Last chance! Submit your 1-page abstract for the IEEE Neural Engineering Conference (NER 2025) by Aug 11 for a chance to present in San Diego, Nov 11–14. Don’t miss out!
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04.08.2025 20:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us August 6 for a live session with Drs. Maryann Martone and Susan Tappan as they explore how FAIR tools and knowledge graphs are shaping the future of data-driven neuroscience.
🕚 August 6, 11 AM–12 PM ET
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04.08.2025 19:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Open Healthware Conference: Day 2! At 2:40pm, Chris Rexroth shares lessons from COSMIIC & Varro on building open healthware. At 3pm, Dr. Sue Tappan demos the SPARC Portal for sharing FAIR data. Join us to shape the future of open medical tech! sparc.science/news-a... 🧪 #NIH_SPARC
02.08.2025 11:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Excited for the Open Healthware Conference in NYC! 🎉 At 3pm, hear Dr. Alex Baldwin on breakthroughs in open source active implantable devices with OpenNerve. Plus, explore posters and meet the community advancing open, accessible health tech! 🧪 #NIH_SPARC sparc.science/news-a...
01.08.2025 15:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Community Feedback Needed!
Help shape a new research standard! @incforg.bsky.social is reviewing RRIDs—persistent IDs for citing key resources. Already used by SPARC, now open for your feedback.
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01.08.2025 13:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
SPARC Portal
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ICYMI Dr. John Tompkin gave a great seminar on the heart's little brain
The data 👉 sparc.science/datase...
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/N1PHlSNOxpM...
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31.07.2025 20:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today’s the day!
Join Dr. Vaughan Macefield at 11:00 ET for an in-depth seminar on the physiology of the human vagus nerve via intraneural microelectrodes.
Don’t miss out! Join now: zoom.us/j/92905371774
#NIH_SPARC #OpenScience #SeminarSeries #VagusNerve 🧪
31.07.2025 12:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Only 2 weeks to submit your abstract for NANS 2026!
Share your latest advances in neuromodulation at the premier annual meeting. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with leading experts and innovators!
🧠 Deadline: Aug 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM CT
🔗 Submit now: sparc.science/news-a...
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31.07.2025 12:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
[SEMINAR RESCHEDULED TO JULY 31st]
In this seminar, Vaughan will explore the physiology of the human vagus nerve through the use of intraneural microelectrode studies.
Learn more on the SPARC Portal: https://sparc.science/news-and-events/events/sparc-seminar-series-dr-vaughan-macefield?utm_source
Bridging the Body and Brain - a SPARC Seminar Series: Vaughan Macefield [RESCHEDULED TO JULY 31st]
Rescheduled to July 31! Only 1 day left to join Dr. Vaughan Macefield for a SPARC seminar on human vagus nerve physiology using intraneural microelectrodes.
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🕚 July 31, 11:00–12:00 ET
🔗 Register: sparc.science/news-a...
30.07.2025 19:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Check out Alex Baldwin's talk "Pursuing an open source active implantable medical device: lessons from OpenNerve so far" on Day 1 of the Open Healthware Conference. For free tickets, head to Healthware.Oshwa.Org
25.07.2025 16:52 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Want to know more about PanKbase to learn if their recently released Funding Opportunity is relevant for you? Check it out below 🧪👇
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30.07.2025 18:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 New #Funding Opportunity: PanKbase AI Pilot Funding Program
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28.07.2025 18:08 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
SPARC Portal
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Today’s the day!
Join Drs. Neufeld, Cassarà, and García Ordóñez at 11:00 ET for a SPARC webinar on neural interface safety assessment.
🧪Join here:
sparc.science/news-a...
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30.07.2025 11:33 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The winners of the 2024 SPARC FAIR Codeathon were announced on August 19, 2024.
Learn more on the SPARC Portal: https://bit.ly/3T5jgMW
2024 SPARC Codeathon Winners Announcement Stream
In 2024, SPARC Codeathon winners took home $50K for tools like RL-powered device control & SPARC workflows! 🏆
Watch the 2024 Winners Video 🎥 www.youtube.com/watc...
$20K is up for grabs in 2025 — sign up now:
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#NIH_SPARC #Codeathon #DevLife #InSilico #DevCommunity 🧪
29.07.2025 14:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🧠 Calling all neuroengineers!
Today's the last day to submit your abstracts for the IEEE Neural Engineering Conference.
📅 Don’t miss your chance to share your work with the community.
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#NeuralEngineering #NIH_SPARC #neurotech 🧪
28.07.2025 19:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The #NIH_SPARC Data and Resource Center August Office Hours for K-core #curation, MAP-core, SIM-core and DAT-core can be found here: sholink.to/DRCOffice... We love questions! We have answers. #computationalmodeling #data 🧪
28.07.2025 14:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
SPARC Portal
The open community platform for bridging the body and the brain through neuroscience and systems physiology data, computational and spatial modeling, and device design.
