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Feb
2021
February 2021
EU Parliament workshop “Digital data for dementia research and innovation” by The Virtual Brain Cloud
Our agenda comprises of speakers of the following organisations: EU Parliament, Gates Ventures Europe, Alzheimer Europe, EC DG Connect Unit H.3., EBRAINS AISBL, European Alzheimer’s Alliance and Charité University Medicine Berlin.
Registration: only limited space available – please send inquiries to Dr. Angela Bradshaw or Prof. Dr. Petra Ritter
Feb
2021
February 2021
Brain Modelling as a Service: The Virtual Brain on EBRAINS
We are proud of the collaboration that went into this paper. 43 Authors! Fantastic teamwork.
Feb
2021
February 2021
BIDS Extension Proposal: Computational Model Specifications - Contributions Welcome!
Brain Imaging Data Structure [BIDS] is a community effort to define standards in data / metadata. Please contribute to this proposal which extends the original specification to further integrate different kinds of data, such as imaging methods we use for brain visualisation and simulation.
All are welcome to add suggestions to this draft.
Jan
2021
January 2021
30th Alzheimer Europe Conference videos are now available online
Videos of the 30th Alzheimer Europe Conference are now online. Presentations include: AI approaches for dementia research, diagnosis & treatment and Dementia research and AI: ethical, legal and social implications.
Jan
2021
January 2021
New paper on security & cloud computing under the European Legal Framework
We are pleased to announce the publication Mapping the European Legal Framework on Security Requirements for Cloud Computing Infrastructures in the Healthcare Sector.
The paper was authored by Michael Cepic, Mariana Rissetto. In it we outline the different legislation governing security of cloud infrastructures in Europe and how their legislative security approaches might differ.
Jan
2021
January 2021
DataLad
TVB-Cloud develops a solution for the “Reproducibility Crisis” for sensitive data. DataLad is an important component to this solution. To find out more, watch the newly published video “What is DataLad?”
Jan
2021
January 2021
New publication in press
Measures of Resting State EEG Rhythms for Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: Recommendations of an Expert Panel.
(2021) Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association
Dec
2020
December 2020
Brain Innovation Days
Keynote Speech
We are proud to share with you that The Virtual Brain Cloud has been selected for a keynote speech at the launch event of the Brain Innovation Days series.
Watch the entire digital launch event - including Petra Ritter's keynote speech, The Virtual Brain Cloud: Making personal health data actionable here.
Dec
2020
December 2020
TVB-Cloud: EBRAINS Research Facility
Our consortium Virtual Brain Cloud - led by the Charité Berlin - serves as a Research Infrastructure Facility supporting EBRAINS – the digital research infrastructure of the EU Flagship Human Brain Project. Find out more about EBRAINS and see an overview of all EBRAINS facilities on page 21 of the below Discover EBRAINS booklet.
Dec
2020
December 2020
Humboldt Forum Opening
Join us for the digital opening of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin on the 16th of December.
We are excited and proud to announce that the Brain Simulation Section has contributed interactive applications powered by The Virtual Brain to the Humboldt Labor's inaugural exhibition, After Nature.
Dec
2020
December 2020
5th HBP Student Conference on Interdisciplinary Brain Research
We are pleased to announce that Petra Ritter will hold a keynote lecture on The Virtual Brain Cloud at the 5th HBP Student Conference on Interdisciplinary Brain Research in February 2021. In addition a course on the Virtual Brain Cloud will be offered - addressing the processing of personal data in the cloud.
Dec
2020
December 2020
Brain Connectivity Workshop 2021
Open for registration
Brain Connectivity Workshop goes virtual in May 2021 with the topic Consciousness and Cognition.
The program is online and registration is now open.
Nov
2020
November 2020
New Paper on the biological framework for multi-scale brain simulation with The Virtual Brain
We are pleased to announce the preprint of From genes to network models of Alzheimer's disease: Biological framework for multi-scale brain simulation with The Virtual Brain.
The paper was authored by Leon Stefanovski, Jil Mona Meier, Roopa Pai, Paul Triebkorn, Tristram Lett, Leon Martin, Konstantin Bülau, Martin Hofmann-Apitius, Ana Solodkin, Anthony McIntosh, Petra Ritter.
