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Reminder: Free online CNS*2022 satellite tutorials: June 27--July 1
by Ankur Sinha June 23, 2022

June 23, 2022

Dear all, Apologies for the cross-posts. A final reminder of next week's CNS*2022 free online satellite tutorials (from June 27--July 1): https://ocns.github.io/SoftwareWG/pages/software-wg-satellite-tutorials-at-… Free registration remains open at: https://framaforms.org/incfocns-software-wg-cns2022-satellite-tutorials-reg… To prevent spam/zoom crashing, links to zoom meetings for the tutorial sessions will be limited to registrants only. Therefore, while registration is free, it is required. The satellite tutorials feature sessions on: - Arbor - Brian2 - Introduction to containers - EBRAINS - GeNN - Keras/TensorFlow - LFPy - MOOSE - Neo + Elephant - NEST - NetPyNE - NeuroLib - NeuroML - NEURON - OSBv2 - RateML Please spread the word, and we look forward to seeing you there! -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/ Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org Time zone: Europe/London

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Research assistant position in systems neuroscience (sleep and memory). Florida, USA
by Carmen Varela June 23, 2022

June 23, 2022

Hi, We have an opening for a research assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Carmen Varela (Psychology Department, Florida Atlantic University; https://www.varelalab.org/) to investigate sleep oscillations that correlate with memory consolidation and sleep quality. Sleep disruption is a common symptom of neurodegenerative and mental disorders and is thought to be linked to their progression. Thalamocortical activity during sleep is critical for the contribution of sleep to memory consolidation, but it is not clear what oscillatory and cellular activity patterns relate to sleep quality and memory consolidation. The candidate will assist with administrative and scientific aspects of this project, using rats to investigate the patterns of thalamic activity that promote healthy sleep function and memory consolidation. More generally, the lab uses state-of-the-art techniques to investigate the neural network mechanisms of cognitive behavior, with a focus on learning and memory and on the role of the neuronal circuits formed by the thalamus. *Keywords*: behaving rodent extracellular electrophysiology, sleep oscillations, learning and memory. Start date September 2022 (some flexibility). **** Requirements **** Interested candidates please send your curriculum and a brief description of your research interests to carmenv.work(a)gmail.com We are looking for team-oriented candidates, ideally with prior experience in rodent behavior. Candidates selected for an interview will be asked to provide contact information for two references. **** What you get **** · Work on exciting and impactful projects to understand the contribution of thalamic activity to sleep and memory. · Develop research skills using state-of-the-art systems neuroscience methods in rodents. · Mentorship, supportive lab environment, in a rapidly growing neuroscience campus. *Location**:* The Varela laboratory is located in FAU’s Jupiter campus, a rapidly growing neuroscience hub, which also hosts our partners the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Research Institute. FAU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status or any other characteristic protected by law. Best, Carmen Varela, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Psychology Department Florida Atlantic University MC-19, room 106 Jupiter, FL 33458

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Registration for the Bernstein Conference now open
by Bernstein Communication June 23, 2022

June 23, 2022

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Dear colleagues, the registration for the Bernstein Conference 2022 (Sept 13-16, 2022) is now open. Register before July 24, 2022 to benefit from the Early Bird rate. Members of the Bernstein Network receive an additional discount. Register here: https://bit.ly/BC22_reg To foster the delightfully high participation of young scientists, we have travel grants available for students, doctoral candidates and Postdoc members of the Bernstein Network: Learn more here: https://bit.ly/BC_TravelGrants -- Each year the Bernstein Network invites the international computational neuroscience community to the annual Bernstein Conference for intensive scientific exchange. It has established itself as one of the most renown conferences worldwide in this field, attracting students, postdocs and PIs from around the world to meet and discuss new scientific discoveries. In 2022, the Bernstein Conference will take place as in-person meeting again in Berlin. Talks of the Main Conference are going to be livestreamed, given speakers consent. Find more information at https://bernstein-network.de/en/bernstein-conference/ ____ IMPORTANT DATES * Bernstein Conference: September 13 - 16, 2022 * Deadline for abstract submission: July 18, 2022 * Early Bird registration: July 24, 2022 * Late registration: August 28, 2022 * Onsite registration possible ____ ABSTRACTS We invite the computational neuroscience community to submit their abstracts: Submitted abstracts can either be considered as contributed talks or posters. All accepted abstracts will be published online and will be citable via Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). Further information can be found here: https://bit.ly/BC_submission ____ INVITED SPEAKERS Keynote Sonja Hofer (University College London, UK) Invited Talks Bing Brunton (University of Washington, USA) Christine Constantinople (New York University, USA) Carina Curto (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Liset M de la Prida (Instituto Cajal, Spain) Juan Alvaro Gallego (Imperial College London, UK) Mehrdad Jazayeri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Gaby Maimon (The Rockefeller University, New York, USA) Andrew Saxe (University College London, UK) Henning Sprekeler (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) Carsen Stringer (Janelia Research Campus, USA) ____ CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer (Conference Chair) Christian Machens (Program Chair) Tatjana Tchumatchenko (Program Vice Chair) Moritz Helias (Workshop Chair) Anna Levina (Workshop Vice Chair) & Megan Carey, Brent Doiron, Tatiana Engel, Ann Hermundstad, Christian Leibold, Timothy O'Leary, Srdjan Ostojic, Cristina Savin, Mark van Rossum, Friedemann Zenke. ____ For any further questions, please contact: bernstein.conference(a)fz-juelich.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Volker Rieke Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht, Prof. Dr. Frauke Melchior ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neugierige sind herzlich willkommen am Sonntag, den 21. August 2022, von 10:00 bis 17:00 Uhr. Mehr unter: https://www.tagderneugier.de

