Dates and Location
- Date: May 13, 2025, 9:10 - 10:40 AM PDT (UTC-7)
- Location: Virtual in Gather (link will be shared with registrants)
Overview
The DANDI Archive now has 300+ neurophysiology datasets in the Neurodata Without Borders format spanning many species, brain areas, task types, and imaging modalities. These include datasets from Allen Institute OpenScope, the MICrONS project, and the International Brain Laboratory Brain Wide Map, as well as diverse contributions from neuroscience labs around the world.
The Open Neurodata and Tools Showcase is a free virtual event in Gather where attendees can meet data contributors and tool developers, explore publicly available neurophysiology datasets in DANDI, and discover open-source tools integrated with the NWB ecosystem. This event provides an opportunity to connect with both dataset creators and tool developers to discuss their work, including open research questions and potential applications.
Target Audience
This virtual event is open to anyone interested in neurophysiology data and tools, including but not limited to:
- Neuroscience graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers interested in using open data and open-source tools in their research
- Educators who want to use real datasets in their lessons
- Undergraduates and high school students interested in learning about neuroscience software and data
- Open science advocates
Agenda
Virtual Data Showcase Schedule (May 13, 2025):
| Time (Pacific) | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:55 AM | Gather space opens to participants | |
| 9:00-9:10 AM | Introduction to the data and tools showcase | Organizers |
| 9:10-10:30 AM | Virtual poster session | Data Contributors and Tool Developers |
Registration
- If you are interested in attending the event, register using the attendee registration link above.
- If you are interested in presenting a dandiset or tool, register as a presenter using the presenter registration link above.
Presenters
- Spyglass: a NWB-based framework for reproducible and shareable neuroscience research. Eric Denovellis.
- Reading and writing NWB files with the Open Ephys GUI. Anjal Doshi.
- CEBRA: a self-supervised learning algorithm for obtaining interpretable, Consistent EmBeddings of high-dimensional Recordings using Auxiliary variables. Steffen Schneider.
- ElecFeX: a user-friendly toolbox for efficient feature extraction from single-cell electrophysiological recordings. Xinyue Ma.
- ROICaT: Region of Interest Classification and Tracking. Richard Hakim, David Feng.
- Multichannel Igor Electrophysiology Suite (MIES). Thomas Braun.
- Pynapple and NeMoS: Standardizing Systems Neuroscience Analyses with Open Source Software. Sarah Jo Venditto.
- Neo: a python package for working with electrophysiology data. Andrew Davison, Zach McKenzie.
- Visualizing and analyzing DANDI datasets with NWB Explorer and Open Source Brain. Padraig Gleeson.
- AqNWB: enabling acquisition of neurophysiology data in NWB. Steph Prince, Oliver Ruebel.
- GuPPy: a Python toolbox for the analysis of fiber photometry data. Venus N Sherathiya.
- Esr1+ hypothalamic-habenula neurons shape aversive states (DANDI:000473). Pierre Le Merre.
- Presenting the IBL brain wide map dataset (DANDI:000409). Mayo Faulkner.
- GLO: A dataset for investigating detection global and local oddballs in mouse visual cortex (DANDI:000253). Jacob Westerberg.
Related Events
The Neurodata and Tools Showcase is also part of a multi-day NWB Data Conversion workshop. If you are interested in attending these additional sessions to learn more about converting your own data to NWB and publishing on DANDI, please see the Data Conversion Workshop page for more details.
Organizing Committee
- Alessandra Trapani, CatalystNeuro
- Stephanie Prince, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Benjamin Dichter, CatalystNeuro
- Oliver Rübel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Ryan Ly, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Code of Conduct
Please see the Code of Conduct for all NWB events.