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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 30/09/2026

Many thanks to Lucia for sharing Spikeling with the community, and to the INCTN organisers for bringing researchers together in Trieste! Find her poster online: Hands-On Neurophysiology from Experiment to Analysis. www.opensourceneuro.com/index.php/ed... #OpenScience

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 30/09/2026

It is exactly the kind of connection we hope to encourage through Spikeling: bringing experimental reasoning into computational and data-driven neuroscience education. #NeuroscienceEducation

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 30/09/2026

For researchers who primarily work with models and datasets, this provides an accessible way to engage with the experimental foundations of neurophysiology: how signals are generated, how experimental conditions shape observations, and what these mean for subsequent analysis and interpretation.

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 30/09/2026

Bringing hands-on neurophysiology to the computational neuroscience community! Our collaborator Lucia Zanetti demonstrated Spikeling at the 2026 INCTN + TEX meeting at SISSA in Trieste. #Spikeling #INCTN

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 21/09/2026

The future of neuroscience learning looks like this — fun, colorful, open and collaborative. Happy 2026/27 academic year from @opensourceneuro.com ! We already have many Spikeling workshops scheduled, stay posted ! #Electrophysiology #STEMEducation

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 21/09/2026

From all colors of the raimbow 🌈, pick the wavelength that you like best. Now available in clear, frost ❄️, and even glitter ✨ and marbling shades, there is a style for everyone ! #Research #Neurophysiology

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 21/09/2026

New Spikeling Collection for Neuroscience Teaching 💡 Dive into open neuroscience with Spikeling’s 2026/27 academic year lineup - #Neuroscience #OpenScience #Education

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 08/09/2026

If you are a neuroscientist, educator, student, maker or hacker interested in how these worlds can intersect, come and talk with us in Rome. We suspect there will be quite a lot to discuss. #OpenHardware

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 08/09/2026

Maker Faire feels like a particularly natural place to explore neuroscience beyond the boundaries of the laboratory through open science, hands-on experimentation, DIY approaches to research, education and public engagement. #OpenScience

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 08/09/2026

@opensourceneuro.com will be at Gazometro Ostiense, Rome, from 23–25 October, alongside researchers, educators, makers, hackers and curious minds from well beyond the usual neuroscience community. #MFR2026 #Neuroscience

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 08/09/2026

What happens when neuroscience meets maker culture? That is one of the conversations we are looking forward to having at Maker Faire Rome - The European Edition | Making, & Technology Festival. #MakerFareRome

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 03/09/2026

Thanks to @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social for the opportunity to showcase our work at the 2026 SIDB retreat this week ! It is really encouraging to see open science principles being supported. #Neuroscience #OpenScience #Electrophysiology #STEMEducation #Neurophysiology

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 26/08/2026

Happy holidays to all neuroscientists and neuroscience enthousiasts from @opensourceneuro.com ! The new academic year is loading, see you soon in the lab and classroom ! #OpenScience #STEMEducation #Electrophysiology #Neurophysiology

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 26/08/2026

An efficient brain relies on well rested neurons. Do not skip on refractory periods ! Ours just happened to involve sunscreen, waves and cold drinks 🌊🍹 - a perfect break with time to consolidate synapses. #Neuroscience #Spikeling

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 14/08/2026

For the neuroscience educators: What makes a practical genuinely investigative rather than simply demonstrative? #OpenScience

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 14/08/2026

The aim is not simply to reproduce the “right” result, but to give students a genuine opportunity to think experimentally. This is increasingly how we approach hands-on teaching at @opensourceneuro.com including through workshops such as these with @trendcamina.bsky.social in Kenya. #HandsOnLearning

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 14/08/2026

- Making predictions before experimenting. - Thinking about controls. - Separating observation from interpretation. - Recognising unexpected results. - Asking what experiment should come next. #ScienceEducation #Methodology

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 14/08/2026

If students remembered only one thing from a neuroscience practical, what should it be? A neuroscience practical should teach more than what a neuron does. It should teach how we know. #NeuroscienceEducation #Epistemology

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 04/08/2026

Spikeling gives a hands-on experience to make these complex concepts tangible, building bridges between neurophysiology and computation. Treat your students with a spikeling workshop ! www.opensourceneuro.com/index.php/sp... #Spikeling #DeepLearning #STEMEducation #OpenScience

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 04/08/2026

The laminar organisation of cortical circuits follows the same logic - sequential integrative operations across layers impose a cumulative latency that scales with computational complexity. So does architectural depth in artificial neural networks. #SystemsNeuroscience #MachineLearning

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 04/08/2026

Introducing that layer has direct temporal consequences. Each stage must complete a full synaptic integration cycle before driving the next, making cumulative latency a direct readout of computational depth. This reflects a broader principle shared by biological and artificial neural systems alike.

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 04/08/2026

XOR is fundamentally different: it is linearly non-separable, and no single neuron can implement it regardless of synaptic weights or threshold. It requires a hidden processing layer. #ComputationalNeuroscience #NeuralNetworks

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 04/08/2026

⚠️ Advanced content : neuronal logic with Spikeling part 4 - resolving the XOR paradox. Parts 1 to 3 established how simple OR, AND, NOR or NAND operations emerge from single-layer neuronal networks through modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic gains. #LogicalGating #Neuroscience

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 22/07/2026

Interested in using Spikeling, organising a workshop or developing a practical neuroscience activity? Get in touch with OpenSource Neuro. @ibroorg.bsky.social @trendcamina.bsky.social @fens.org

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 22/07/2026

On a day dedicated to the brain, we should also consider who has access to the tools needed to study it. Knowledge and scientific instruments become more valuable when they can be examined, shared, adapted and improved collectively. Explore Spikeling: github.com/OpenSourceNe...

