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Published June 16, 2025
Join us for hands-on tutorials and live demos
Open Brain Institute will be featured at CNS*2025, presenting a full day of interactive sessions, live demos, and guided tutorials showcasing the Open Brain Platform — a cutting-edge collaborative environment for exploring, building, and simulating digital brain models, from single neurons to circuits. We can't wait to connect with the neuroscience community in Florence!
We’re thrilled to announce that the Open Brain Institute will be at CNS 2025 in Florence - Italy, offering an in-depth, interactive program showcasing the Open Brain Platform—a powerful environment for building, simulating, and analyzing models from single neurons to circuits.
Join us to gain hands-on experience with biophysical modeling, connectomics, morphological analysis, and more.
Venue
Saturday July 5, 2025 09:00 - 16:00 CEST
Room 4, Firenze Fiera, Florence
Open Brain Platform at CNS 2025
Full Program
Morning Session
- 09:00–09:10 – Exploration of the Open Brain Platform [ Lida Kanari ]
- 09:10–09:55 – What Makes Human Brains Unique? Interactive topological analysis of neuronal morphologies [ Lida Kanari ]
- 09:55–10:10 – Introduction and Interactive Demo: Single Cell Biophysical Modeling [ Darshan Mandge ]
Coffee Break
- 10:40–11:10 – The Age of Biophysics and Connectomics [ Idan Segev ]
- 11:10–11:40 – Toward Simulation of a Fully EM-reconstructed Cortical Neuron on the Open Brain Platform [ Netanel Ofer, Sapir Shapira ]
- 11:40–11:50 – Inside EM Wiring Networks: Analyzing the Microns EM-Connectome [ Lida Kanari ]
- 11:50–12:20 – Interactive Demo: Investigating Proximal vs. Distal Dendritic Inhibition [ Darshan Mandge ]
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
- 14:00–14:30 – General Biophysical-Detailed Brain Models: Unitary models for studying plasticity, neural coding, spike sorting, connectomics, and more [ James Isbister ]
- 14:30–15:00 – Modeling Human Cortical Circuits in Depression and Aging [ Alexandre Guet-McCreight ]
- 15:00–15:40 – Interactive Demo: Analysis and Simulation of Atlas-Based Cortical and Hippocampal Circuits [ James Isbister & Armando Romani ]
Why Attend?
- Explore and simulate detailed neuron and microcircuit models
- Analyze connectomics and morphological data interactively
- Learn from top neuroscientists and platform developers
- Leave with real skills and ready-to-use tools
Material
https://www.openbraininstitute.org/app/documentation
Join the sessions to experience the Open Brain Platform in action. All sessions are hands-on with live demos, and guided exercises.
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