Today we said goodbye to an amazing teammate, Yash Jain. 💙 Thank you for your dedication, positivity, and the impact you've made at CNS. You've been a valued part of our team, and you'll be greatly missed. Wishing you all the best in your next adventure—we know you'll do amazing things! 🌟🍀
📣 Reminder! The Human Reference Atlas (HRA) & Whole Person Physiome (WPP) Hackathon begins Monday, Aug. 3 at Indiana University, hosted by the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center (CNS). 🔗 cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20...
Human Reference Atlas Hackathon
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📅 July 31 | 1–2 PM ET Join the next CFDE Public Webinar to learn how the Human Reference Atlas (HRA), developed through HuBMAP and SenNet, advances biomedical research. Featuring Daniel Bolin, Andreas Bueckle & Katy Börner. cfdeknowledge.org/r/CFDE_webin... @katyborner.bsky.social
New documentation is live! 🎨 Download Human Reference Atlas logos and icons from our new Visual Assets page: docs.humanatlas.io/visual-assets #hra #opensource
Human Reference Atlas Documentation
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CNS is hosting the Human Reference Atlas (HRA) & Whole Person Physiome (WPP) Hackathon, Aug. 3–5, 2026, at @IULuddy Join researchers advancing AI-ready biomedical data and digital human models. 📅 August 3–5, 2026 🕗 8am - 5pm ET 🔗 cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20... #HumanReferenceAtlas
🏆Congratulations to the S-Index team led by Griffin Weber-Katy Börner, Amy Brand, Kristi Holmes, Daniel Hook, John Inglis, Chonnettia Jones, Arjun Krishnan, and Steinn Sigurdsson-on earning 3rd place in the NIH's $1M Data Sharing Index (S-Index) Challenge! 🎉 Learn more: figshare.com/articles/pre...
Congrats to @katyborner.bsky.social and collaborators on winning Phase 1 of NIH's $1M Data Sharing Index (S-Index) Challenge! Their team earned a $15K award and advances to Phase 2. Presentations are today- the winner will be announced tomorrow! news.iu.edu/luddy/live/n... • www.nei.nih.gov/sindex
Börner part of team to reach NIH Data Sharing Index Challenge Finals
Luddy School Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science Katy Börner is part of a multi-university team that has reached the finals of th...
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🎉Huge congratulations to Andi and the entire team! 👏After 2 years of hard work, dedication, and innovation, the preprint introducing the Human Reference Atlas (HRA): Powers of Ten virtual reality (VR) application inside the HRA Organ Gallery is now available! 🌟 Read: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Multiscale harmonization and semantic integration of biomedical data enable biological insights through immersive exploration
The Human Reference Atlas (HRA) enables multiscale data exploration and visualization. We present “ HRA: Powers of Ten, ” a virtual reality (VR) application for integrating, harmonizing, and visualizi...
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🎉 Today we celebrate three amazing teammates as they begin their next adventures: Michael Ginda, Yash Jain, and Yash Kumar! 👏Thank you for all you've done for CNS—you'll be greatly missed! 💙 Wishing you all the best in your new roles. We know you'll do amazing things! 🚀✨ @iuluddy.bsky.social
Last week @katyborner.bsky.social, Anreas Bueckle, and Bruce Herrattended the last annual meeting of HuBMAP at NCI Shady Grove in Rockville, MD. Katy’s presentation on the HRA tool development was a success and Andi and Bruce got the crowd laughing with their 📹video 👀Look for more posts this week!
The Human Reference Atlas 11th Release v2.5 is here! Explore the latest release: humanatlas.io/release-note... #HumanReferenceAtlas #bioinformatics #datavisualization #dataviz
SenNet, a research consortium, funded by NIH, was created in 2021 to identify and catalog senescent cells- cells that stop dividing but remain active in the body. @katyborner.bsky.social and Yash Jain presented talks at the annual conference in DC. #nih #SenNet #senescent #senotype
@katyborner.bsky.social presented “Mapping the Human Reference Atlas in 3D” this morning at @netsciconf.bsky.social, held at @northeasternu.bsky.social. During her presentation, she spoke about what the HRA is and how to construct and use it. For more info, go to humanatlas.io @iuluddy.bsky.social
This evening from 5:20pm-5:35pm, @katyborner.bsky.social will be presenting The Visible Human MOOC: Visualizing Human Anatomy and Physiology Across 1010 Scales" at NetSci 2026 at @northeasternu.bsky.social University. The MOOC is an online course @iuluddy.bsky.social. 380 students have registered!
