This course provides basic knowledge on personalized brain network modeling. Students will gain theoretical knowledge and subsequently use this knowledge to construct models, process multi-modal imaging data for creating individualized models, run simulations and use supporting neuroinformatics tool such as collaboratories, pipelines, workflows and data repositories.

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We will present our recent work, The Virtual Brain Cloud - Towards personalized multi-scale brain simulation using neuroimaging cohorts for Alzheimer's disease research at the 15th International Conference on Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Disease AD/PD 2021.

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The DGKN (German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging) will be holding their annual conference virtually from November 10 - 14. Petra Ritter will give a presentation on Personalized Brain Simulation in the Presidential Symposium on November 13th.

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Full program and registration via this link:

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We are pleased to announce a new paper, which has been accepted for publication: Evaluating the Alzheimer's Disease Data Landscape.

The paper was authored by Colin Birkenbihl, Yasamin Salimi, Daniel Domingo-Fernándéz, Simon Lovestone on behalf of the AddNeuroMed Consortium, Holger Fröhlich, Martin Hofmann-Apitius and the Japanese Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, and the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

The paper will soon be published by Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions.

Apply now with your project for the Future Medicine Science Pitch until October 18^th 2020! Abstract submission has been extended to October 18^th.

Call for the Future Medicine Science Pitch -  Future Medicine Science Match 2020 – Artificial Intelligence in Translational Medicine: https://dialog.tagesspiegel.de/future-medicine/

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You can now watch the GDPR Impact in Health Research 2020 conference videos online, organized in a chronological playlist that covers all sessions.

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Virtual Brain Cloud is Partnering Project of the Human Brain Project and EBRAINS.

Check our our series of explainer videos and get an overview of all integrated tools!

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Virtual Brain Cloud is partnering with the Charité / BIH Virtual Research Environment – a potential production environment for our platform. We've prepared a series of videos to explain the mission of the Virtual Research Environment.

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The videos of the recent GDPR Impact in Health and Research Conference held by Virtual Brain Cloud are now online.

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Join us for a free conference on the impact of GDPR on digitization of biomedical research and clinical applications, including those using AI. VirtualBrainCloud will act as a case study, providing insight into the challenges and practical solutions of working with patient data.

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Learn more on our Cloud Implementation Strategy applying „Trusted Cloud” Principles
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We had a fantastic technical workshop on VirtualBrainCloud Use Cases and Infrastructure on January 15th at the Charité Brain Simulation Section in Berlin.

Great to have such excellent experts working together as a team. The Trusted Health Cloud Infrastructure is evolving! Check out some pictures on the Brain Simulation Lab website.

In March 2020 Dr. Petra Ritter, Dr Paul Triebkorn and Jan Stansinski MSc will present two lectures and a workshop on The Virtual Brain in Lethbridge & Calgary, Canada

Dr. Petra Ritter will hold a lecture on The Virtual Brain simulation platform: Inferring principles of network interactions underlying cognition at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience on March 17th @ 12:15pm.
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We'd like to bring attention to a new Research Topic in Frontiers Neuroinformatics: ‘Brain Modeling of Neurodegenerative Disorders’. We invite for your contributions!

Please contribute to the article collection:
Brain Modeling of Neurogenerative Disorders

The 26th Neurokolloquium will be held on the 15th of February at the Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum. Neurokolloquium is an annual symposium put on by the Charité Clinic and University Outpatient Department for Neurology, during which a variety of lectures and presentations are held on topics from the entire spectrum of work done in the Neurology Department. Themes include therapy, diagnosis, historical content and controversial topics from the field. As part of the day's events, Dr. Petra Ritter will present a guest lecture on The Virtual Brain, covering how brain simulations can aid in better understanding and treatment of neurological illnesses.

Lectures and presentations will be held in German. The event is free for employees and students of the Charité Neurology Department. The fee for external participants is 20€. Please find further details on the program and how to register here.

Petra Ritter and Paul Triebkorn will present The Virtual Brain at Urania Berlin on January 21st, 2020. Urania Berlin is one of the leading centers of dialog between science, the humanities and the public. We are excited to join the many leading scientists who deliver lectures and talks in their areas of research at Urania. The talk will be a part of a series called Berlin Brains 2020, during which neuroscientists working in Berlin will present their current work to the public.
Find out more details about the event here.

BrainModes 2019 will be taking place in Pokhara, Nepal from the 11th to the 13th of December and we'll be there! BrainModes is an annual meeting that brings together international experts from various disciplines and seeks to explore innovative means of understanding complex brain activity and multimodal neuroscience data sets. This year's meeting will focus on exploring "Unified Principles of Brain Connectivity and Dynamics".
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Prof. Dr. Ritter will join researchers from both the Charité and King's College London in presenting her research at the 1st of two workshops focussed on interdisciplinary research in the field of epilepsy. In the workshops researchers will develop new ideas to understand and treat epilepsy better, and also to understand the basic workings of the brain.
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The Human Brain Project shows their work at the German Parliament Bundestag. The Virtual Brain is a central part of the exhibition.

Meet Dr. Petra Ritter during the opening event on Nov 27th . Dr. Ritter will also lead a guided tour through the exhibition on Nov 28.
Access to the exhibition is only possible after prior registration via the website.
This exhibition is in partnership with The Human Brain Project, and includes many beautiful exhibits about the brain. You don't want to miss it.
More information about the program here.

Published on the 13th of November this year, Dr. Petra Ritter gives a short and very informative interview about the Brain Simulation Unit at Charité, including topics of brain health, healthy ageing, and learning.

You can read some choice quotes, or listen to the 6 minute interview

here: RBB, for the next 7 days only. It's a limited time, so make sure you hear it before it's gone.

Virtual Brain Cloud became Partnering Project of the EU Flagship Human Brain Project.

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Like in the past two years, the Brain Simulation Section is joining to present educational and fun experiments and lectures, showcasing how practical brain simulation can improve our lives.