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Apply now for EITN Fall School in Computational Neuroscience 2022
by Zélie Tournoud June 22, 2022

June 22, 2022

EITN School in Computational Neuroscience, 2022 session EITN School in Computational Neuroscience is an intensive computational neuroscience training aimed at neuroscience students and early-career researchers. It is supported by the Human Brain Project and is an oppotunity to learn from researchers from all over Europe. The 2022 edition will take place from *21 to 30 September 2022* in Paris, France. Attendance is selective as seats are limited. *Applications are open until 23 June 2022.* *Information : https://eitnschool2022.sciencesconf.org* Organizers: Sacha Van Albada (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Albert Gidon (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Alain Destexhe (CNRS), Matteo di Volo (Cergy Université), Spase Petkoski (Aix-Marseille Université), Gorka Zamora-Lopez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Faculty: Nicolas Brunel Hermann Cuntz Gustavo Deco Alain Destexhe Matteo di Volo Albert Gidon Jennifer Goldman Moritz Helias Viktor Jirsa Maurizio Mattia Spase Petkoski Bartosz Telenczuk (to be confirmed) Sacha Van Albada Gorka Zamora-Lopez Damien Depannemaecker Domenico Guarino To be completed Who is this training for? * Neuroscience (and related fields) students and related * Post-doctoral/early-career researchers Why join? * 10 days of intensive training in computational neuroscience provided by researchers from all over Europe * Small scale event: get to connect! * A complete program: o Cellular models, and models of brain signals o Circuit models and networks o Mean-field models o Whole-brain models * Hands-on learning schedule based on: o Morning classes and tutorials o Group projects in the afternoon o Free time in the evenings to visit Paris How to apply? This training has a limited capacity of 20 students, therefor a selection will be performed by a scientific organizing committee. Applications are open until 23 June 2022. *Send your application by including a resume (CV) and cover letter (explaining motivations t**o join) by email at **eitn(a)neuro-psi.fr**.* You will receive a confirmation your application has be received within 5 working days or on the day application period closes (whichever comes the soonest). If not, please consider a technical issue and submit your application again. Contact eitn(a)neuro-psi.fr for any question or assistance. Selection criteria include: * Working or studying in neuroscience or related * Experience in python programming would help * Priority is given to PhD students as the primary target of this training, although Master students and post-docs are welcome to apply Practical information: * If selected, registration fee to attend the training is 400€. * If selected, you will need to bring your own laptop with a few pre-installed programs. * The tuition fee includes lunch, coffee, access to conference facilities and internet connection during the course days (Sunday not included). Location: Institut Supérieur Clorivière, 119 Bd Diderot, 75012 Paris. This training is design to be attended in-person in Paris. It will not be recorded nor accessible remotely. __________ * * *Zélie Tournoud*/// EITN Communication manager/ *European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience (EITN)* UMR 9197 – *NeuroPSI*(Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay) CNRS – Université Paris-Saclay Centre CEA Paris-Saclay Bâtiment 151 91400 Saclay https://www.eitn.org <https://www.eitn.org>

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Reminder registration deadline: FENS satellite symposium "Understanding Neural Circuit Evolution" (Jul 7-8, 2022, in Paris and online)
by von Behren, Christina June 22, 2022

