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ArticleFrontiers in computational neuroscience2014

OpenWorm: an open-science approach to modeling Caenorhabditis elegans.

Balázs Szigeti, Padraig Gleeson, Michael Vella, Sergey Khayrulin, Andrey Palyanov, Jim Hokanson, Michael Currie, Matteo Cantarelli, Giovanni Idili, Stephen Larson

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Article in Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Balázs SzigetiNeuroinformatics Doctoral Training Centre, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK ; OpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA.
Padraig GleesonOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA ; Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London London, UK.
Michael VellaOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA ; Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK.
Sergey KhayrulinOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA ; Laboratory of Complex Systems Simulation, A.P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems Novosibirsk, Russia.
Andrey PalyanovOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA ; Laboratory of Complex Systems Simulation, A.P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems Novosibirsk, Russia.
Jim HokansonOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Durham, NC, USA.
Michael CurrieOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA.
Matteo CantarelliOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA.
Giovanni IdiliOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA.
Stephen LarsonOpenWorm Project San Diego, CA, USA.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

OpenWorm is an international collaboration with the aim of understanding how the behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) emerges from its underlying physiological processes. The project has developed a modular simulation engine to create computational models of the worm. The modularity of the engine makes it possible to easily modify the model, incorporate new experimental data and test hypotheses. The modeling framework incorporates both biophysical neuronal simulations and a novel fluid-dynamics-based soft-tissue simulation for physical environment-body interactions. The project's open-science approach is aimed at overcoming the difficulties of integrative modeling within a traditional academic environment. In this article the rationale is presented for creating the OpenWorm collaboration, the tools and resources developed thus far are outlined and the unique challenges associated with the project are discussed.

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C. eleganscomplex systems simulationemergent behaviorintegrative modelingopen science

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PMID25404913
PMCPMC4217485

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