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Dear list members,<br>
<br>
We are proud to announce the publication of a new paper giving an
overview of the work to date in the OpenWorm project:<br>
<br>
Szigeti B, Gleeson P, Vella M, Khayrulin S, Palyanov A, Hokanson J,
Currie M, Cantarelli M, Idili G and Larson S (2014). <b>OpenWorm:
an open-science approach to modelling Caenorhabditis elegans</b>.
<a
href="http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2014.00137/abstract">Frontiers
in Computational Neuroscience</a>. 8:137. doi:
10.3389/fncom.2014.00137 <br>
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The <a href="http://www.openworm.org/science.html">OpenWorm project</a>
is a unique experiment in open science with the aim of creating a
computational model of the nematode C. elegans which incorporates
unprecedented levels of biological and physical detail. The model
will be freely available as open source software from the start and
will incorporate known details of the neuronal and muscular systems
as well as an advanced fluid mechanics simulation engine for
body-environment interactions.<br>
<br>
The work is carried out by an international team of neuroscientists
and computer programmers, mostly on a voluntary basis. A successful
Kickstarter funding campaign in May 2014 is accelerating the goal of
making this model accessible to anyone through their web browser. <br>
<br>
<br>
For anyone <b>in the London area</b><b> on 6th November</b>, there
will be a <a
href="https://plus.google.com/events/cvp58gp0s3er8t8g9756k6vn0u4">public
presentation of OpenWorm at UCL</a>. This will outline the aims of
the project, the resources which are currently available and future
plans for the initiative. <br>
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After the presentation there will be an open discussion session
where the OpenWorm Core Team will be present to answer any questions
related to the project, to help with installing the software
produced by the initiative, or to discuss incorporating your
experimental data into the model.<br>
<br>
The OpenWorm Core Team<br>
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Padraig Gleeson
Room 321, Anatomy Building
Department of Neuroscience, Physiology& Pharmacology
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
+44 207 679 3214
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk">p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk</a>
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