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SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit

Neuroscience & ML Research Software Engineering Group
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Neuroinformatics Unit

The Neuroinformatics Unit (NIU) is a Research Software Engineering team based at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit.

The NIU is dedicated to the development of high quality, accurate, robust, easy to use and maintainable open-source software for neuroscience and machine learning. We collaborate with researchers and other software engineers to advance research in the two research centres and make new algorithms and tools available to the global community.

We also lead development of the BrainGlobe Initiative and contribute to various Sainsbury Wellcome Centre and other open-source tools.

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  1. movement movement Public

    A Python toolbox for analysing animal body movements across space and time

    Python 192 65

  2. NeuroBlueprint NeuroBlueprint Public

    Lightweight data specification for systems neuroscience, inspired by BIDS.

    19 4

  3. datashuttle datashuttle Public

    Tool for the creation, validation and transfer of neuroscience project folders.

    Python 25 22

  4. python-cookiecutter python-cookiecutter Public

    Utility to create a basic Python project structure with tests, CI etc.

    Python 32 5

  5. fancylog fancylog Public

    Fancier logging with python.

    Python 12 7

  6. spikewrap spikewrap Public

    A package to manage electrophysiology analysis.

    Python 23 15

Repositories

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  • slides-osw25-intro Public

    Shared introductory slides to use at the start of each day at OSW

    neuroinformatics-unit/slides-osw25-intro’s past year of commit activity
    SCSS 0 BSD-3-Clause 0 0 1 Updated Aug 4, 2025
  • neuroinformatics-unit.github.io Public

    Home website of the Neuroinformatics Unit

    neuroinformatics-unit/neuroinformatics-unit.github.io’s past year of commit activity
    10 BSD-3-Clause 0 9 0 Updated Aug 4, 2025
  • movement Public

    A Python toolbox for analysing animal body movements across space and time

    neuroinformatics-unit/movement’s past year of commit activity
    Python 192 BSD-3-Clause 65 104 (2 issues need help) 31 Updated Aug 4, 2025
  • actions Public

    Re-usable GitHub Action scripts

    neuroinformatics-unit/actions’s past year of commit activity
    10 MIT 4 7 1 Updated Aug 4, 2025
  • course-animals-in-motion Public

    Course materials for "Animals in Motion"

    neuroinformatics-unit/course-animals-in-motion’s past year of commit activity
    TeX 2 CC-BY-4.0 0 6 0 Updated Aug 4, 2025
  • NeuroBlueprint Public

    Lightweight data specification for systems neuroscience, inspired by BIDS.

    neuroinformatics-unit/NeuroBlueprint’s past year of commit activity
    19 CC-BY-4.0 4 12 2 Updated Aug 2, 2025
  • datashuttle Public

    Tool for the creation, validation and transfer of neuroscience project folders.

    neuroinformatics-unit/datashuttle’s past year of commit activity
    Python 25 BSD-3-Clause 22 53 11 Updated Aug 1, 2025
  • osw25-hackday Public

    A place to create and discuss ideas for the 2025 Open Software Week hackathon

    neuroinformatics-unit/osw25-hackday’s past year of commit activity
    0 BSD-3-Clause 0 7 0 Updated Aug 1, 2025
  • smart-kages-movement Public

    Using the movement package to analysing mouse home cage monitoring data acquired in Smart-Kages and tracked with DeepLabCut.

    neuroinformatics-unit/smart-kages-movement’s past year of commit activity
    Jupyter Notebook 3 BSD-3-Clause 1 1 0 Updated Jul 31, 2025
  • scripts Public

    Small but useful scripts to share

    neuroinformatics-unit/scripts’s past year of commit activity
    Python 7 0 0 1 Updated Jul 31, 2025
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