Join us at the Open Healthware Conference, Aug 1–2 in NYC! Connect with open source and medical hardware innovators shaping the future of accessible health tech.
Travel funding available.
🎟️ Get tickets + apply: sparc.science/news-a...
25.07.2025 14:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In this seminar, Vaughan will explore the physiology of the human vagus nerve through the use of intraneural microelectrode studies.
Learn more on the SPARC Portal: https://sparc.science/news-and-events/events/sparc-seminar-series-dr-vaughan-macefield?utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=SPARC-seminar-
Bridging the Body and Brain - a SPARC Seminar Series: Vaughan Macefield
One week to go! Join Dr. Vaughan Macefield on July 31 as he explores human vagus nerve physiology using intraneural microelectrodes. 🧠🧵
www.youtube.com/watc...
🕚 11:00–12:00 ET
🔗 Register: sparc.science/news-a...
#NIH_SPARC #Neuroscience 🧪
24.07.2025 12:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
SPARC Portal
The open community platform for bridging the body and the brain through neuroscience and systems physiology data, computational and spatial modeling, and device design.
One week to go!
Join the SPARC webinar on July 30 with Drs. Neufeld, Cassarà, and García Ordóñez on neural interface safety assessments.
🧪Register now:
sparc.science/news-a...
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23.07.2025 18:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🔬 Don’t miss the 2025 CARSS Webinar: OpenNerve Updates and Open-Source Advances
📅 July 25 | 🕗 8am PST
Get the latest on OpenNerve’s progress—manufacturing, testing, preclinical studies, and new open-source tools.
📧 Questions? Contact carss@usc.edu
#OpenScience #Neurotechnology #NIH_SPARC
23.07.2025 12:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌍 SPARC Codeathon draws global talent to build tools for open science!
In 2024, teams won $50K for innovations like SPARC.RL & oSPARC-Hub.
📍See where participants came from + watch the winners: www.youtube.com/watc...
💰 $20K up for grabs in 2025: sparc.science/news-a...
#NIH_SPARC #DevLife
22.07.2025 22:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
SPARC Portal
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SPARC data is now freely available via the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program! 🌐 Explore high-quality, multi-modal datasets on the nervous system + periphery—supporting open science & global discovery.
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#CloudAnalysis #FAIRdata #AWSOpenData 🧪
22.07.2025 13:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Think standards are boring? We respectfully disagree. At SPARC, our data standards and expert curation turn chaos into collaboration. Share your data, explore curated resources, and be part of a community that actually likes metadata.
🔗 Dive in: sparc.science?utm_so...
#dataSharing 🧪 #standards
21.07.2025 14:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Deadline Extended to July 28th!
Join the 2025 #NIH_SPARC FAIR #Codeathon before July 28th and compete for your share of $20,000 in prizes 💡💻
Collaborate in the cloud. Build with SPARC data.
Don’t miss out—join a team today!
👉 sparc.science/news-a...
#OpenScience #Neurotech #DataSci 🧪
18.07.2025 22:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Explore in silico safety assessment of neural interfaces with Drs. Neufeld, Cassarà, and García Ordóñez on July 30, 11:00–12:00 ET.
🧪Register today:
sparc.science/news-a...
#NIH_SPARC #OpenScience #SeminarSeries
18.07.2025 13:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
⚠️ LAST DAY to sign up for the SPARC FAIR Codeathon! 🧪
Make something great, Aug 2–4 — no travel required. win prizes
🔗 Apply now: sparc.science/news-a...
#CodeLife #DeadlineDay #FAIRdata #code
17.07.2025 17:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
SPARC Portal
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Science thrives on sharing! At SPARC, we're cultivating a dynamic ecosystem where neuroscience data and tools are not just open and FAIR—they’re also citable. Explore more at https://sparc.science.
#OpenScience #OpenData #FAIRdata #NIH_SPARC 🧪 #ScienceSky
16.07.2025 14:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RRIDs make science more transparent—free, machine-readable, and consistent. INCF wants your input on adopting them as a community standard.
🧬 Used by SPARC. Open for feedback.
🗓 Comment by Aug 31, 2025
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#OpenScience #RRID
16.07.2025 00:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just a few days left to join a team for the SPARC FAIR Codeathon!
It’s free, virtual, and full of impact. 🧪 Apply now:
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#NIH_SPARC #OpenSource #OpenScience
15.07.2025 22:00 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Open Healthware Conference Aug 1 & 2in NYC & Online! https://healthware.oshwa.org/
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