Objective
The DANDI Archive now has 450+ neurophysiology datasets in the Neurodata Without Borders format spanning many species, brain areas, task types, and imaging modalities. These include high-value datasets, e.g. 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. In this workshop, we will teach attendees about the open neurophysiology datasets available on the DANDI Archive and train them on how to maximally utilize the archive and the NWB standard to incorporate existing data into their scientific workflows. Feedback from attendees will be used to improve the software and data standard to better enable reanalysis workflows.
Example projects include but are not limited to:
- Determine whether your result is present in another species or brain area.
- Showcase the capabilities of your tool or analysis on existing data from another lab.
- Explore follow-up questions to a study.
- Create educational content that uses open data.
This event will primarily focus on analyzing existing data in NWB and on DANDI, not converting data to NWB. If you are interested in learning how to convert data, consider signing up for an NWB Data Conversion Workshop.
Application
Applications are now open!
Apply to participate in NeuroDataReHack 2026 by completing the application form:
Space is limited, so we encourage you to apply early. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Applications close February 20, 2026.
Schedule
Schedule details will be posted closer to the event date.
Instructors
The event will feature a distinguished team of instructors, including:
- Benjamin Dichter, Ph.D. - Program Chair, CatalystNeuro
- Ryan Ly, Ph.D. - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Oliver Rübel, Ph.D. - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Misha Ahrens, Ph.D. - Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus
- Jeremy Magland, Ph.D. - Senior Data Scientist, Flatiron Institute (Lead developer of Neurosift, FigURL, Dendro)
- Guillaume Viejo, Ph.D. - Data Scientist, Flatiron Institute (Lead developer of Pynapple)
- Mayo Faulkner, Ph.D. - Senior Software Engineer, International Brain Lab
- Carter Peene - Data Analyst, Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics (Lead developer of OpenScope Databook)
- Vinam Arora - Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania (Developer of torch_brain)
- Carsen Stringer, Ph.D. - Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus (Lead developer of Rastermap, Suite2p, Facemap, Cellpose)
- Jakob Voigts, Ph.D. - Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus