SfN Satellite Event
BRAIN Initiative Alliance Talk to Toolmakers social
The BIA hosted a social as part of the SfN Global Connectome virtual event on Jan 11-13, 2021. See below for more details.
Date: January 12, 2021 at 3:30-4:30pm ET
Since the inception of the U.S. BRAIN Initiative, countless tools, technologies, and theories have been developed by scientists working with federal and non-federal partners of the BRAIN Initiative Alliance. During the SfN Global Connectome (#SfNConnectome21), take some time to talk to BRAIN Initiative toolmakers in small group breakouts – learn about what they’ve produced, ask a clarifying question – and maybe find an opportunity to collaborate! Participants can chat in up to three breakout sessions.
| Type | Tool(s) | Toolmaker |
| Chemical / Small Molecules | Noninvasive Ultrasonic Drug Uncaging Technique | Raag Airan |
| Chemical / Small molecules | Renewable Affinity Reagents | Jim Trimmer |
| Electrophysiology / Probes | CMU Array | Eric Yttri and Rahul Panat |
| Electrophysiology / Probes | Wireless Floating Microelectrode Array (WFMA) | Philip Troyk |
| Electrophysiology / Probes | NeuronNex:MINT | Euisik Yoon and Nathan Slager |
| Electrophysiology / Probes | Carbon Fiber Electrode Array | Paras Patel and Cynthia Chestek |
| Electrophysiology / Probes | Polymer Electrode Array | Loren Frank |
| Electrophysiology / Probes | Magnetic Micro-coils | Shelley Fried |
| Molecular / Cellular | sciMAP-ATAC | Casey Thornton and Andrew Adey |
| Molecular / Cellular | CaMPARI and Voltron | Eric Schreiter, Ahmed Abdelfattah |
| Molecular / Cellular | Genetically Encoded Voltage Indicators (GEVIs) | Francois St-Pierre, Xiaoyu “Helen” Lu |
| Molecular / Cellular | MAPseq & BARseq | Xiaoyin Chen and Anthony Zador |
| Optics / Microscopy | NeuroNex: Cornell | Chris Xu and Chunyan Wu |
| Optics / Microscopy | Miniature Micro-Endoscope | Walter Gonzalez and Carlos Lois |
| Optics / Microscopy | UCLA Miniscope | Daniel Aharoni and Peyman Golshani |
| Other Hardware Development | Craniobot & See-Shells | Suhasa Kodandaramaiah and Mathew Rynes |
| Software | Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN) | Stephanie Jones |
| Software | cytoNet | Amina Ann Qutub, Arun Mahadevan, and Byron Long |
| Software | Social LEAP Estimates Animal Poses (SLEAP) | Talmo Pereira, Mala Murthy, and Joshua Shaevitz |
| Software | Phase Calculator Plugin | Alik Widge and Mark Schatza |
BRAIN Initiative Alliance Tools, Tech, Theory, and Trainee Series in collaboration with Neuromatch 3.0
Dates: Oct 26th– 28th, 2020 at 3:00-4:00pm ET
The BIA hosted a virtual series on Oct 26-28 in collaboration with Neuromatch 3.0 to highlight cutting-edge tools, technology, and theories emerging from the BRAIN Initiative. For more details, catch up with the event summary here. To view the recorded sessions, see the Neuromatch Conference Youtube page.
Tools & Tech: A BRAIN Initiative Alliance Social
Date: Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 6:30-8:30pm CT
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick Place (Regency Ballroom CD); Chicago, IL
Did you miss out on the 2019 BRAIN Initiative Alliance Neuroscience Social? Catch up with a summary here and scroll down for further details. Many of these tools are also now listed on our Toolmakers’ Resources page!
Interested in cutting-edge neuroscience tools & technology? Come ‘talk shop’ with some of the leading toolmakers funded by the US BRAIN Initiative. Through the BRAIN Initiative, a broad array of these tools and resources are becoming available to the research community. This informal and interactive social is open to all SfN attendees.
