trophy since 1955!

Andrew Davison @apdavison.bsky.social · Mar 16

in the Geordie (Newcastle) dialect: Howay the lads! (or gan on the Toon!)

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Software Sustainability Institute @softwaresaved.bsky.social · Mar 6

🟥 We are happy to announce that the SSI has received £4.8m from @ukri.org to launch the Research Software Maintenance Fund.
Find out more about this exciting opportunity at www.software.ac.uk/news/ukri-aw...

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · Feb 24

Instead, we just need systems that make it easy for the scientific community to give feedback on papers that is prominently displayed and summarised every time the paper is accessed.

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Michael Denker @mdenker.bsky.social · Feb 4

Get a hands-on glimpse into the various software tools @ebrains.bsky.social has to offer, Europe's emerging RI for brain research. Choose from over 16 software tutorials -- I will also be there with a tutorial on #ephys data analysis using Elephant and data handling with Neo. See you there!

Andrew Davison @apdavison.bsky.social · Jan 16

I'll be there with colleagues from my lab, giving tutorials on working with data and metadata in the EBRAINS Knowledge Graph.

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · Jan 16

Register for the EBRAINS Tutorials and Users Day on 12 March in Heidelberg!

Newcomers will have the chance to explore the wide range of Open Science tools and services available on the EBRAINS research infrastructure.

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

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Andrew Davison @apdavison.bsky.social · Feb 2

I finally got around to putting my notes on this online a couple of weeks ago: andrewdavison.info/notes/typese...

Andrew Davison: Typesetting subscripts, units and physical quantities

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ashley juavinett @analog-ashley.bsky.social · Jan 20

"How dare we, as scientists, decry the general population’s distrust of science, when we teach our junior scientists to follow fads and chase citations?"

Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jan 20

What happened to the pursuit of truth? rupress.org/jgp/article/... - Eve Marder, on point...

What happened to the pursuit of truth? | Journal of General Physiology | Rockefeller University Press

The knowledge in our brains, not in our phones, is necessary for creative thinking and the pursuit of truth.

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Andrew Davison @apdavison.bsky.social · Jan 16

I'll be there with colleagues from my lab, giving tutorials on working with data and metadata in the EBRAINS Knowledge Graph.

EBRAINS @ebrains.bsky.social · Jan 16

Register for the EBRAINS Tutorials and Users Day on 12 March in Heidelberg!

Newcomers will have the chance to explore the wide range of Open Science tools and services available on the EBRAINS research infrastructure.

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

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Andrew Davison @apdavison.bsky.social · Jan 15

Hi @incforg.bsky.social please add me to the list!

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Dec 18

Bahar Gholipour reflects on the legacy of Yves Frégnac, the French neuroscientist who built his career by meeting neuroscience’s complexity straight on.

www.thetransmitter.org/vision/in-me...

In memoriam: Yves Frégnac, influential and visionary French neuroscientist

Frégnac, who died on 18 October at the age of 73, built his career by meeting neuroscience’s complexity straight on.

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Nima Dehghani @neurovium.bsky.social · Dec 18

RIP Yves you're with us in our heart & mind🕊️
Yves created a fantastic vibrant department beautifully named
"Unité de Neurosciences Information et Complexité", characteristic of the spirit of interdisciplinary science needed for studying the brain. I was fortunate to spend some formative years there

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Dec 18

Bahar Gholipour reflects on the legacy of Yves Frégnac, the French neuroscientist who built his career by meeting neuroscience’s complexity straight on.

www.thetransmitter.org/vision/in-me...

In memoriam: Yves Frégnac, influential and visionary French neuroscientist

Frégnac, who died on 18 October at the age of 73, built his career by meeting neuroscience’s complexity straight on.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · Dec 12

Read my full logic here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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