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SPARC @sparc.science · 29/09/2026

🧪 Save the date: our @sfn.org 2026 workshop on reusing public neuroscience data for grant proposals is Sat, Nov 14, noon–2pm, WCC 207A, Washington DC. No coding background required. Details: sparc.science/news-a... #SfN2026

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SPARC @sparc.science · 26/08/2026

🧪 A decade of NIH's SPARC program: mapping neural circuits to accelerate neuromodulation therapies with more precision and fewer side effects. New retrospective from the program's leadership on the program's origins, structure & outcomes: doi.org/10.1186/s422...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 19/08/2026

Happening in 30 minutes! Join us live to learn about how the use of standard anatomical scaffolds allows comparative studies of vagus nerve anatomy across a population, and to show spatial relationships between the vagus nerve and target organs. Link to attend live: zoom.us/j/92905371774

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SPARC @sparc.science · 19/08/2026

🧪 Happening today at 3pm ET: SPARC Seminar with Todd Levy & Mabelle Lin on mapping vagus nerve fascicular architecture via microCT. Still time to register: sparc.science/news-a...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 17/08/2026

🧪 3 days left to register: Todd Levy & Mabelle Lin detail a microCT pipeline mapping vagus nerve fascicles across 29 donors, registered to a standard anatomical scaffold. sparc.science/news-a...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 13/08/2026

🧪 Part 1 of the SPARC Seminar Series is complete — Part 2 is one week out (Aug 19). From macro-scale branch mapping to micro-scale fascicular architecture via microCT. Register: sparc.science/news-a...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 12/08/2026

HAPPENING in 30 minutes: A Standardized Human Vagus Branch Atlas for selective Neuromodulation Dr. Siyar Bahadir will present a standardized, surgically relevant map of where organ-specific branches emerge from the human vagus nerve. Join the seminar directly: zoom.us/j/92905371774

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SPARC @sparc.science · 12/08/2026

🧪 Happening today at 3:00 pm ET: SPARC Seminar with Siyar Bahadir on the human vagus branch atlas and the new Vagus Atlas Tool. Still time to register: sparc.science/news-and-eve...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 05/08/2026

🧪 The SPARC Portal now features 29+ new datasets on vagus nerve anatomy and function, advanced tissue imaging, and electrophysiological recordings. See the latest: tinyurl.com/mpzbn6sn Explore freely available data bridging body and brain science. Contribute your findings: sparc.science

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SPARC @sparc.science · 05/08/2026

🧪 One week out: SPARC Seminar with Siyar Bahadir on a standardized human vagus branch atlas, built from REVA — the NIH Common Fund's largest systematic vagus nerve mapping effort, underway since 2022. Register: sparc.science/news-a...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 03/08/2026

🧪 SPARC Seminar: Todd Levy & Mabelle Lin detail a microCT pipeline mapping vagus nerve fascicular architecture across 29 donors, registered to a standard anatomical scaffold. Register: sparc.science/news-a... 📅August 19 🕒3 pm ET

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SPARC @sparc.science · 31/07/2026

🧪 SPARC Seminar: Siyar Bahadir presents a standardized human vagus branch atlas built from REVA data, revealing reproducible emergence patterns to guide selective vagus nerve stimulation. Register: sparc.science/news-a... 📅August 12 🕒3:00 pm ET

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SPARC @sparc.science · 14/07/2026

Using advanced PS-OCT imaging, the team discovered tissue changes after just one week of electrical stimulation. This non-invasive imaging approach could inform how we monitor neuromodulation device safety, detecting subtle nerve injury before it causes functional loss. doi.org/10.26275/uhk... 2/2

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SPARC @sparc.science · 14/07/2026

New research reveals hidden nerve damage from therapeutic neuromodulation devices that standard assessments miss. 🧪 The dataset of sciatic nerve damage includes four imaging modalities available for further research into peripheral nerve health monitoring. Data: doi.org/10.26275/uhk... 1/2

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SPARC @sparc.science · 10/07/2026

🧪 Single nucleus sequencing identifying 8 major cell types in human spinal dorsal and ventral horn — including neurons, microglia, lymphocytes, and astrocytes — now openly available on the SPARC Portal. doi.org/10.26275/aik... Contributed by Dr. Ted Price and team.

