Objective
The DANDI Archive now has 400+ 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.
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
Additional instructors to be announced.
Eligibility
This course is intended for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, principal investigators, or similar. Advanced undergraduates may be considered on a case-by-case basis. We welcome applicants from all areas of neuroscience, including but not limited to experimentalists, computational neuroscientists, and data scientists. Applicants should have basic programming experience in Python or MATLAB and experience with neurophysiology research.
Logistics
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of The Janelia Research Campus, this event will be free to participants:
- There is no registration or application fee.
- Participants will be provided a private room at Janelia Research Campus for the duration of this event, checking in on Sunday, July 12, and checking out the evening of Friday, July 17 or the morning of Saturday, July 18.
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and coffee breaks will be provided. Janelia is adept at accommodating dietary restrictions; please indicate any dietary restrictions on your application.
- You will be responsible for booking your own flight and transportation to Janelia Research Campus.
- You will be responsible for determining visa and/or healthcare requirements for travel to the United States. Please plan accordingly, as this process can take several months. We would be happy to provide a letter of invitation to support your visa application if needed.
What to Bring
Bring a laptop with appropriate software installed. Python should be installed and MATLAB is optional. For instructions on how to install PyNWB, see the PyNWB documentation. For instructions on how to install MatNWB, see the MatNWB documentation
Code of Conduct
Please see the Code of Conduct for all NWB events.