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The SPARC Portal is an open neuroscience and systems physiology platform containing multi-species data, knowledge, computational modeling and spatial mapping.
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SPARC @sparc.science · Jul 8
🚀 Big news in autonomic neuroscience:
SPARC DRC 🤝 Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical!

Authors can now share FAIR data via the SPARC Portal, linking research directly to open datasets. Transparency FTW!

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#openscience 🧪
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Join Sue, Paloma and Mary as they share tips on making your PIDs work for you! SPARC utilizes both @orcid.org and @datacite.org persistent identifiers to tie researchers more visibly to their research efforts. 🧪

Join us tomorrow at 11 am ET: datacite.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Celebrate International Love Data Week with a hands-on SPARC Seminar on persistent identifiers. With SPARC as a use case, learn how ORCID and @datacite.org improve research attribution and discoverability. sparc.science/news-and-eve...
Tuesday | Feb 10 | 11am-12pm ET
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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📢 February 4 is World Cancer Day.
Together, we raise awareness, improve education, and inspire action to create a world where cancer is preventable and treatable for all.

Learn more: www.worldcancerday.org
Explore research: https://sparc.science

#WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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❤️ February is Heart Health Month!
This month, we spotlight the the science driving new ways to protect and strengthen the heart.
Learn more about SPARC science: sparc.science/data
SPARC has over 50 models and datasets about the cardiovascular system. Check them out!
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February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Real time support with CFDE Training Center
The Topic: "Genomes, Genomes Everywhere - Genomics Q&A with CFDE"
📅 Thursday Feb. 19, 2026
🕚1 –2 pm ET
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The open community platform for bridging the body and the brain through neuroscience and systems physiology data, computational and spatial modeling, and device design.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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🧪 Happening today: How do we standardize neurotrauma research data? The NT-PRECEDS working group has answers. Join us for updates on preclinical Common Data Elements, expert recommendations, and tools to harmonize your research data.

⏰2:00 - 3:00 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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🧪💘We're celebrating International Love Data Week with a SPARC webinar on ORCID and DataCite integration. SPARC uses ORCID to identify researchers contributing knowledge and datasets. Learn how PIDs improve attribution and workflows.
📅February 10
🕚 11:00 AM ET
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January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Happening Today! Dr. Michael Snyder presents "Precision Diabetes: Understanding and Managing Glucose Dysregulation Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring"
📅 Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
🕚11 am–12 pm PT
Abstract and dial-in information: dknet.org/about/blog...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Come join us for a webinar presented by Dr. Michael Snyder entitled "Precision Diabetes: Understanding and Managing Glucose Dysregulation Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring"
📅 Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
🕚11 am–12 pm PT
Abstract and dial-in information: dknet.org/about/blog...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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🚨Today! Don't miss our SPARC Seminar with Dr. Don Bolser at 3:00pm ET
His work on laryngeal reflexes reveals that central control systems are far more complex than the peripheral nerves suggest—critical for developing better bioelectronic therapies.
Link: shorturl.at/u2qJt
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Who's going to the Human Digital Twin workshop in Auckland (Feb 2-5)? Multiscale cardiopulmonary modeling, clinical translation, and amazing discussions. Comment if you'll be there! Details: auckland.ac.nz/human...
January 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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🎤 Dr. Don Bolser presents his work on laryngeal reflexes reveals that central control systems are far more complex than the peripheral nerves suggest—critical for developing better bioelectronic therapies.

📅 January 21, 3:00 pm ET
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Research: shorturl.at/EobYk
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is emerging as a valuable treatment option for people with treatment-resistant depression—and the science behind it is fascinating.
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NIH Common Fund SPARC - Overview of the Reconstructing Vagal Anatomy (REVA) Initiative
The Common Fund’s Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) program accelerates development of therapeutic devices that modulate electrical activity in nerves to improve organ function. The SPARC Reconstructing Vagal Anatomy (REVA) initiative is creating more precise and detailed
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January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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📢🧪 Call for Late breaking Abstracts: American Physiology Summit
Systems physiology, interoception, autonomic nervous system—this is your moment!
We'll be at Booth #1022 & want to see you at #APS2026!
Submit your abstract: shorturl.at/9Bwg3
Deadline: February 2
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January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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🧪🎤 Upcoming SPARC Seminar Alert!
Join us for a talk by @ufresearch.bsky.social Dr. Don Bolser on how peripheral sensory devices can fundamentally reshape central nervous system circuits — for better or worse.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Neurotrauma CDEs: Where things started and where they are going

Join NINDS for an essential webinar regarding progress on preclinical CDEs and data standards for neurotrauma🧪

January 28
⏰2:00 - 3:00 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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❓Who's going to the Human Digital Twin workshop in Auckland (Feb 2-5)? Multiscale cardiopulmonary modeling, clinical translation, and amazing discussions. Comment if you'll be there!
Registration deadline: Jan 12
Details: auckland.ac.nz/human...
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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🚨 LAST DAY to pitch your CFDE-centric Bio-IT Hackathon project! Deadline is TODAY (Jan 9). Boston hackathon May 18-19. Travel funds available. Don't wait—submit now: orausurvey.orau.org/... #Bioinformatics #FAIRData
January 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Got a bioinformatics project idea? Pitch it for the Bio-IT FAIR Data Hackathon in Boston (May 18-19)! Open-source tools, FAIR principles, real impact. Travel funding available. Deadline: Jan 9. Submit here: orausurvey.orau.org/... 🧬🧪
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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February in Auckland = Digital health innovation overload! 🇳🇿
The Auckland Bioengineering Institute is hosting an extraordinary series of back-to-back workshops that span the entire spectrum of computational physiology and systems biology.
Register by Jan 12: auckland.ac.nz/human...

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January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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The #NIH_SPARC Data and Resource Center January Office Hours for K-core #curation, MAP-core, SIM-core and DAT-core can be found here: sholink.to/DRCOffice... We love questions! We have answers.
Plan to share your PNS and systems physiology studies today!
#computationalmodeling #data 🧪
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December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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📢 Last call!
Submit your #OpenScience plan

$850,000 Replication Prize Competition: The NIH Common Fund and #NASA's Tournament Lab are calling on the scientific community to create a culture shift where replication activities become a routine.

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December 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🧪WEBINAR TODAY $7,000,000 Prize Competition: Help Transform Biomedical Research!
The NIH Common Fund and NASA's Tournament Lab are calling on the scientific community to advance research with the Complement-ARIE Reduction to Practice Challenge.

⏰3:00 - 4:00 PM
Join now:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Complement-ARIE NAMs Reduction to Practice Challenge Q & A Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
What is the Complement-ARIE NAMs Reduction to Practice Challenge and how can you participate? Join the National Institutes of Health (NIH) team for a live Q & A webinar. Build the future of human-based biomedical research with new approach methodologies. https://www.herox.com/Complement-ARIE-RTP
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December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🧪FREEMIND Program: FREE AI/data science training with NIH datasets including SPARC! 1-year mentorship + 2-week UC San Diego bootcamp. Learn Python, machine learning & more. Travel/housing covered.
Apps due Feb 13.
Level up your research skills! #DataScience #AI #Research
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December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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📢 $850,000 Replication Prize Competition: The NIH Common Fund and #NASA's Tournament Lab are calling on the scientific community to create a culture shift where replication activities become a routine.

Don't miss your chance to submit your ideas: sparc.science/news-a...
📅 Deadline: Dec 19
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM