Sunday, August 4, 2019

Simulation of biological neurons

Can neurons (and neural pheonomena) be reverse engineered? Brian2 allows making customised 'neuron' objects with voltages, refractory period and synaptic delay etc. Here is a thought experiment on how far things can be stretched!
https://github.com/cmacus/biological_neuron_simulator 

Next generation sequencing: Part 1

 Imagine solving a puzzle with 100 pieces, each piece a centimeter in size, something like this: The genome is considerably larger than this...