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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Join us at the Allen Institute
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0432FF"><a href="https://alleninstitute.org/events/2025-modeling-software-workshop/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#0432FF">Modeling Software Workshop</span></b></a>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">on July 28-30, 2025 at the Allen Institute in Seattle, WA!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">And whether applying to the Workshop or not, please help us understand what the field needs by filling out this
<span style="color:#0432FF"><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=1pxmMn9zOUuL3daVESDT_M40XJEOUYpDikHbfo-jaFxUQTgzTVNCU0E0QzdaRkhFSVZLVFo2WE5URy4u"><span style="color:#0432FF">brief survey</span></a></span>. That will be very helpful
to guide our work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">About the Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This hands-on workshop focuses on building and simulating complex and heterogeneous network models grounded in real biological data. Participants will learn to use BMTK, SONATA, VND, our data, and models for
simulating brain circuits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0432FF"><a href="https://alleninstitute.submittable.com/submit/306603/2025-allen-institute-modeling-software-workshop" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#0432FF">Applications</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
are due March 15th, 2025!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Selected applicants will be notified by May 1, 2025. Limited travel funding is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Anton.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Anton Arkhipov</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Investigator, Allen Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0432FF;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:antona@alleninstitute.org" title="mailto:antona@alleninstitute.org"><span style="color:#0432FF">antona@alleninstitute.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0432FF;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://alleninstitute.org/" title="https://alleninstitute.org"><span style="color:#0432FF">alleninstitute.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0432FF;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://portal.brain-map.org/" title="https://portal.brain-map.org/"><span style="color:#0432FF">brain-map.org</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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