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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Happy New Year, everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Please join us for the <b>Allen Institute Modeling Software Workshop</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in beautiful Seattle, on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>July 13-14, 2023</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/events-training/2023-modeling-workshop/">https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/events-training/2023-modeling-workshop/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sponsored by the NIH BRAIN program, this workshop is organized by the Allen Institute and our collaborators at the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This 2-day<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>in-person</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>workshop will consist of interactive seminars and hands-on computational work. It will focus on teaching
the skills for building and simulating complex and heterogeneous network models grounded in real biological data. The tools covered by the workshop include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <a href="https://github.com/AllenInstitute/sonata" title="https://github.com/AllenInstitute/sonata"><span style="color:#0563C1">SONATA file format</span></a> for
multiscale neuronal network models and simulation output.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <a href="https://alleninstitute.github.io/bmtk/" title="https://alleninstitute.github.io/bmtk/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Brain Modeling ToolKit (BMTK)</span></a> –
a Python-based software package for building and simulating network models at multiple levels of resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <a href="http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vnd/" title="http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vnd/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Visual Neuronal Dynamics (VND)</span></a> –
a program for displaying, animating, and analyzing neural network models using 3D graphics and built-in scripting.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Workshop Topics:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Building heterogenous neural networks at different levels of resolution<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Simulating networks of biophysically detailed, multi-compartmental neuronal models<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Simulating networks of point-neuron models<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Providing realistic spiking inputs to the neural networks<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Simulating perturbations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Simulating extracellular electric field<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Using and sharing models in the SONATA format<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Visualizing network models’ structure and dynamics in 3D<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are eager to host a diverse audience, and we encourage trainees, scientists, and PIs to apply. Prior experience in modeling is not required or expected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Allen Institute strives to make training opportunities available on a fair and equitable basis.<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>Some travel funding is available for participants with financial
need. </b>Please<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>indicate on your application whether such support is needed. Applications will be evaluated on a need-blind basis. There is no fee to participate in the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Applications are due on February 15.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> All applicants will be notified of the status of their application by April 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">See more information and apply here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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