Nov
2020
November 2020
“Personalized Multi-scale Brain Simulation” Virtual Course
Register for our Online Course running from Dec 2020 to Feb 2021
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.
Nov
2020
November 2020
Computational Modeling of Candidate Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration Webinar
Recording now online
The recording of the public webinar Computational Modeling of Candidate Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration by Petra Ritter is now online.
Nov
2020
November 2020
Our recent work will be presented at AD/PD 2021
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.
Nov
2020
November 2020
European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Projects EXPO
Visit The Virtual Brain Cloud Booth at the EOSC Projects EXPO from November 16 to 19. Members of our consortium will be available live throughout the event.
Realizing the European Open Science Cloud Towards a FAIR research data landscape for the social sciences, humanities and beyond.
Nov
2020
November 2020
Petra Ritter to talk at the DGKN annual conference.
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.
Nov
2020
November 2020
Pawel Swieboda to give keynote at Future Medicine Science Match
We are delighted that Pawel Swieboda, Director if the Human Brain Project and Founding CEO of EBRAINS will give the keynote at the Future Medicine Science Match organised by Der Tagesspiegel and Berlin Institute of Health.
Event takes place on 7.11.2020!
More details and registration here:
Nov
2020
November 2020
Workshop “Neural control: From data to machines"
Please join the talk by Petra Ritter on November 26st!
Full program and registration via this link:
Oct
2020
October 2020
Virtual Research Environment
First Release
We are happy to announce the first release of the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) 0.1.0. at the Charité & BIH. Find out more about the VRE on the BIH website.
You can watch a video demo of the VRE here. The VRE is now undergoing evaluation by the Berlin State Data Protection Commissioner. Upon approval the VRE will go into operation.
Oct
2020
October 2020
Evaluating the Alzheimer's Disease Data Landscape
New Paper
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.
Oct
2020
October 2020
New paper on effects of Neuregulin-1 on Excitation-Inhibition Balance
Accepted by Cerebral Cortex Journal
We are pleased to announce a new paper coming soon: Brain Network Simulations Indicate Effects of Neuregulin-1 Genotype on Excitation-Inhibition Balance in Cortical Dynamics.
The paper was authored by Pedro Costa Klein, Ulrich Ettinger, Michael Schirner, Petra Ritter, Dan Rujescu, Peter Falkai, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic, & Joseph Kambeitz.
The paper will soon be published by Cerebral Cortex Journal.
Oct
2020
October 2020
Future Medicine Science Match 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Translational Medicine
Apply now with your project for the Future Medicine Science Pitch until October 18th 2020! Abstract submission has been extended to October 18th.
Call for the Future Medicine Science Pitch - Future Medicine Science Match 2020 – Artificial Intelligence in Translational Medicine: https://dialog.tagesspiegel.de/future-medicine/
Oct
2020
October 2020
Falling Walls - Science Breakthroughs of the Year
Watch our Falling Walls Finalist Prof. Petra Ritter presenting her science breakthrough in the Life Sciences Category here: https://bit.ly/2SN2nYZ. Register for free to join the virtual showcase of the Science Breakthroughs of the Year from 1 – 10 November 2020 here: www.falling-walls.com/2020. #WorldScienceSummit
Oct
2020
October 2020
Videos: GDPR Impact in Health Research
Individual talk videos now online
You can now watch the GDPR Impact in Health Research 2020 conference videos online, organized in a chronological playlist that covers all sessions.
Oct
2020
October 2020
New publication on AI models for predictive diagnostics of dementia
Published by EPMA Journal
We are pleased to announce a new publication: Differences in cohort study data affect external validation of artificial intelligence models for predictive diagnostics of dementia - lessons for translation into clinical practice.
The paper was authored by Colin Birkenbihl, Mohammad Asif Emon, Henri Vrooman, Sarah Westwood, Simon Lovestone, on behalf of the AddNeuroMed Consortium, Martin Hofmann-Apitius, Holger Fröhlich & the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.
Oct
2020
October 2020
Videos: The Virtual Brain on EBRAINS
Explainer videos
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!
