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2 | | -title: Virtual Fly Brain Members and Their Contributions |
3 | | -description: "Meet the interdisciplinary team behind Virtual Fly Brain, including developers, curators, ontology experts, and researchers from leading UK institutions who collaborate to maintain and enhance this comprehensive Drosophila neuroscience resource." |
| 2 | +title: The Virtual Fly Brain Team |
| 3 | +description: "Meet the interdisciplinary team behind Virtual Fly Brain based in leading UK institutions. Our collaborative approach brings together expertise in informatics, neuroscience, ontology development, and data curation to maintain and enhance this comprehensive Drosophila neuroscience resource." |
4 | 4 | tags: [VFB,staff] |
5 | 5 | categories: [acknowledgements,who we are] |
6 | 6 | weight: 400 |
7 | 7 | --- |
8 | 8 |
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9 | | -# Virtual Fly Brain Team |
| 9 | +## Current Team Members |
10 | 10 |
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11 | | -Virtual Fly Brain is developed and maintained by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, developers, and curators across multiple UK institutions. Our collaborative approach brings together expertise in informatics, neuroscience, ontology development, and data curation. |
| 11 | +- [Robert Court](https://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/Robert_Court.html) (Lead DevOps) [1] |
| 12 | +- [Clare Pilgrim](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-1705) (Ontology Editor/Curator) [2] |
| 13 | +- [Alex McLachlan](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5214-8125) (Curator/UX Tester) [2] |
| 14 | +- [Gillian Millburn](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1139-1145) (Senior Curator) [2] |
12 | 15 |
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13 | | -## 3D Viewer, Online Tools, Server, and Website |
| 16 | +- [Douglas Armstrong](https://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/James_Armstrong.html) (Current Project PI) [1] |
| 17 | +- [Nick Brown](https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/flybase/flybase-group-members) (Current Project PI) [2] |
| 18 | +- [Greg Jefferis](http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/gregory-jefferis/) (Current Project PI) [4,5] |
| 19 | +- [David Osumi-Sutherland](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-9172) (Current Project Co-I) [3] |
| 20 | +- [Marta Costa](http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?mcosta) (Current Project Co-I) [4] |
14 | 21 |
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15 | | -<a href='http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=68' target='_blank'> |
16 | | - <img src='https://v2.virtualflybrain.org/images/vfb/project/logos/InformaticsLogo.gif' style="max-width: 50%"/> |
17 | | -</a> |
18 | | - |
19 | | -### Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh |
20 | | - |
21 | | -- [Robert Court](https://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/Robert_Court.html) (Lead DevOps) |
22 | | -- [Douglas Armstrong](https://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/James_Armstrong.html) (Current Project PI) |
23 | | -- Nestor Milyaev (2009-2012) |
24 | | - |
25 | | -## Ontology Editing, FlyBase Support, and Data Annotation |
26 | | - |
27 | | -<a href='http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/' target='_blank'> |
28 | | - <img src='https://v2.virtualflybrain.org/images/vfb/project/logos/CUnibig.png' style="max-width: 50%"/> |
29 | | -</a> |
30 | | - |
31 | | -### Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge |
32 | 22 |
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33 | | -- [Cahir O'Kane](http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?cokane) (Current Project PI) |
34 | | -- Michael Ashburner (Original PI and Grant Holder) |
35 | | -- Simon Reeve (2009-2011) |
36 | | -- Nicole Staudt (2015-2016) |
37 | | -- Alex Holmes (2017-2019) |
| 23 | +## Past Team Members |
| 24 | +- Nestor Milyaev (2009-2012) [1] |
| 25 | +- Alex Holmes (2017-2019) [2] |
| 26 | +- [Aoife Larkin](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4970-5901) (2017-2019) [2] |
| 27 | +- [Huseyin Kir](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/huseyin-kir/) (2021-2024) [6] |
| 28 | +- [Nico Matentzoglu](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1779) (2018-2022) [6] |
| 29 | +- Simon Reeve (2009-2011) [7] |
| 30 | +- Nicole Staudt (2015-2016) [7] |
38 | 31 |
|
39 | | -### Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience |
| 32 | +- [Helen Parkinson](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people/helen-parkinson) (Former PI) [6] |
| 33 | +- [Cahir O'Kane](http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?cokane) (Former PI) [7] |
| 34 | +- [Michael Ashburner](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6962-2807) (Original PI and Grant Holder) [7] |
40 | 35 |
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41 | | -- [Clare Pilgrim](https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/flybase/flybase-group-members) (Senior Ontology Editor/Curator) |
42 | | -- [Alex McLachlan](https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/flybase/flybase-group-members) (Curator/UX Tester) |