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SPARC @sparc.science · 07/07/2026

🧪 Ultrafast voltage-sensitive dye imaging of human colon myenteric plexus neurons — responses to nicotine, serotonin, and electrical stimulation — is now openly available on the SPARC Portal. Contributed by the team led by Dr. Yvette Tache doi.org/10.26275/vrx... #EntericNervousSystem #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 03/07/2026

🧪 Retrograde tracing with cholera toxin subunit B identifies spinal cord neurons projecting to the major pelvic ganglion in male and female rats, visualized in cleared spinal cord. doi.org/10.26275/i2a... #SpinalCord #PelvicNeuroscience #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 30/06/2026

🧪 Infrared light exposure to the cervical vagus nerve modulates gastrointestinal nodose ganglion cell activity in ferrets — recordings now openly available on the SPARC Portal. Research contributed by Dr. Charles Horn and team doi.org/10.26275/teq... #InfraredNeuromodulation #VagusNerve #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 26/06/2026

🧪 From the PRECISION Human Pain Network: Visium spatial RNA sequencing of human dorsal root ganglia across 6 subjects with a history of diabetes — open on the SPARC Portal. The research team was led by Ted Price doi.org/10.26275/vz0... #SpatialTranscriptomics #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 23/06/2026

🧪 MicroCT scans, IHC images at multiple levels, and ultrasound images and videos of the human vagus nerve — collected as part of the SPARC REVA award, specimen f011 — now open on the SPARC Portal. doi.org/10.26275/bk6... #VagusNerve #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 19/06/2026

🧪 Parasympathetic and sympathetic innervation of atrial and ventricular regions quantified in normal human hearts and compared to hearts from patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy — open on the SPARC Portal. doi.org/10.26275/zxn... #CardiacNeuroscience #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 19/05/2026

🧪 Multi-scale maps of the lower urinary tract have been created to better understand neural dysfunction underlying overactive and underactive bladder. iDISCO labeled lumbosacral spinal cord motoneurons in male & female rats now on SPARC. doi.org/10.26275/myb... #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 14/05/2026

Cut analysis time from days/weeks down to just hours with this semi-automated pipeline combines MATLAB and ImageJ to handle: ✨ Motion correction ✨ Signal processing ✨ Publication-ready visualizations From the Joshua Emrick Lab: shorturl.at/teF29 doi.org/10.26275/64i...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 12/05/2026

🧪 Autonomic & sensory nerve fiber quantification in the external muscle of the human gastric corpus — openly available on SPARC. doi.org/10.26275/joc... Estimating the total innervation density permits comparisons with data from patients with gastric disorders #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 05/05/2026

🧪 #OpenData Research towards personalized medicine Atrial Fibrillation (AF) burden monitoring during subcutaneous nerve stimulation — Apple Watch & mobile cardiac telemetry data openly available on SPARC. doi.org/10.26275/d2e... Interested in this data? Check out this RFA: simpler.grants.gov/o...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 30/04/2026

💡 Funding available to build & test new hypotheses using open NIH data from 15 research programs. 🔗 simpler.grants.gov/o...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 27/04/2026

🧪 Myelinated sensory & autonomic axon terminals in rat urinary bladder — 3D whole-mount imaging, openly available on SPARC. doi.org/10.26275/tpi... Read the paper: dx.doi.org/10... Use this or other SPARC data to apply for your NIH R03: simpler.grants.gov/o... Due: June 23, 2026 #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 23/04/2026

🧪 April 25 at #APS2026 — Poster S435: "A Multiscale Scaffold Framework for Mapping the Human Vagus Nerve Across Individuals." Find us & find the data. sparc.science

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SPARC @sparc.science · 22/04/2026

🧪 Bridging the body and the brain. See SPARC at #APS2026 PhysioHub daily, Innovation Stage & Poster S435 on Apr 25. sparc.science #SystemsPhysiology

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SPARC @sparc.science · 20/04/2026

🧪 Human colon myenteric neurons — electrophysiological recordings & dye-filling with multilayer IHC, data is openly available on SPARC. doi.org/10.26275/map... Read the publication: dx.doi.org/10... #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 18/04/2026

🧪 American Physiological Summit April 25, 2:45pm — Innovation Stage. "The SPARC Portal: Advancing Systems Physiology through FAIR Data and Models." Don't miss it. sparc.science #APS2026 #FAIRData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 16/04/2026

🧪 Find us in the PhysioHub every day at #APS2026. Chat with the SPARC team, see live demos & explore how SPARC can support your research. sparc.science #SystemsPhysiology #FAIR #openScience

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SPARC @sparc.science · 15/04/2026

🧪 SPARC offers 51 anatomical scaffolds — including the vagus nerve — enabling data mapping across research groups. A shared framework for systems physiology 🔗 Explore the SPARC's anatomical framework collection: doi.org/10.26275/8u6... #APS2026

