CoNeCt

the Computational Neuroscience Center @ INT

https://conect-int.github.io

Tremendous technological advances

two photon imaging
large population recording-array technologies
optogenetic circuit control tools
transgenic manipulations
large volume circuit reconstructions

A transdisciplinary revolution

across several disciplines (physics, genetics, biology, robotics, psychiatry, ..)
and multiple scales (from micro to macro, from short to long-term, from theory to biology)
new frontiers … and new challenges

CoNeCt: Computational Neuroscience Center

close collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians
share state-of-the-art (experimentalists well aware of theoretical approaches, experimental techniques for theoreticians)
complementary in its purpose from neuroinformatics… but distinct

We are convinced that close collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians in neuroscience is essential to develop mechanistic as well as quantitative understandings of how the brain performs its functions. This is in fact a primary motivating force in establishing this center.
However, for such collaborations to be effective, experimentalists must be well aware of the approaches and challenges in modeling while theoreticians must be well acquainted with the experimental techniques, their power and the challenges they present.
CoNeCt has also the ambition to contribute to the training of a new generation of neuroscientists who will have all these qualities.

This approach is therefore complementary but distinct in its purpose from neuroinformatics (creation of tools for analyzing neuroscientific data) or artificial intelligence (creation of algorithms inspired by the functioning of the brain). The field of computational neuroscience is still young but its community is now structured in an autonomous community with strong interaction with the other branches of neuroscience. It is this autonomy that we want to foster at INT.

Objectives of CoNeCt

to create a space for scientific discussion and animation
train students and staff and attract young researchers:
structuring the network of computational neurosciences at INT, on Timone, on AMU and in France & International

Actions of CoNeCt

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