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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "NeuroDataReHack 2026" |
| 3 | +date: 2026-07-13 |
| 4 | +endDate: 2026-07-17 |
| 5 | +location: "HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA" |
| 6 | +eventType: "Hackathon" |
| 7 | +image: "/images/events/hck_2x_2026-janelia-ndrh/ndrh_2026_banner.png" |
| 8 | +weight: 20260713 |
| 9 | +summary: "Unlock new discoveries in neurophysiology through secondary analysis." |
| 10 | +draft: false |
| 11 | +organizers: |
| 12 | + - "Benjamin Dichter, Ph.D. (Program Chair)" |
| 13 | +# - "Stephanie Prince, Ph.D. (Program Chair)" |
| 14 | +# - "Ryan Ly, Ph.D. (Program Chair)" |
| 15 | +resources: |
| 16 | +# "Event Flyer": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ptsGRa1sEMh-je7L_ff3CgtRTj-X11lO/view?usp=sharing" |
| 17 | +# "Slides from the 2025 NeuroDataReHack": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DAmQr4qWCamhj_2Zyke0kkHGvV8Kyq13?usp=sharing" |
| 18 | + "PyNWB Documentation": "https://pynwb.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install_users.html#installing-pynwb" |
| 19 | + "MatNWB Documentation": "https://matnwb.readthedocs.io" |
| 20 | +aliases: |
| 21 | + - /nwb_hackathons/HCK26_2026_Janelia_NDRH |
| 22 | +--- |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +## Objective |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +[The DANDI Archive](http://dandiarchive.org) now has 400+ neurophysiology datasets in the |
| 27 | +[Neurodata Without Borders](http://nwb.org) format spanning many species, brain areas, task types, and imaging |
| 28 | +modalities. These include high-value datasets, e.g. from [Allen Institute OpenScope](https://dandiarchive.org/dandiset/search?search=openscope), the [MICrONS project](https://dandiarchive.org/dandiset/000402), and the |
| 29 | +[International Brain Laboratory Brain Wide Map](https://dandiarchive.org/dandiset/000409), as well as diverse contributions from neuroscience labs around the world. In this |
| 30 | +workshop, we will teach attendees about the open neurophysiology datasets available on the DANDI Archive and train |
| 31 | +them on how to maximally utilize the archive and the NWB standard to incorporate existing data into their scientific |
| 32 | +workflows. Feedback from attendees will be used to improve the software and data standard to better enable |
| 33 | +reanalysis workflows. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +Example projects include but are not limited to: |
| 36 | +* Determine whether your result is present in another species or brain area. |
| 37 | +* Showcase the capabilities of your tool or analysis on existing data from another lab. |
| 38 | +* Explore follow-up questions to a study. |
| 39 | +* Create educational content that uses open data. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +This event will primarily focus on analyzing existing data in NWB and on DANDI, **not** converting data to NWB. If |
| 42 | +you are interested in learning how to convert data, consider signing up for an NWB Data Conversion Workshop. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +## Schedule |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Schedule details will be posted closer to the event date. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +<!-- ## Kavli Neurodata Discovery Award |
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| 50 | +Following the event, participants will be invited to apply for a Kavli Foundation Neurodata Discovery Awards, which awards $50,000 (USD) of funding to continue data reanalysis projects that come out of the NeuroDataReHack event. This is a funding opportunity exclusive to NeuroDataReHack participants. |
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| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## Instructors |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +The event will feature a distinguished team of instructors, including: |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +- **Benjamin Dichter, Ph.D.** - Program Chair, CatalystNeuro |
| 59 | +<!-- - **Stephanie Prince, Ph.D.** - Program Chair, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| 60 | +- **Ryan Ly, Ph.D.** - Program Chair, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| 61 | +- **Jeremy Magland, Ph.D.** - Senior Data Scientist, Flatiron Institute (Lead developer of Neurosift, FigURL, Dendro) |
| 62 | +- **Carsen Stringer, Ph.D.** - Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus (Lead developer of Rastermap, Suite2p, Facemap, Cellpose) |
| 63 | +- **Alessio Buccino, Ph.D.** - Electrophysiology Pipeline Engineer, Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics (Lead developer of SpikeInterface) |
| 64 | +- **Guillaume Viejo, Ph.D.** - Data Scientist, Flatiron Institute (Lead developer of Pynapple) |
| 65 | +- **Carter Peene** - Data Analyst I, Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics (Lead developer of OpenScope Databook) |
| 66 | +- **Mayo Faulkner, Ph.D.** - Senior Software Engineer, International Brain Lab |
| 67 | +- **Misha Ahrens, Ph.D.** - Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus |
| 68 | +- **Jakob Voigts, Ph.D.** - Group Leader, HHMI Janelia Research Campus |
| 69 | +- **Alison Comrie, Ph.D.** - Postdoctoral Scientist, HHMI Janelia Research Campus --> |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +Additional instructors to be announced. |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +## Eligibility |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +This course is intended for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, principal investigators, or similar. |
| 76 | +Advanced undergraduates may be considered on a case-by-case basis. We welcome applicants from all areas of |
| 77 | +neuroscience, including but not limited to experimentalists, computational neuroscientists, and data scientists. |
| 78 | +Applicants should have basic programming experience in Python or MATLAB and experience with neurophysiology research. |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +## Logistics |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Thanks to the generous sponsorship of The Janelia Research Campus, this event will be free to participants: |
| 83 | +* There is no registration or application fee. |
| 84 | +* Participants will be provided a private room at Janelia Research Campus for the duration of this event, |
| 85 | + checking in on Sunday, July 12, and checking out the evening of Friday, July 17 or the morning of Saturday, July 18. |
| 86 | +* Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and coffee breaks will be provided. Janelia is adept at accommodating dietary |
| 87 | + restrictions; please indicate any dietary restrictions on your application. |
| 88 | +* You will be responsible for booking your own flight and transportation to Janelia Research Campus. |
| 89 | +* You will be responsible for determining visa and/or healthcare requirements for travel to the United States. Please |
| 90 | + plan accordingly, as this process can take several months. We would be happy to provide a letter of invitation to |
| 91 | + support your visa application if needed. |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +## What to Bring |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +Bring a laptop with appropriate software installed. Python should be installed and MATLAB is optional. For |
| 96 | +instructions on how to install PyNWB, see |
| 97 | +[the PyNWB documentation](https://pynwb.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install_users.html#installing-pynwb). For instructions |
| 98 | +on how to install MatNWB, see |
| 99 | +[the MatNWB documentation](https://matnwb.readthedocs.io) |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +## Code of Conduct |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +Please see the [Code of Conduct](https://neurodatawithoutborders.github.io/nwb_hackathons/code_of_conduct) for all NWB events. |
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