@katyborner.bsky.social will give a lightning talk from 3:55-4:00pm EDT at NetSci 2026 in Boston, MA entitled “Envisioning Intelligences: Inviting discussions of collective intelligence visualizations” where she will focus on the three decades of Places & Spaces: Envisioning Intelligences exhibit.
One of our PhD students, Paean Luby, has been collaborating with the University of Galway’s Pathology students on a virtual reality workflow of a cardiac autopsy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJTg... @universityofgalway.bsky.social @iuluddy.bsky.social
Virtual Reality Cardiac Autopsy- Collaboration with The University of Galway
YouTube video by Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center (CNS)
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Dr. Katy Börner will be presenting at the 2026 SBHD @Northeastern Univ in Boston, MA. The conference focuses on #AI and systems biology approaches for the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases sbhdboston.org/index.html 📅June 8 4-4:30pm ET @northeasternu.bsky.social
SBHD 2026 International Conference on Systems Biology of Human Diseases – June 8-10, 2026 | Boston
The SBHD conference series is a binational annual event initially launched by Peter Sorger and colleagues at Harvard Medical School in 2008 with its location alternating between the USA and Germany. S...
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Hour 9: (8pm) - Extended Plant Cognition youtu.be/WpnCAHRqd8I?... Our speaker Anna, talks about the work at the MINT lab (Minimal Intelligence Lab) and their work on collective intelligences in forest ecosystems. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20...
Join us for a birthday celebration honoring Amatria, the iconic sculpture installed in Luddy Hall in 2018. She symbolizes the Luddy School’s vision of humans and artificial intelligence learning and innovating together. Time: Fri April 17, 10-11 am ET iu.zoom.us/j/87315100071
Join Andreas Bueckle and the IU Center of Excellence for Women & Technology for a Hands on Data Visualization Session using Power BI 📅Wednesday, 1st April 🕓5PM - 6PM ET 📍Room 221, Swain West, IUB 🔗 Register: events.iu.edu/cewit/event/... #dataviz #research #PowerBI
Hour 8: (7pm) Video Games and Intelligence - youtu.be/JZaf5WmjJfQ?... Our panelists talk about how intelligence appears in video games, making it an immersive experience and what the future in gaming looks like. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20...
Hour 2: youtu.be/dMUf0RoiXow?... Our speakers talk about their work with Embodied Intelligence, Visualizing Non-human Interaction, and how Intelligence Involves Exploration. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20... @katyborner.bsky.social
The HRA Hackathon, held from March 9 - 11, was a huge success! Website: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20... 👏 Huge thanks to everyone who contributed their time, expertise, and energy to make this hackathon a success! @katyborner.bsky.social
Hour 6: (6pm) Plant Intelligence - youtu.be/7C9KpbQQV-U?... Our speaker Roger talks about the the Intelligence of Plants and other life forms that are interdependent To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20... @katyborner.bsky.social #biology #collaboration
🧬 Researchers from IU Luddy co-authored a paper confirming Human Reference Atlas compliance, strengthening infrastructure used to map the human body across organs, tissues, and cells. 🔗https://news.iu.edu/luddy/live/news/49218-luddy-co-authored-paper-confirms-human-reference
Juhi Khare from CNS gave a talk on Emerging Technologies which also included an interactive session that explored how virtual reality (VR) can move us beyond flat interfaces, offering new ways to see, feel, and understand complex information through immersive spatial design.
📚 We’re excited to share that Atlas of Macroscopes: Interactive Data Visualizations has been spotted on the new non-fiction shelf at the Monroe County Public Library (Indiana) - Downtown! @mcplindiana.bsky.social @katyborner.bsky.social #dataViz #dataVisualization #hci #ux
Hour 5: (5pm) Visualizing System(s) - youtu.be/1Al50NEslU8?... Adam Bly, talks about how his team at System is building foundational knowledge infrastructure to transform the world from silos to systems. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20...
Hour 4: (4pm) Creative Intelligence - youtu.be/YJYt4KD6_6M?... Our speaker Jacob talks about Creative Intelligence and how one can connect creativity to the idea of visualization and envisioning. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: youtube.com/playlist?lis... @katyborner.bsky.social
