Connectionists: CNS*2025 Tutorial "Building Intuitive and Efficient Biophysical Models with Jaxley and DendroTweaks" - Schedule

[Spyridon Chavlis]

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that this Saturday, July 5, in Florence, 
Italy, we will be hosting a full-day tutorial at CNS*2025 on "Building 
Intuitive and Efficient Biophysical Models with Jaxley and DendroTweaks".

This tutorial will introduce two new software tools, Jaxley and 
DendroTweaks, which provide complementary approaches for developing 
detailed biophysical models.

The tutorial will feature interactive, hands-on sessions using Jupyter 
notebooks, where participants will learn how to:
  - Build neuronal models with realistic dendritic morphology and ion 
channels
- Understand the role of each model parameter through interactive 
visualizations
- Refine data and standardize models
- Speed up simulations using a GPU-based simulator
- Optimize model parameters automatically using gradient-based approaches
- Train networks of biologically realistic neurons to solve complex 
tasks, bridging the gap between neuroscience and AI

This tutorial is open to researchers and students of all levels 
interested in computational neuroscience. No prior experience with 
biophysical modeling is required. A basic familiarity with Python is 
helpful but not necessary.

Software tools:
Jaxley: https://jaxley.readthedocs.io/
DendroTweaks: https://dendrotweaks.dendrites.gr/

Speakers and organizers: Spyridon Chavlis, Michael Deistler, Kyra L 
Kadhim, Roman Makarov

Schedule:
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome and general introduction
09:15 – 10:10 Building single-neuron models with DendroTweaks
10:10 – 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 – 12:00 Exploring models in DendroTweaks GUI
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:30 Building single-cell and network models in Jaxley
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 Optimizing biophysical models with Jaxley

See more here: 
https://cns2025florence.sched.com/event/25kVa/building-intuitive-and-efficient-biophysical-models-with-jaxley-and-dendrotweaks

We are looking forward to seeing you in Florence.

On behalf of the organizers,
Spiros Chavlis

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*Spyridon Chavlis, PhD* Postdoctoral Researcher and Systems 
Administrator Poirazi Lab Institute of Molecular Biology and 
Biotechnology (IMBB) Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas 
(FORTH) Nikolaou Plastira, 100 GR 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece Tel: 
(+30) 2810 39 1264 Εmail: schavlis at imbb.forth.gr Webpage: dendrites.gr 
<https://www.dendrites.gr>
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