Oct
2020
October 2020
Videos on TVB-EBRAINS workflows
From the July 20, 2020 TVB-EBRAINS Integrated Workflows workshop
Our platform is built in alignment with other major platforms like HBP’s e infrastructure EBRAINS.
The recordings of the TVB-EBRAINS Integrated Workflows workshop which took place in July, 2020 are now online and available openly.
Oct
2020
October 2020
Videos on the Virtual Research Environment
Explainer Videos
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.
Oct
2020
October 2020
Videos: The Virtual Brain Node#10
Watch the workshops online!
The Virtual Brain Node#10 took place in Berlin this year. You can now watch the recordings online.
Get an update on how to use The Virtual Brain platform.
Oct
2020
October 2020
GDPR Impact in Health and Research conference recordings
The videos of the recent GDPR Impact in Health and Research Conference held by Virtual Brain Cloud are now online.
Oct
2020
October 2020
30th Alzheimer Europe Conference
20th - 22nd October 2020, Digital Event
We will present our EU project Virtual Brain Cloud at the 30th Alzheimer Europe Conference. At this virtual conference we will present “AI approaches for dementia research, diagnosis and treatment” and “Dementia research and AI: ethical, legal and societal implications”. We also will host a virtual booth where conference visitors can find out more about The Virtual Brain Cloud project.
Sep
2020
September 2020
GDPR Impact Conference
18 September 2020 Online
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.
May
2020
May 2020
Data Sharing in Health Research Webinar
If you're interested in how a big health data project like The Virtual Brain Cloud handles data sharing & privacy, check out this webinar organised by our partner the University Vienna Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law.
Apr
2020
April 2020
Latest TVB-Cloud report online
Learn more on our Cloud Implementation Strategy applying „Trusted Cloud” Principles
find the report here
Apr
2020
April 2020
Indoc joins TVB-Cloud
We are pleased to inform you that Charite finalized sub-contracting Indoc (https://www.indocresearch.org/) for their support in technical coordination of TVB-Cloud.
Apr
2020
April 2020
VirtualBrainCloud Use Cases and Infrastructure Workshop
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.
Apr
2020
April 2020
Advances in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Therapies Fokus Meeting
2- 5 April 2020 in Vienna
AAT-AD/PD™ 2020 will not be postponed. For the first time, AAT-AD/PD™ 2020 will be held as an entirely virtual meeting.
More here: https://aat-adpd.kenes.com/
Mar
2020
March 2020
Join us in Calgary and Lethbridge (Canada) for 2 lectures and a workshop on The Virtual Brain!
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.
More on brainsimulation.org
Mar
2020
March 2020
Cologne Neuroscience Day
06 March 2020, Cologne, Germany
Dr. Petra Ritter will deliver a keynote lecture entitled "The Virtual Brain – Multi-scale principles of brain function and dysfunction" at the Cologne Neuroscience Day at Universität zu Köln on March 6th.
On the event website, you can find the full program and more details. You can sign up via the online registration form.
Feb
2020
February 2020
Topic in Frontiers Neuroinformatics: ‘Brain Modeling of Neurodegenerative Disorders’
Contributions until February 29 2020
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
Feb
2020
February 2020
TVB-cloud at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2020
Barcelona, Spain 24-27 February, 2020
We are excited to announce that the The Virtual Brain and Virtual Brain Cloud will have a booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 24-27 2020. We will be showing our work alongside the Human Brain Project and industry partners Eodyne and Indoc.
Feb
2020
February 2020
Medical University Charité's 26th Neurokolloquium
February 15 2020, Berlin, Germany
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.
Feb
2020
February 2020
The Virtual Brain at the Human Brain Project Summit
Athens, February 3 - 6 2020
Meet the TVB team at the Human Brain Project Summit & Open Day in Athens from February 3 to 6!
We will present at the "Explore the Brain" EBRAINS booth on Open day, February 3rd and have a dedicated TVB session on February 5th. Find out about all the TVB tools and services that we made available via EBRAINS!
Jan
2020
January 2020
Dr. Petra Ritter & Paul Triebkorn present The Virtual Brain at Urania
Urania Berlin, January 21 2020
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.