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GitHub - OpenSourceNeuro/Spikeling: A hardware implementation of spiking neurons for neuroscience teaching and outreach

A hardware implementation of spiking neurons for neuroscience teaching and outreach - OpenSourceNeuro/Spikeling

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 22/07/2026

By reducing technical and financial barriers, open-source tools can help more people explore how neurons work, engage with experimental methods and participate directly in neuroscience education. #Spikeling

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 22/07/2026

That is why we developed Spikeling, an open-source platform designed to make practical neurophysiology more accessible for teaching, training and outreach. #OpenSourceHardware

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 22/07/2026

At @opensourceneuro.com , we believe that learning about the brain should involve direct experimentation, transparent instrumentation and open access to knowledge. #OpenScience

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 22/07/2026

How can we make neuroscience genuinely accessible—not only to well-funded laboratories, but also to students, educators and curious minds everywhere? #NeuroscienceEducation

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 22/07/2026

Today is #WorldBrainDay, an initiative led by the World Federation of Neurology. #WorldBrainDay #BrainHealth This year’s theme, “Brain Health: Access for All,” is also an opportunity to reflect on access to neuroscience education, practical training and the tools used to understand the brain.

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 10/07/2026

Get your Spikeling units today ! Ask us about a workshop tailored to your course ! www.opensourceneuro.com/index.php/sp...

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 10/07/2026

At @opensourceneuro.com , we'll help you design the perfect Spikeling workshop, customised for your course topic and level - from first year undergrad to final year postgrad. #Neuroscience #NeuroscienceTeaching #FENS #STEMEducation

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 10/07/2026

- from detecting action potentials, calcium transients, extracellular spikes, all the way to more advanced statistical analysis, calcium imaging spike inference, and spike sorting.

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 10/07/2026

Teaching programming in neuroscience ? - Students can quickly generate their own data with Spikeling, then learn to build their own data analysis pipelines -

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 10/07/2026

Neurocomputational approach ? - Run a practical workshop on neuronal coding and synaptic logic gating with Spikeling units. #SynapticTransmission #NeuronalNetworks

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 10/07/2026

Here are a few course implementation examples : Techniques in neuroscience data collection ? - Spikeling allows to experiment technicalities of patch-clamp, calcium imaging, extracellular ephys, all from the classroom. #Electrophysiology #CalciumImaging

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 10/07/2026

Take your course to the next level and give every student hands-on experience - Neuroscience should be open to everyone ! #OpenScience #HandsOnLearning #STEMEducation

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 10/07/2026

Busy day of mounting, testing and packing Spikeling units ! Program coordinators - now is the time to plan for the next academic year. Why not treat your students to a hands-on electrophysiology workshop, emulating a real experimental setup? #Neuroscience #NeuroscienceTeaching

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TReND-CaMinA @trendcamina.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hardware Implementation of Spiking Neurons for Computational Neuroscience! 🧠⚡ Students practically observe real-time neuronal firing behaviour and how adjusting parameters shapes neural dynamics. Thanks to @opensourceneuro.com for customizing the practical learning tools suitable for our course.

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 01/07/2026

Looking forward for more collaboration between @opensourceneuro.com and the neuroscience community in Edinburgh !

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 01/07/2026

We are glad to have participated to the Edinburgh Neuroscience Day and showcasing our hands on neuroscience tools for teaching at the academic level. #Electrophysiology #CalciumImaging #HandsOnLearning

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 01/07/2026

Thanks to @edinunineuro.bsky.social to shed light on our neuroscience educational devices in their latest video ! #Edinburgh #Neuroscience #STEMEducation

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 23/06/2026

Bring hands-on neuroscience into your classroom! Discover Spikeling and get your own device! www.opensourceneuro.com/index.php/sp... #Spikeling #OpenSource #OpenScience

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 23/06/2026

Modern STEM assessments sould be built around evidence of critical thinking, experimentation and decision-making. #STEMEducation

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 23/06/2026

- interpreting data that depend on the learner’s own setup and measurements. Spikeling supports a form of active, authentic STEM education in which students demonstrate what they understand by doing, not simply by producing a convincing piece of text. #TeachingInnovation

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 23/06/2026

AI can help explain a concept, suggest a hypothesis or support data analysis. But it cannot replace the practical learning involved in: - troubleshooting and iterating in real time - connecting theory with the neuronal behaviour - making experimental decisions as results emerge -

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 23/06/2026

Learners must wire up, configure the device, design and run experiments, observe real signals, adjust parameters, troubleshoot unexpected behaviour and interpret noisy measurements. Their understanding becomes visible through the decisions they make throughout the experiment. #HandsOnLearning

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 23/06/2026

Educators therefore need 'AI-proof' learning activities in which competence is demonstrated through the process, not only through the final written answer. This is where hands-on platforms such as Spikeling become particularly valuable. #NeuroscienceEducation #Spikeling

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 23/06/2026

LLM are changing how we teach and assess STEM subjects. Many traditional text-based assignments can now be completed without necessarily demonstrating genuine understanding: Student can enter a prompt, receive a polished response and submit the result. #AI

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OpenSourceNeuro @opensourceneuro.com · 12/06/2026

We hope for further collaboration between OpenSource Neuro and the Neuroscience community in Edinburgh and in the UK ! #Edinburgh #Neuroscience #Teaching #Education #STEM #OpenSource #OpenScience #Electrophysiology #CalciumImaging

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