Right at the beginning of summer CNR and the HBP welcomed students from all over Europe and the world once again to partake in the EBRAINS Brain Simulation School, taking place from 19 - 23 May 2023.

35 participants, of whom 14 were women, from 18 different countries joined this five-day event to learn more about the possibilities of the EBRAINS Infrastructure presented in various plenary and hands-on sessions.

Renowned researchers from 9 different countries gave their lectures on the EBRAINS resources for the implementation of cellular and network level computational models, for the use of EBRAINS Computing Services to configure and run simulations, and for the visualisation/analysis of their results.

The School opened with an introduction by the Chief Communications and Content Officer at EBRAINS France Nivelle and dedicated its first day to the possibilities of the EBRAINS Infrastructure and its usage. The rest of the week was divided into different topics on Brain Simulation, and each day a different topic was put into focus.

Day two was dedicated to Single Neurons and Networks, while day three focussed on Brain region models. Day four and five were solely focused on Hands-on Sessions covering a range of topics such as The EBRAINS  Knowledge Graph, building your own cell model in NEURON, Multiscale model of the Cerebellum, The Virtual Brain (TVB), NetPyne, modelling synaptic plasticity and cognitive functions. During those last days, students were given additional time to work on assigned projects and were further encouraged to develop their own projects and ideas.

We want to thank all speakers, workshop hosts and tutors – without them none of these exciting sessions would have been possible. Also, a thank you to the hard-working Programme Committee, who has been active behind the scenes for many months to put such an appealing schedule together. Thank you for your efforts & dedication – we cannot wait to host more events in collaboration in the future!

If you want to read more about the EBRAINS Brain Simulation School, visit the event page. For this event no sessions were recorded, but if you are further interested in the topic, this School’s lectures have been recorded in 2018, in one of the earlier editions. Find the Session recordings in our E-Library or our YouTube Channel.