43 | | -- [Aoife Larkin](https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/flybase/flybase-group-members) (Curator) |
44 | | -- [Gillian Millburn](https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/flybase/flybase-group-members) (Senior Curator) |
45 | | -- [Nick Brown](https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/flybase/flybase-group-members) (Current Project PI) |
| 36 | +### Affiliations |
| 37 | +1. Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh |
| 38 | +2. Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience |
| 39 | +3. Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge |
| 40 | +4. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge |
| 41 | +5. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge |
| 42 | +6. European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge |
| 43 | +7. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge |
46 | 44 |
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47 | | -### Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge |
| 45 | +## [MetaCell](http://www.metacell.us) |
48 | 46 |
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49 | | -- [Marta Costa](http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?mcosta) (Current Project Co-I) |
50 | | - |
51 | | -## Image Processing, Registration, and NBLAST Neuron Search |
| 47 | +MetaCell collaborates with Virtual Fly Brain on the development and enhancement of the open source [Geppetto](http://www.geppetto.org) visualization platform that powers our 3D brain viewer. |
52 | 48 |
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53 | | -<a href='http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/' target='_blank'> |
54 | | - <img src='https://v2.virtualflybrain.org/images/vfb/project/logos/MRC-LMB_logo.png' style="max-width: 50%"/> |
| 49 | +--- |
| 50 | +<!--- width set to 55 here to prevent bunching onto same line --> |
| 51 | +<a href='http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=68' target='_blank'> |
| 52 | + <img src='https://v2.virtualflybrain.org/images/vfb/project/logos/InformaticsLogo.gif' style="max-width: 55%"/> |
55 | 53 | </a> |
56 | 54 |
|
57 | | -### MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge |
58 | | - |
59 | | -- [Greg Jefferis](http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/gregory-jefferis/) (Current Project PI) |
60 | | - |
61 | | -## Schema Development & Web Development |
62 | | - |
63 | | -<a href='https://www.sanger.ac.uk/' target='_blank'> |
64 | | - <img src='https://virtualflybrain.org/images/logo-sanger-blue.svg' style="max-width: 50%"/> |
| 55 | +<a href='http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/' target='_blank'> |
| 56 | + <img src='https://v2.virtualflybrain.org/images/vfb/project/logos/CUnibig.png' style="max-width: 55%"/> |
65 | 57 | </a> |
66 | 58 |
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67 | | -### Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge |
| 59 | +<a href='https://www.sanger.ac.uk/' target='_blank'> |
| 60 | + <img src='https://virtualflybrain.org/images/logo-sanger-blue.svg' style="max-width: 55%"/> |
| 61 | +</a> |
68 | 62 |
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69 | | -- [David Osumi-Sutherland](https://www.linkedin.com/in/osumisutherland) (Current Project Co-I) |
| 63 | +<a href='http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/' target='_blank'> |
| 64 | + <img src='https://v2.virtualflybrain.org/images/vfb/project/logos/MRC-LMB_logo.png' style="max-width: 55%"/> |
| 65 | +</a> |
70 | 66 |
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71 | 67 | <a href='http://www.ebi.ac.uk/' target='_blank'> |
72 | | - <img src='https://v2.virtualflybrain.org/images/vfb/project/logos/EMBL_EBI_logo_180pixels_RGB.png' style="max-width: 50%"/> |
73 | | -</a> |
74 | | - |
75 | | -### European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge |
76 | | - |
77 | | -- [Huseyin Kir](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/huseyin-kir/) (Developer) |
78 | | -- [Nico Matentzoglu](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicolas_Matentzoglu2) (Developer) |
79 | | -- [Helen Parkinson](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people/helen-parkinson) (Current Project PI) |
80 | | - |
81 | | -## Software Engineering, Geppetto Customisation, Graphics Design |
| 68 | + <img src='https://v2.virtualflybrain.org/images/vfb/project/logos/EMBL_EBI_logo_180pixels_RGB.png' style="max-width: 55%"/> |
| 69 | +</a> |
82 | 70 |
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83 | 71 | <a href='http://www.metacell.us/' target='_blank'> |
84 | | - <img src='https://github.com/tarelli/bucket/raw/master/MetaCellLogoWhite300ppi.png' style="max-width: 50%"/> |
| 72 | + <img src='https://github.com/tarelli/bucket/raw/master/MetaCellLogoWhite300ppi.png' style="max-width: 55%"/> |
85 | 73 | </a> |
86 | 74 |
|
87 | | -### [MetaCell](http://www.metacell.us) |
88 | | - |
89 | | -MetaCell collaborates with Virtual Fly Brain on the development and enhancement of the open source [Geppetto](http://www.geppetto.org) visualization platform that powers our 3D brain viewer. |
90 | | - |
91 | 75 | --- |
92 | 76 |
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93 | 77 | For questions about team members or collaboration opportunities, please [contact us](mailto:data@virtualflybrain.org). |
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