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Andre M Chagas
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#openhardware, #neuroscience, #openscience, some photos, some posts about running, rants about #academia... Leading the Open Science Lab at Life Science @Uni Sussex.

Creator & co-maintainer @open-neuroscience.bsky.social https://open-neuroscience.com/
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Andre M Chagas @iamchagas.bsky.social · Oct 19
Hi there!
Here is a short #introduction

Living in the UK, after a decade in Germany, originally from South America.

for a while I have been an #openscience practitioner, focusing on #openhardware for research

work @ University of Sussex, as a scientific officer and a lecturer in Open Science.

iamchagas.bsky.social
Anyone off to #sfn2025?

I'll be helping out the folks of the Bonsai Foundation in sharing info about their amazing #OpenScience #opensoftware #openhardware tools for research!
Come find us on Booth 3726, in Hall B2, in the Institute & Non-Profit Area #cienciabr @open-neuroscience.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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BeeHive - a flexible platform for connecting different sensors and actuators by @iamchagas.bsky.social and Ihor Sobianin

kitspace.org/BeeHive-org/...
BeeHive on Kitspace
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May 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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💡NeuroML is an international, collaborative initiative to develop a language and associated software ecosystem for working with data-driven biophysically detailed models of neural systems.
👨‍🔬Padraig Gleeson; Ankur Sinha; Boris Marin; Robert Cannon
🔗Link and more in the comments 👇
NeuroML logo
March 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Congratulations shortlisted nominees for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop Prize, recognising work of early career researchers promoting robust, rigorous and reproducible UK research:
- Andre Maia Chagas
- Annayah Prosser
- Lewis Jones
- Michael Biddle
- Sacha Beniamine
- Zahra Rahemtulla

#OpenResearch
DB Prize 2025 shortlisted nominees
www.ukrn.org
March 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🧐Want to dive deeper into Open Hardware (OH)?
💡Are you trying to start or improve your own OH?
🥳Whatever the case, Open Science Office Hours is here to help!
🗓️Book now a one-on-one meeting with André, founder of the Open Neuroscience initiative, and expert of the month
🔗Link and more details 👇
January 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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🚀 Join @open-neuroscience.com for a talk on Open Hardware for Neuroscience! 🧠🔬
📅 Feb 7, 2025 | 11:30 AM ET
📍 The Neuro (Montreal) & Zoom

🎙️ Dr. André Maia Chagas (@iamchagas.bsky.social) on affordable, customizable, open-source tools for research!

#OpenScience #Neuroscience #OpenHardware #SciComm
January 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Heard about #openhardware, wanted to know more, but was too afraid to ask?
Fear no more! Join us on Feb 7th when @iamchagas.bsky.social will be at the #openscience office hours held by @theneuro.bsky.social! More info:
openscienceofficehours.github.io/osoh_website...
Open Hardware
The Website of Open Science Office Hours
openscienceofficehours.github.io
January 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Here is the start of a new "hobby"/time sink 😁 #homeassistant #opensource
Photo of a screen showing the installation process of homeassistant.io
January 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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👨‍💻 Nipoppy is a framework for standard organization and processing of neuroimaging-clinical datasets. Built to help users adopt FAIR principles & improve studies reproducibility.
Created by ORIGAMI lab members @theneuro.bsky.social
@michellewang.bsky.social

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Nipoppy | Open Neuroscience
Nipoppy is a lightweight framework for standardized organization and processing of neuroimaging-clinical datasets. Its goal is to help users adopt the FAIR principles and improve the reproducibility o...
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January 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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🎇Happy New Year folks!
👀Check out PhyloPic, an open database of freely reusable silhouettes of life forms. It is totally worth checking these beautiful and realistic images ranging from 🍄and 🍁, to 🐒 and🦋.
By @tmkeesey.bsky.social
🔗Link: open-neuroscience.com/en/post/phyl...
#OpenScience #Science
PhyloPic | Open Neuroscience
Free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Project Author(s) T. Michael Keesey Project Links https://www.phylopic.org/ This p...
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January 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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It is incredible to see the work that is happening around the world with our open source designs.
Well done Solomon and @iamchagas.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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this did not take long... techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/b...

hope this platform is also not heading for #enshittification
Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup | TechCrunch
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new revenue stream based on
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December 11, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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Hivemind! Some random questions for which I would appreciate links/pointers/study cases and books:

