Computational Biology CB_W0010

Title : G-Node: an integrated tool-sharing platform to support cellular and systems neurophysiology in the age of global neuroinformatics
Author : Andreas V.M. Herz, Ralph Meier, Martin P. Nawrot, Willi Schiegel, Tiziano Zito
Year : 2007
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Abstract :

The global scale of neuroinformatics offers unprecedented opportunities for
scientific collaborations between and among experimental and theoretical neuroscientists.
To fully harvest these possibilities, a set of coordinated activities is required that will improve
three key ingredients of neuroscientific research: data access, data storage, and data
analysis, together with supporting activities for teaching and training. Focusing on the
development of tools aiming at neurophysiological data, the planned German
Neuroinformatics Node (G-Node) aims at addressing these aspects as part of the
International Neuroinformatics Coordination Facility (INCF). Based on its technical and
scientific scope, the Node could play a substantial role for cellular and systems
neurophysiology as well as for the neuroscience community at large.