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Integrating Neuroscience Data with Blue Brain Nexus

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This lecture provides an overview of the Blue Brain Project and introduces the Blue Brain Nexus platform for integrating and leveraging neuroscience data. Topics covered include data models, provenance, using public data, Nexus Sandbox, Forge, Fusion, and Jupyter Notebooks.

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Simulation Neurocience

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