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UK Neuroinformatics Node Events and Projects

UK Node Activities

  • 1-3 February 2010 International conference on Analysing and modelling neural systems in health and disease: 7 plenary speakers, a set of collaborative workshops, poster sessions.  Hosted at the Informatics Forum at the University of Edinburgh.
  • The UK Neuroinformatics Road Map What does the current terrain look like and what are the future prospects? This activity has been initiated and will be taken forward through a series of discussions and small workshops. One of the workshops at the UK Node conference will focus on the Road Map.

Also planned are

  • specialist workshops at which new ideas for using neuroinformatics methods for the benefit of neuroscience will bedeveloped;
  • short training workshops;
  • the initiation of a dating agency for people unaware of neuroinformatics expertises that would benefit them;
  • proposals for new international initiatives that can be taken up by the INCF.

Past events run by the UK Neuroinformatics Node

Past events run by the UK Neuroinformatics Network

  • April 2008. Grant application submitted to MRC for support of the UK INCF Node.
  • April 2008. Joint workshop with CARMEN looking at the neuroinformatics needs amongst UK neurophysiologists for storage and processing of time series data.
  • 6-7 September, 2007: workshop on International Aspects of Neuroinformatics: plenary speakers reviewed the state of neuroinformatics in their own country. UK NI delegates voted to reconstitute the UK NI Network as the UK INCF Node, the UK community supporting the INCF. A Steering Committee was formed.
  • 1st August 2007. UK joins the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF).
  • 26 March 2007: workshop on Neural Coding, University of Manchester. Organised by Marcelo Montemurro, Stefano Panzeri and Rasmus Petersen.
  • 15-16 March 2007, workshop on Deep Brain Stimulation, Imperial College, London. An international symposium where researchers from different backgrounds will be able to meet in person, identify the direction of future research, and discuss possible collaborative projects in the DBS field.
  • Winter 2006/early-2007: a questionnaire on the benefits of neuroinformatics to neuroscience was circulated. This was targetted at experimental neuroscientists.
  • 24-25 April 2006, workshop on Systems Biology Meets Neuroinformatics: five plenary talks and discussions aimed at bringing together leading researchers to explore areas of overlap between the two communities.
  • February 2006: two meetings exploring international neuroinformatics, with a view to the UK joining the INCF.
  • July-December 2005: seedcorn funding for the preparation of the CARMEN proposal to EPSRC on sharing and integrating neural data, culminating in the award of £4.5M funding.
  • July-December 2005: a UK-wide report on neuroinformatics training from undergraduate level to postdoc and beyond: availability of training, availability of funding for training, perceived needs for future training.
  • 27-28 June 2005, workshop on UK Neuroinformatics: three plenary talks followed by discussion sessions aimed at establishing the state-of-the-art of neuroinformatics and identifying important issues for the future.
  • January-March 2005: a survey was conducted to investigate how best the UKNN can serve the community. A report of the findings can be found here.