About
The VBL develops tools for experimenting, exploring, and simulating nervous systems.
We are located within the Steinmetz Lab at the University of Washington and many of our projects are collaborations with the International Brain Laboratory.
Please see the individual projects for installation instructions and documentation. You can find all our code on Github.
Team
Core Developers
Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Dan maintains the core tools in the VBL.
Undergraduate Researcher (Mary Gates Scholar, UW 2025)
Kenneth is building the Electrophysiology Manipulator Link software, allowing you to integrate Sensapex and New Scale manipulators with Pinpoint.
Jasmine Schoch
Undergraduate Researcher (SURFiN Fellow, UW 2025)
Jasmine is piloting new educational tools, which we are hoping to roll out in 2023.
Selina Li
Undergraduate Researcher (UM 2024)
Selina is piloting new 2-photon integrations in Urchin.
Collaborators
Mayo Faulkner, PhD
UX Engineer - IBL
Cyrille Rossant, PhD
Scientific Programmer - IBL
Yoni Browning, PhD
Scientist - Allen Institute
Past Developers
Kai Nylund
Undergraduate Researcher
Qiqi Liang
Undergraduate Researcher
Funding
The VBL is funded indirectly by generous grants from the Washington Research Foundation, National Science Foundation, Simons Collaboration for the Global Brain, and the Wellcome Trust.