2019 Featured Toolmakers:
Software
| Tom Bartol, Lyndsey Kirk, and Kristen Harris, NeuroNex: 3DEM Neuropil tools for enhanced resolution 3-dimensional electron microscopy. | Yazan Billeh, BMTK The Brain Modeling Toolkit: A Python-based software package for creating and simulating neural network models. |
| Jian Chen, Lab Tools for data visualization and analysis: Gene data exploration; brain meta-analysis. | Oliver Ruebel, Ben Dichter and Nathan Gouwens, NWB; Allen Institute software Software development for the Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) data standard for neurophysiology, and data analysis and computational modeling |
| Stephanie Jones, HNN Human Neocortical Neurosolver software tool: A user friendly software tool to test and develop hypothes on the circuit mechanism underlying EEG/MEG data | Talmo Pereira, LEAP SLEAP (Social LEAP Estimates Animal Poses): A deep learning software framework for general purpose multi-animal limb tracking from video |
| Amina Ann Qutub, cytoNet cytoNet: A Mathematical, web-based tool to rapidly characterize multiscale networks from images | Terrence Sejnowski, Lab Nonlinear causal analysis of large-scale recordings |
| Alik Widge, Lab Open source tools to precisely lock perturbations to the phase of ongoing LFP oscillations |
Electrophysiology / Probes
| Loren Frank, Lab Very large scale multielectrode recording—flexible, biocompatible polymer electrodes | Shelley Fried, Lab Micro-coils for magnetic stimulation of cortical neurons |
| Tim Harris and Josh Siegle, Neuropixels, Open Ephys Neuropixel high channel count electrophysiology probes and the Open Ephys open-source, plugin-based cross-platform software for data acquisition | Eusik Yoon, Nate Slager, and Paras Patel, NeuronNex:MINT High-density recordings: micro-LED optoelectrodes and carbon fiber electrodes for dopamine |
| Bryce Chung, Lab / Muhannad Bakir, Lab Advanced technology for motorneurophysiology: Micro-scale EMG arrays and algorithms for recording and analyzing muscle activity | Philip Troyk, Lab The Floating Microelectrode Array: CNS stimulation and recording through a magnetic, wireless link |
| Eric Yttri, Preprint; Lab 3D Nanoparticle printing for customized, ultra-high-density multielectrode arrays |
Optics / Microscopy
| Daniel Aharoni and Peyman Golshani, NeuroNex: Miniscope New miniaturized open source microscopes integrated with electrophysiology. | Alison Barth, Lab, Preprint High-throughput, quantitative connectomics using fluorescence microscopy. |
| Emily Gibson, Lab 2P-FCM: Miniature 2-photon fiber-coupled microscope for 3D neural imaging in freely moving animals | Walter Gonzalez, Preprint Miniature micro-endoscope: record brain activity in multiple areas simultaneously in mice |
| Joe Fetcho and Chunyan Wu, NeuroNex: Cornell Next generation optical microscopy to image deeper, wider and faster |
Molecular / Cellular
| Xiaoyin Chen, Technology Mapping long-range projects at single neuron resolution using BARseq and MAPseq | Christopher Moore, NeuroNex: BioluminescenceHub Novel bioluminescent molecular tools for controlling cells and tracking activity |
| Eric Schreiter, Lab Fluorescent indicators for neuronal activity: CaMPARI and Voltron | Francois St-Pierre, Lab Molecular technologies: Genetically encoded indicators for monitoring voltage in vivo (GEVIs) |
| Casey Thornton, Lab Spatially-resolved epigenomic profiles of single cells in intact tissue |
Chemical / Small Molecules
| Raag Airan, Lab Nanoparticles for ultrasonic uncaging of neuromodulatory drugs in the nervous system. | Jim Trimmer, Lab Renewable recombinant antibodies and affinity reagents for neuroscience research |
Other Hardware Development
| Baldwin Goodell, Graymatter Research Hardware development for non-human primates: distributed recording systems and orthopedic implantation | Suhasa Kodandaramaiah, Lab Robotic platforms for automated cranial microsurgery and transparent polymer skulls for neural interfacing |