- Report
- Dates and Location
- Overview
- Registration
- Logistics
- Organizing Committee
- Resources
- How to prepare?
- Projects
- Objective
- Agenda
The final report for the 9th NWB User Days is now available on GitHub (PDF) (LaTeX).
- Dates: September 21-23, 2020
- Location: Anywhere with an internet connection
The workshop will focus primarily on user training, including lessons for complete beginners to NWB and training in more advanced usage of NWB. There will be breakout sessions where the developers of state-of-the-art data analysis, visualization, and management tools (e.g., CaImAn, SpikeInterface, DANDI, suite2p, DataJoint, and more) will demonstrate their tools and show how to use NWB with their tools. There will also be time for attendees to work on NWB-related projects, such as converting data to NWB, using NWB-compatible software tools, or going through the NWB online tutorials.
To accommodate researchers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, we are holding this workshop 9am-6pm Central European Time (UTC+2).
Registration is now closed. Please stay tuned for the next NWB User Days Workshop in 2021.
The workshop is open to the public. Please complete our registration form to attend the event.
Note: The workshop schedule is centered around 9am-6pm Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
We will be using the Zoom videoconferencing platform for the meeting. We will send an email in the days before the workshop with Zoom links.
It is possible to use Zoom from the browser, but we recommend you install the Zoom app on your computer or phone. See installation instructions here.
Program chairs: Ryan Ly, Benjamin Dichter, Andrew Tritt, Pam Baker, and Oliver Rübel
Additional organizational support is provided by the Kavli Foundation.
Recorded talks will be uploaded after the talks are given.
Install the Python or MATLAB software for NWB:
- PyNWB (Python): https://pynwb.readthedocs.io/en/stable/getting_started.html
- MatNWB (MATLAB): https://neurodatawithoutborders.github.io/matnwb/
During the workshop, there will be time to work on NWB-related projects to practice using the NWB software and ask questions to the NWB developers. Working on a project is optional but encouraged for you to get the most out of this workshop.
Here are suggestions for projects:
- convert some of your or a collaborator's data to NWB
- convert data from a public archive to NWB
- integrate a software tool with NWB
- work through NWB online tutorials
- practice using NWB-compatible tools on publicly available NWB data, e.g., on DANDI
Please create a project page with a description of the goals of your project. See the instructions here to create a project page. We will use these pages to connect people who are working on similar projects (e.g. converting data from the same acquisition system) and follow your progress.
If you have questions about choosing a project or creating a project page, please attend the pre-workshop session on Thursday, September 17 at 4-4:30pm CEST (Zoom link will be sent by email) or email the organizers.
- Integrate software tools for simulation and analysis
- Learning how to convert files into the NWB file format for the TRR Retune
- One-Photon Calcium Imaging of Neuronal Dynamics During Behaviour
- MIES
- Convert PFC Neuropixels Data to NWB
- Port Current LFP/Behavioral Database to NWB
- Convert simulated primary motor cortex data to NWB format
- Convert 2P and Neuropixels Ephys to NWB
The Neurodata Without Borders: Neurophysiology project (NWB, https://www.nwb.org/) is an effort to standardize the description and storage of neurophysiology data and metadata. NWB enables data sharing and reuse and reduces the energy barrier to applying data analysis both within and across labs. Several laboratories, including the Allen Institute for Brain Science, have wholeheartedly adopted NWB. The community needs to join forces to achieve data standardization in neurophysiology.
The purpose of the NWB User Days training workshops is to bring the experimental neurophysiology community together to further the adoption and development of NWB, the NWB software libraries, and scientific workflows that rely on NWB. Members of the community will exchange ideas and best practices for using NWB, share NWB-based tools, surface common needs, resolve coding issues, make feature requests, brainstorm about future collaboration, and make progress on current blockages. The event will also enable NWB developers and users to interact with each other to facilitate communication, gather requirements, and train users.
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