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Season's Greetings from the INCF Secretariat

Malin Sandström — 2011-12-20T08:52:00Z

We would like to wish you all happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!

INCF Digital Atlasing highlighted in Current Biology

Malin Sandström — 2011-12-06T14:56:19Z

The journal Current Biology has just published a feature article on the rapidly growing importance of the rodent brain as a key neuroscience model system. The article prominently features the INCF Digital Atlasing program, including the Waxholm Space and the Digital Atlasing Infrastructure.

Read the article (free)

NI2011 Keynote lectures available

Malin Sandström — 2011-11-01T08:45:00Z

The five keynote lectures presented at Neuroinformatics 2011 are now available for online viewing on the INCF YouTube channel.

The lecturers and lectures are:

Terry Sejnowski, Salk Institute for Biological Studies and UCSD, San Diego, USA
Exploring the hippocampal microconnectome
link to video
Ed Callaway, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, USA
Rabies-based tools for elucidating neural circuits and linking connectivity to function
link to video
Allan Jones, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, USA
The Allen Brain Atlas: A suite of tools and data for exploring the mammalian CNS
link to video
Kim "Avrama" Blackwell, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
Dynamical spatial models of signaling pathways underlying synaptic plasticity
link to video
Shin Ishii, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Modeling and simulations of neuronal morphology
link to video

RAST: Clever search for SfN 2011 abstracts

Malin Sandström — 2011-10-20T14:35:00Z

For the third year running, the Japanese INCF Node has set out to facilitate the finding of interesting abstracts at SfN, with the "Related Abstract Search Tool" (RAST). The RAST allows you to search not only by providing keywords, but also by selecting one or multiple abstracts to search for its related abstracts. It also finds "hidden treasures"; abstracts that are related to but do not contain the keywords.

This year, the RAST is also available in beta version for mobile devices.

New Issue of INCF Newsletter - SfN edition

Malin Sandström — 2011-10-13T09:45:45Z

This issue is a special edition that highlights upcoming neuroinformatics exhibits and events at SfN 2011 in Washington on November 12-16.

Highlights:

- a satellite workshop on November 12, 6:30-10:00 PM
for those interested in improving and facilitating access to neurophysiological data (preregister via email to neuroshare@incf.org)
- a Walk-In Registration Clinic during November 15, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
for those interested in learning more about registering their data into Waxholm Space (info and time slot reservation)
- organized by our US Node: the official SfN Neuroinformatics & Genomics Social on November 13, 6:45-8:45 PM
for everyone!

We will also have a dual track demo program in our booth #3211 (TBA), and we will be co-located with other exhibitors into a bigger than ever "Neuroinformatics Isle".

Download the INCF Newsletter

This autumn: Netherlands, Belgian and Indian Node neuroinformatics meetings

Malin Sandström — 2011-10-13T08:56:45Z

First out is the Netherlands Node, with a day-long symposium on October 14, held in Haag. The symposium will feature presentations from both computational and database-related fields in neuroinformatics (see program), as well as a panel discussion on the role of neuroinformatics in new initiatives such as E-science, EuroBioimaging and the Human Brain Project; and the best way to achieve a vibrant community.

Next, in the beginning of November, is the Indian Node with a three-day event in New Delhi. The first day (Nov. 1) is devoted to a meeting of the Indian Node members. The following two days (Nov. 2-3) take the form of an introductory workshop on neuroinformatics, with lectures on systems neuroscience, neuroimaging, systems biology and modeling.

Last out on December 16 is the Belgian Node, with its first ever Belgian Node meeting on neuroinformatics - a one-day workshop which aims to disseminate to the Belgian community the recent developments within neuroinformatics, and to provide the community with an opportunity to interact and network with international and local experts.

New Issue of INCF Newsletter

Malin Sandström — 2011-09-19T09:15:00Z

This INCF Newsletter features:

First version of NineML released
Satellite workshop at EMBC
INCF joins IBRO
Google Summer of Code update
News in Brief

Download the INCF Newsletter

Neuroinformatics 2011 Abstract Book available

Malin Sandström — 2011-08-26T10:15:00Z

The Abstract Book for this year's Neuroinformatics Congress contains almost 200 abstracts: five keynotes, twelve workshop lectures, 35 demos, 130 posters and nine lectures from the INCF US Node Special Symposium. The pdf is available from the Neuroinformatics 2011 webpage (NB: file size about 8 MB).