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SPARC @sparc.science · 15/04/2026

🧪 SPARC datasets are open access, versioned, DOI-assigned, and FAIR — no AWS account needed. As a member of @awscloud.bsky.social Open Data, each dataset follows community standards, link to publications, and credit contributors via @orcid.org -all free to access. sparc.science #OpenData #FAIRdata

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SPARC @sparc.science · 15/04/2026

Missed our seminar with Dr. Kevin Kilgore on implantable neuroprosthetics and the COSMIIC project? Great news — it's now on demand 🎥 youtu.be/jzzNJJisMP4?... Open-source implantable hardware, life-cycle challenges, and a vision for shared science. Worth your time. #OpenScience #neuromod

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SPARC @sparc.science · 13/04/2026

🧪 Do a deep dive into human vagus nerve anatomy by exploring the SPARC REVA data— openly available on the SPARC Portal. doi.org/10.26275/poh... #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 10/04/2026

🧪 EMG recordings of visceromotor responses to colorectal distension in mice — openly available on the SPARC Portal. doi.org/10.26275/ktj... #OpenData Use this data for your NIH R03 grant application: simpler.grants.gov/o... Applications due: June 23, 2026

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SPARC @sparc.science · 08/04/2026

🧪 Today: SPARC webinar with Kevin Kilgore on GIVE-A-HAND.tech — a nonprofit ensuring lifelong access to abandoned implantable neurotechnology. 🕚 11:00 am Obtain the link to join here: sparc.science/news-a... #Neurotechnology #SPARC

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SPARC @sparc.science · 06/04/2026

🧪 New SPARC dataset: single-electrode bidirectional heart rate control via vagus nerve in rats — open access. Goal? Combine neural stim and kHz-frequency nerve block to maintain a target setpoint. Access the dataset: doi.org/10.26275/5cw... Read the publication: dx.doi.org/10... #OpenData

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SPARC @sparc.science · 05/04/2026

🧪 3 days until our SPARC webinar with Kevin Kilgore on GIVE-A-HAND.tech — addressing long-term support for patients relying on implantable neurotechnology. Register at sparc.science/news-a... #Neurotech

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SPARC @sparc.science · 03/04/2026

🧪 Over 419 datasets & models, all free to access on the SPARC Portal. Explore peripheral nervous system data built for reproducibility. See us at #APS2026! sparc.science #OpenScience

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SPARC @sparc.science · 03/04/2026

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SPARC @sparc.science · 01/04/2026

🧪 Who supports patients when implantable neurotechnology is abandoned? GIVE-A-HAND.tech is building that safety net. Join our SPARC webinar in 1 week with Dr. Kevin Kilgore. Register here: sparc.science/news-a... #Neurotechnology #ImplantableDevices

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SPARC @sparc.science · 31/03/2026

Interested in contributing data to SPARC? Or, would you like to learn more about how to access the datasets free of charge? Join our regular office hours! Our curators and engineers are ready to answer your questions. See the schedule and get the link: docs.sparc.science/d...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 25/03/2026

🧪 New community dataset on SPARC: bedside QST data from a 5-site study developing sensory biosignatures to predict treatment response in painful distal sensory polyneuropathy. doi.org/10.26275/fxr...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 24/03/2026

@gtexportal.bsky.social The Genotype-Tissue Expression Project (GTEx) enables the study of tissue- and cell-specific expression and regulation of genes among diverse species, individuals, and developmental time points.

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SPARC @sparc.science · 24/03/2026

@glygen.bsky.social GlyGen integrates, harmonizes, and disseminates multiple data types relevant to protein glycosylation--the attachment of carbohydrate groups to proteins--in order to further research the role of glycosylation in physiological functions and disease states.

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SPARC @sparc.science · 24/03/2026

SPARC offers over 400 datasets spanning 26 methods and 54 tissues sparc.science . Build a study using SPARC data and ...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 24/03/2026

🚨Funding alert🧪 NIH Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) brings open data from 15 programs — connectivity, metabolomics, spatial transcriptomics, and more — all in one place. Got a hypothesis that could use this data? This funding opportunity is for you. 👉 simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/...

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SPARC @sparc.science · 13/03/2026

🩺 🧪March 13 is World Kidney Day! Today, learn more about kidney health and research that advances care for people with kidney disease. Check out this SPARC Seminar about interoception and the kidney: shorturl.at/0KjdC Learn more: www.worldkidneyday.org #WorldKidneyDay

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