1-any examples of large corp/cooperatives/groups that rely on #opensoftware for things like #cloud services, #email, instant messaging and video conferences? 1/2
December 5, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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This coming Monday! Join us for an excellent hour of #metascience #openscience and #neuroimaging! All from the comfort of your desk/couch/chair with @worldwideneuro.bsky.social @sussexneuro.bsky.social @theneuro.bsky.social
open-neuroscience.com Open Neuroscience @open-neuroscience.com · Nov 18
🎉 Don't miss our upcoming seminar by Kendra Oudyk, from ORIGAMI lab at McGill Uni, on open meta-research in #neuroimaging.

📅 Monday, December 9, 4 pm (UTC)/11 am (ET).

more details & link to join:
www.world-wide.org/seminar/9965/

👀 hope to see you there!
#openscience #opensoftware #metaresearch
World Wide | Open Source
Scientific seminars right where you are 🔬
www.world-wide.org
December 3, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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Fells of the week... 🫣😅
gratefuldeadpool.bsky.social TheGratefulDeadpool @gratefuldeadpool.bsky.social · Nov 26
I'll just be spuddling my way through the rest of this dreary Tuesday. 🫤
November 29, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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First post and it's a biggie! The first preprint from our lab is out now 🥳 Something I have wanted to know for a long time- can bumblebees taste amino acids? The answer is yes...but not all of them! 1/2 @sussexneuro.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Gustatory sensitivity to amino acids in bumblebees
Bees rely on amino acids obtained from nectar and pollen for essential physiological functions, including maintenance, sexual maturation, and larval development. While amino acid concentrations in nec...
www.biorxiv.org
November 29, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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Colegas da #cienciabr! Como estão os movimentos de #cienciaaberta no Brasil? Mais especificamente, quem tá trabalhando com #hardwareaberto? Me dei conta que to perdendo de não saber!
Agradeço re-skeets(?)

#openscience #openhardware
November 29, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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Look! now we have a "verified" domain, anyone can now find us using @open-neuroscience.com here in #bluesky too! "One handle/web address to rule them all" 😂
#openscience #neuroskyence
November 28, 2024 at 7:08 AM
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#neuroskyence and #openscience folks! We have starter pack putting together the intersection if these two groups, have a look, subscribe, and if you want to be added, reply to this or send us a DM!

go.bsky.app/NUfsakW
November 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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so, we were just hit with news on the new "voluntary leave programme" at the University of Sussex, due to the shitshow that is core funding for #highereducation in the #UK and a big drop in student n# Past being angry, I would like to know if there are other Unis... 1/n #academia
November 27, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Our Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme is open for applications! Deadline Jan 13th, for Sept 2025 entry. Brilliant community of students and supervisors, and a choice of >60 labs for rotations- come and join us by the sea! www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...
Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme : PhD Programmes in Neuroscience : Sussex Neuroscience : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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Also #openresearch and #openaccess crews 👇

@sussexneuro.bsky.social
open-neuroscience.com Open Neuroscience @open-neuroscience.com · Nov 27
#neuroskyence and #openscience folks! We have starter pack putting together the intersection if these two groups, have a look, subscribe, and if you want to be added, reply to this or send us a DM!

go.bsky.app/NUfsakW
November 27, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Last #Arduino challenge before to close this first Cambridge Open Lab workshop 💪🏻
@openlab.bsky.social @open-neuroscience.bsky.social @chloeg-neuro.bsky.social @iamchagas.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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Day 3! Bonsai-rx meets #arduino.
Such an awesome array of tools we have these days to get people into building their own equipment and rigs. @openlab.bsky.social #workshop with @cam-openlab.bsky.social and @open-neuroscience.bsky.social #neuroskyscience #opensoftware #openhardware
November 22, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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🌍 Our New Paper Offers a Roadmap to End Plastic Pollution 🌍

💥 Excited to announce the release of our paper, Pathways to reduce global plastic waste mismanagement and greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, in Science.

My first Blue Sky Post! Anyone here? 🫣
Pathways to reduce global plastic waste mismanagement and greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Plastic production and plastic pollution negatively affect our environment, environmental justice, and climate change. Using detailed global and regional plastics datasets coupled with socio-economic ...
www.science.org
November 14, 2024 at 7:56 PM