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The <b>Open Brain Institute Team</b> invites you to join our second webinar of the year. </div>
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<b>Spines & Motif Participation</b></div>
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📆 Wednesday 29 April 2026 | 1:30 PM CET | 1 hour | Online</div>
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⬇️ Read the Full Abstract and Register ⬇️</div>
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Using EM data from the<b> Allen Institute’s MICrONS project</b>, we’re exploring whether dendritic spine anatomy is linked to the topology of local brain networks.</div>
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🔬 We’re testing two key hypotheses:</div>
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<div role="presentation">Neuron participation in specific motifs correlates with spine density</div>
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<div role="presentation">Connections contributing to key motifs are formed on larger spines</div>
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💡 If true:</div>
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<div role="presentation">Spines may contribute to how non-random circuit structure is formed and maintained—extending their known role in plasticity.</div>
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<b>Speaker:</b> </div>
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Michael Reimann | Lead Scientist at Open Brain Institute</div>
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🌐 Learn more about the Open Brain Institute and our Virtual Labs</div>
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🎬 Watch our previous webinar </div>
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<b><a href="https://youtu.be/MSl16e9B7qY?si=N6nZdLFhEj973s0l" data-outlook-id="6df30da3-04b2-48e6-9d70-9d5c70cb78da">From Ion Channel Mutations to Neuronal Dysfunction</a></b></div>
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Kind regards, </div>
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