Project Coordinator

Pr. Michele Giugliano

Pr. Giugliano is the head of the Theoretical Neurobiology team associated with Antwerp University. Current research includes the study of the interactions between neurons and carbon nanotubes. You can find more information at the TNB website

Expertises:

Electrophysiology (patch-clamp, Multi Electrod Arrays, neuroelectronics hybrids), Computational Neuroscience (integrate and fire network models, NEURON, C, MATLAB).

INCF Governing Board Member

Pr. Erik De Schutter

Pr. De Schutter is the head of the TNB team in Antwerp and of the Computational Neuroscience Unit at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan).
Pr De Schutter is one of the founders of the Neuroinformatics field and of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility. He acts as member of the governing board of the INCF.

Expertises:

Computational Neuroscience, Neuroinformatics

Scientific Coordinator

Dr. Yann Le Franc

Dr. Le Franc is currently an active member of the INCF Task Force for a Standard Language for Neural Network Modeling and acts as secretary of the Task Force board. As primary mandate in the task force, he is developing an ontology of the neural network modeling field.

Expertises:

Electrophysiology (patch-clamp, sharp recording, dynamic clamp), Computational Neuroscience (Conductance based models, NEURON).