Jan
2020
January 2020
Dr. Petra Ritter to give a lecture on TVB at Bernstein Center Berlin
January 20, 2020, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Petra Ritter will be holding a lecture on The Virtual Brain at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin on January 20th, 2019. The lecture will begin at 4pm in the BCCN lecture hall. Guests are welcome! Please send an email to Dr. Ritter for registration.
Dec
2019
December 2019
BrainModes 2019
Pokhara, Nepal December 11 - 13, 2019
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".
more on Brainsimulation.org
Dec
2019
December 2019
Hands-on TVB training course in Berlin
December 3 2019
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a training course for The Virtual Brain at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin on December 3rd, 2019. The course is intended for students of the Bernstein Center, however if you are not a student there but are interested in joining please contact petra.ritter@charite.de.
We hope you enjoy the program we have put together this year, for more details, please see here.
Nov
2019
November 2019
Building Networks in Epilepsy - 1st workshop
Berlin, 29 November 2019
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.
more information here
Nov
2019
November 2019
Digital Medicine – Opportunity or Risk for Women?
Berlin, 29 November 2019
Please join us for Prof. Dr. Ritter’s talk Digital Medicine – Opportunity or Risk for Women? at the International Conference for Mentoring in Medicine on November 29 at the Berlin Museum of Medical History. The talk will be held in the historic Lecture Hall Ruin.
Please find the conference's morning program here, which is open to the public.
Nov
2019
November 2019
The Virtual Brain on Exhibition at the Bundestag
November 27 2019 - December 19 2019
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.
Nov
2019
November 2019
Human Brain Project EBRAINS Brain Days
Heidelberg, November 25-29 2019
Join us for the HBP EBRAINS Brain Days in Heidelberg from 25 - 29 November!
Registrations are open for the HBP EBRAINS Brain Days.
The four-day programme features exciting workshops which cover an array of topics including EBRAINS, data sharing, High Performance Analytics and Computing, and coding.
Learn more on HBP EBRAINS Brain Days
Nov
2019
November 2019
Interview with Dr. Petra Ritter on RBB, listen in the next 7 days
November 13-20 2019
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.
Sep
2019
September 2019
2nd GA meeting
September 06 2019
The 2nd VirtualBrainCloud General Assembly meeting took take place on Friday, September 06 2019 in Barcelona, in the frame of the Barcelona Cognition Brain and Technology summer school @ SPECS-lab (IBEC).
Sep
2019
September 2019
Barcelona Cognition Brain and Technology summer school
September 02-13 2019
The Barcelona Cognition Brain and Technology (BCBT) summer school took place 2.-13. September 2019 in Barcelona.
Our TVB-Cloud 2nd General Assebly meeting took place on September 6 as part of the BCBT.
Aug
2019
August 2019
The Virtual Brain Node#9
August 31 2019
The Virtual Brain Node#9 took place on August 31st in Warsaw as part of the annual INCF conference supported by the Human Brain Project. In hands-on session it was shown how to use The Virtual Brain Simulation software for personalised brain simulations!
Jul
2019
July 2019
TVB-Cloud is partnering project of HBP
July 16 2019
Virtual Brain Cloud became Partnering Project of the EU Flagship Human Brain Project.
Jul
2019
July 2019
TheVirtualBrain: Interactive Brainweb Atlas
TheVirtualBrain Atlas, a collaborative project with Human Brain Project (HBP), has been getting a lot of attention lately: Have you heard about the new interactive Brainweb Atlas? You can flip, rotate, and click around this online 3D model to learn about the different regions of the brain and their functions.
Try out - https://t.co/R3fzz1R0sH
Jun
2019
June 2019
Long Night of the Sciences Berlin 2019
Berlin, Germany
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.
Jun
2019
June 2019
Berliner Hoffest 2019
Berlin, Germany
The Brain Simulation Unit was exhibiting along side The Berlin Institute of Health(BIH), show casing our real time brain visualisations and brain simulation work with The Virtual Brain.
Apr
2019
April 2019
Workshop
July 16-17 2019
We are proud to announce that the 1st work- shop of VirtualBrainCloud will take place at the next CNS2019 in Barcelona July 16-17!
Jan
2019
January 2019
Kick-off meeting
January 25 2019
The VirtualBrainCloud kick-off meeting took place on January 25 2019 in Berlin, hosted by the coordinator CHARITE.