June 22, 2022

Dear all, The deadline for registration for the FENS satellite symposium "Understanding Neural Circuit Evolution" to be held in Paris and online on July 7-8 is fast approaching. Registration is free but mandatory, please see below and register by tomorrow, June 23. We are very much looking forward to meeting you in Paris and/or online! FENS satellite symposium "Understanding Neural Circuit Evolution" (July 7-8, 2022, Paris and online) The FENS satellite symposium "Understanding Neural Circuit Evolution" will present exciting lines of research into neural circuit evolution from paleobiology to computational neuroscience and to the molecular and genetic generation of neuro-behavioral diversity. Organized by the German Research Foundation Priority Program "Evolutionary Optimization of Neuronal Processing"<https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/618311.html>, the symposium is designed to make the full spectrum of progress in neural circuit evolution accessible to a wide neuroscience audience. We aim to build bridges between computational, experimental, and paleobiological research approaches, and to foster integrative studies of neural circuit evolution. On July 7 the event starts with an online poster session. On July 8 there are exciting talks on the program, e.g. by Mitya Chklovskii (Flatiron Institute, New York, USA), Maude Baldwin (MPI Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen, Germany), and Lucia Prieto Godino (Francis Crick Institute, London, UK). The symposium is designed as a hybrid event. Registration will be open until June 23, 2022. For further information on program and registration see https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/660201.html

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International Symposium on AI and Brain Science 2022: Registration deadlines June 23 on-site and June 30 online
by Kenji Doya June 21, 2022

June 21, 2022

The registration deadline for the International Symposium on AI and Brain Science 2022 is June 23 for on-site and June 30 for online participation. http://www.brain-ai.jp/symposium2022/ The symposium is held on July 4th and 5th at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in a hybrid format as a satellite event for Neuro2022: https://neuro2022.jnss.org/en/ Tentative Program: time in JST=GMT+9 <Monday July 4th> 9:00 Registration 9:40 Opening: Kenji Doya 10:00-12:00 Session 1: AI for Brain Science Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Unit) Angela Langdon (NIMH) Xiao-Jing Wang (NYU) Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute) 12:00-14:00 Lunch and Poster Session 14:00-16:00 Session 2: Biological and robotic motor control Chair: Hiroaki Gomi Tetsuya Ogata (Waseda U) Tom Macpherson (Osaka U) Jun Izawa (Tsukuba U) Rieko Osu (Waseda U) 16:30-18:30 Session 3: Brain-inspired AI Jun Tani (OIST) Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN AIP) Yutaka Matsuo (U Tokyo) Aida Nematzadeh (DeepMind) <Tuesday July 5th> 10:00-12:00 Session 4: AI, Brain, and Society Ryota Kanai (ARAYA) Yoshua Bengio (U Montreal) Ai Koizumi (Sony CSL) Patricia Churchland (Salk Institute) 12:00-13:00 Lunch and Poster Session 13:00-15:00 Session 5: Natural and artificial consciousness Chair: Naotsugu Tsuchiya Hideaki Shimazaki (Hokkaido U) Keisuke Suzuki (Hokkaido U) Makiko Yamada (QST) Tadahiro Taniguchi (Ritsumeikan U) 15:30-17:30 Session 6: Unifying models of cognition Chair: Tadahiro Taniguchi Misako Komatsu (Tokyo Tech) Karl Friston (UCL) Yuichi Yamashita (NCNP) Matthew Botvinick (DeepMind) 17:30-18:00 General Discussion - Closing Co-organizers: Kenji Doya (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) Karl Friston (University College London) Hiroaki Gomi (NTT Communication Science Laboratories) Takao Hensch (The University of Tokyo International Research Center for Neurointelligence) Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit) Masashi Sugiyama (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project) Tadahiro Taniguchi (Ritsumeikan University) Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash University) Secretariat: Neural Computation Unit, OIST: ncus(a)oist.jp<mailto:ncus@oist.jp> ---- Kenji Doya <doya(a)oist.jp<mailto:doya@oist.jp>> Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan Phone: +81-98-966-8594; Fax: +81-98-966-2891 https://groups.oist.jp/ncu

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how can we improve model discovery?
by McDougal, Robert June 19, 2022

June 19, 2022

For over 25 years, ModelDB (modeldb.yale.edu<http://modeldb.yale.edu>) has provided a model sharing and discovery service for the computational neuroscience community. We’re in the process of revising our website, and we’d like to make sure we address the evolving needs and expectations of the community. Personally, I’m interested in making it easier to do analysis across the collection of models. What about you? Whatever your career stage is, please help ModelDB help you by filling out a brief survey: https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3EkPlMkOUDV5xgW Thanks for your help, Robert McDougal ModelDB

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Call for Papers: Mathematics of Neuroscience Symposium, Crete, Greece, 24-25th September 2022
by Ruairidh McLennan Battleday June 17, 2022