INCF joins IBRO

Malin Sandström — 2011-06-22T13:15:00Z

The membership will further INCF’s mission to coordinate neuroinformatics research and infrastructure while broadening its involvement with the global neuroscience community and activities represented by IBRO. Incorporated in 1961, IBRO has grown to encompass 84 member societies in 61 countries, with a current membership of over 75,000 neuroscientists. At the time of its founding, no other global associations for neuroscience existed, and IBRO came to serve an important function as a builder of bridges between researchers in different countries.

Today, IBRO is well known for its efforts to foster neuroscience research and education. The organization's grants and fellowships facilitate travel and relocation for young researchers, especially from less well-funded countries. The IBRO education programme runs courses on various aspects of neuroscience all over the world, and has a particularly important role in Africa, Asia and South America. IBRO also has an official scientific publication, the biweekly journal Neuroscience.

The 50^th anniversary of IBRO will be celebrated at its 8^th World Congress in Florence, Italy, July 14-18, where INCF will be present as an exhibitor. Come meet us at booth 35!

7th IEEE Conference on e-Science

Malin Sandström — 2011-06-15T07:00:00Z

The IEEE e-Science conference serves as a forum to present the results of the latest research and product/tool developments within a wide range of scientific fields using computational approaches, and to highlight related activities from around the world. A large part of the conference program is devoted to workshops on subjects such as computing advances in life sciences, interoperability in scientific computing, and global research data infrastructure. Conference papers will be collected in proceedings to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

Papers can be submitted until June 24, on the following conference themes:

1. Arts, Humanities and e-Social Science
2. Bioinformatics and Health
3. Physical Sciences and Engineering
4. Climate & Earth Sciences
5. Data Management and digital repositories
6. Research Tools, Workflow and systems, novel infrastructure
7. Education and e-Science practice

New Issue of INCF Newsletter

Malin Sandström — 2011-05-31T07:40:35Z

This INCF Newsletter features:

INCF Nodes Workshop
INCF website redesign
Satellite Workshop before HBM
2010 Annual Report available
News in Brief

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Call to unify brain research

Malin Sandström — 2011-05-25T12:24:12Z

Half a century ago on May 25th, president John F. Kennedy challenged the US to send a man to the moon within the next decade. Fifty years later, top scientists gather together with a diverse group of representatives from government, industry, academia, philanthropy and patients' associations to encourage the same sort of effort targeted toward brain and mental health research, calling it a "moonshot for the brain".

Former US Congress representative Patrick Kennedy has worked with a group of top neuroscientists to launch the initiative, called "One Mind for Research", which aims to improve funding and unify efforts in brain science. The initiative will coordinate academic, industry and advocacy resources, and raise public and private funding and awareness, to pursue a 10-year scientific roadmap to develop better therapies and cures for brain disorders.

Visit the One Mind for Research webpage

INCF website redesign

Malin Sandström — 2011-05-10T08:04:17Z

The redesign includes a new look and feel as well as a reworked content structure, to make it easier to find the information you want. The front page is completely new, and we have also added new content such as the Newsroom section with the brand new INCF blog and a convenient overview of all RSS feeds associated with INCF. At the top of each page, the new global search feature quickly lets you find any software, resource, person or article you might be looking for.

As always, your feedback is very welcome!

Satellite Workshop on Neuroimaging Datasharing before HBM

Malin Sandström — 2011-04-29T07:45:00Z

The theme of this all-day event will be "Neuroimaging Data Access and Sharing". The final program will be announced soon. Confirmed speakers include David Van Essen, Daniel Marcus, Maryann Martone, David Maier, Sean Hill, Jack Van Horn, as well as the organizers -- Jean-Baptiste Poline, Russell Poldrack, and David Kennedy. Further info is available at datasharing.incf.org/ni/Workshop

All are welcome to join the workshop. Participation is free of charge but because space is limited, registration must be confirmed by emailing datasharing@incf.org.

Google Stipends awarded

INCF-Site Administration — 2011-04-28T08:43:41Z

Yury Zaytsev, PhD student at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Freiburg, Germany, will work on a build platform and continuous integration infrastructure for improving accessibility and quality of neuroinformatics software. Dipanjan Mukherjee, undergraduate student of Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, will work on a Web Data Analysis Tool specifically tailored to deal with multi-channel time series data.

More on INCF's Google Summer of Code projects