SfN Satellite Event
Tools & Tech: A BRAIN Initiative Alliance Social
Interested in cutting-edge neuroscience tools & technology? Come ‘talk shop’ with some of the leading toolmakers (pdf) 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.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place (Regency Ballroom CD)
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 |