June 17, 2022

------------------ Symposium on the Mathematics of Neuroscience. Crete, Greece, 24-25th September 2022 (www.neuromonster.org) Two decades into the 21st century, can we claim to be any closer to a unified model of the brain? In this exploratory symposium, we invite submissions for short talks and posters presenting general mathematical models of brain function. We give priority to those models that account for brain or behavioural data, or provide simulations to that effect. This year’s theme is life-long learning and discovery. Keynote Speakers Professor Peter Dayan (Director, Department of Computational Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen) “Learning from scratch: Non-parametric models of task acquisition over the long run” Professor Andrew Adamatzky (Director, Unconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England) “Fungal Brain” Symposium Chairs Professor Dan V. Nicolau (King’s College London) Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Princeton University) Invited Talks Professor Kobi Kremnitzer (University of Oxford) Professor Marc Howard (Boston University) Professor Kevin Burrage (Queensland University of Technology) Professor Rahul Bhui (MIT) Dr Jonathan Mason (University of Oxford) Dr James Whittington (University of Oxford / Stanford) Dr Ilia Sucholutsky (Princeton University) Dr Sophia Sanborn (UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, University of British Columbia) Dr Christina Merrick (UC San Francisco) Dr Timothy Muller (UCL) Prize Talks Dr Aenne Brielmann (Max Planck Institute, Tübingen) Andrew Ligeralde (Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley) The symposium will be held virtually or in-person on the island of Crete, Greece from the 24-25th of September 2022 (www.neuromonster.org) Submission is by 250-word abstract before the 23rd July 2022, emailed to the organizers Professor Dan V. Nicolau Jr (dan.nicolau(a)kcl.ac.uk) and Dr Ruairidh M. Battleday (battleday(a)princeton.edu) ------------------

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ASTROTECH PhD Position on Ion diffusion in the Neuron-glial vascular unit @BCAM (Spain) [Immediate hiring]
by Maurizio De Pitta June 16, 2022

June 16, 2022

Dear colleagues, Please share and disseminate into your networks, department, and Institute. The Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), located in Bilbao (Spain), is recruiting a Ph.D. student for a 3-year project in Computational Neurobiology within the framework of the H2020 ASTROTECH International Training Network (http://www.astrotechproject.eu/) The student will be based in Bilbao (Spain) and enroll in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Basque Country. They will work under my supervision and that of Christophe Bernard (Aix-Marseille University, France). The project revolves around modeling the neuron-glial-vascular unit, focusing on epilepsy and neurodegeneration and emphasizing clinical technologies. This is an excellent opportunity for ambitious and brilliant candidates to gain expertise in the emerging field of computational modeling of neuron-glial interactions in an exceptional international setting. The average annual salary for this position is 28k-30k EUR/yr and comes with benefits and a generous budget for traveling to scientific events related to the project. Hiring is immediate, with a planned starting date of Sep-Oct 2022. Please prompt anyone who could be interested in reaching out to me at this email address or maurizio.depitta(a)uhnresearch.ca. More information about the Ph.D. project, along with eligibility requirements, can be found here: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/800279 Applications must be submitted here: http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job/phd-position-for-h2020-project-astro… The application deadline is July 15, 2022, at 2 pm CET (UTC+2). Thanks for your consideration. Maurizio ----- Maurizio DE PITTA Scientist, Krembil Research Institute External Scientific Member, Basque Center of Applied Mathematics https://sites.google.com/site/mauriziodepitta/home

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Community feedback requested: the Neo object model
by INCF June 16, 2022

June 16, 2022

*Call for community feedback on the Neo object model for electrophysiology and optophysiology data - open until August 14, 2022* INCF is taking a leading role in endorsing and promoting standards and best practices (SBPs) for global neuroscience <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12021-020-09509-0>, as part of our mission to promote data reuse and reproducibility in brain research. SBP’s are nominated by the community and reviewed by the INCF SBP Committee according to our criteria <https://incf.org/incf-standards-review-criteria-v20> for a FAIR community standard. If they meet our criteria, we put them up for 60 days of community review to gauge the level of user support and to identify possibilities for improvement and potential weaknesses. For the next 60 days (Closing date: August 14, 2022), we are seeking community feedback on whether we should endorse the Neo object model <https://www.incf.org/sbp/neo> as a standard. Neo <https://www.incf.org/sbp/neo> is an object model for handling electrophysiology data in multiple formats. It is suitable for representing data acquired from electroencephalographic, intracellular, or extracellular recordings, or generated from simulations. Neo has been implemented as a Python package for working with electrophysiology data, together with support for reading a wide range of neurophysiology file formats (including Spike2, NeuroExplorer, AlphaOmega, Axon, Blackrock, Plexon, Tdt, Igor Pro), and support for writing to a subset of these formats plus non-proprietary formats including Kwik and HDF5. Should Neo be endorsed as a standard? Comments open until Aug 14: f1000research.com/documents/11-658 Read more about Neo: Project page <https://neuralensemble.org/neo/> Documentation <https://neo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/> Github <https://github.com/NeuralEnsemble/python-neo> Paper <https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fninf.2014.00010/full>

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