The Virtual Brain

  • New Release: TVB version 2.7.1 integrates the siibra & BCT for Python!

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    Just in time for SfN 2022 in San Diego, we're releasing TVB 2.7.1 with over 40 improvements including bug fixes and dependencies upgrades.

    Head over to our download page and get your update for Windows, macOS and Linux now!

    If you have questions or would like to see a demo, visit our *[booth 3116](https://twitter.com/CourtiolJulie

  • New Release: TVB version 2.3

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    This release brings over 20 improvements including bug fixes and dependencies upgrades. It's available for download for all supported platforms!

    Head over to our download page and get your update now!

    • Optimizations in framework: simulation run, Operations and Data structure page load
    • Start support for BIDS data: new button on
  • BIG new release: The Virtual Brain version 2.2

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    Our scientists and developers are very proud to announce the next generation of The Virtual Brain: version 2.2! Many core parts of the software have been rewritten to make it faster, cleaner, shorter, much more powerful and just overall nicer!

    First thing: upgrade existing installations from v1.5.8

    TVB 2.2 has a new storage architecture underneath. Your data will be migrated automatic

  • TVB EduPack offers video lectures with step-by-step instructions for using The Virtual Brain

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    For several years, a growing number of video lectures on using The Virtual Brain software have been posted on various websites and YouTube playlists. We've collected the best ones, added annotations, linked them with publications and notebooks and bundled them all into the TVB EduPack!

    Our new NewsWire section starts with [46 hand-picked TVB EduCases](/tvb/zwei/newswire-educase "Visit

  • New Alpha Release: TVB version 2.1a1

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    The Virtual Brain is gearing up towards a big new release in summer 2021! Core parts of the software have been completely rewritten to enable easier usage for scripting users, make room for exciting new features and be much, much faster!

    Today we're offering an Alpha release of TVB 2.1a1 for direct download & testing:

    • Download for Windows (1 GB)
    • Download for macOS (750 MB)*
  • Virtual brain tools on EBRAINS

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    At the Human Brain Project Summit & Open Days in Athens, the TVB team is proudly presenting the results of the last two years of active research.

    All services and resources will be made available on the new EBRAINS platform!

    Fre

  • New Release: TVB version 1.5.8

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    This release brings over 50 improvements including bug fixes and dependencies upgrades. It's available for download for all supported platforms!

    Head over to our download page and get your update now!

    Note: This release will be relevant during our workshop [TVB Node#8] (https://www.thevirtualbrain.org/tvb/zwei/newswire-event-si

  • 10,000 installations of The Virtual Brain: Thank you!

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    • TVB 10000 Downloads

    On the quiet Saturday morning of January 6th, 2018, an eager scientist tapped the trackpad – unknowingly making history and quite a few people dance on tables, toasting with leftover champagne from New Year's eve: Because the 10,000th copy of The Virtual Brain was downloaded!

    The story of this impressive achievement in modern neuroscience started 10 years ago, in a pub in Chicago where [Vi

  • Just Released, TVB 1.5.4! Available NOW!

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    This release brings over 50 improvements to our visualizers and bug fixes. It's available for download for all supported platforms!

    Head over to our download page and get your update now!

    Note: This release will be relevant during our exhibitor booth presentations at the [Society for Neuroscience](https://www.sfn.org/annual-meet

  • New release: The Virtual Brain version 1.5.3 (incl. latest bugfix releases)

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    This release brings over 50 improvements and bug fixes and is available for download for all supported platforms!

    The new version includes a modernization of the PSE Viewer (done during the Google Summer of Code 2016 by our student Devin Baily). Also an integral part of the official TVB distribution is the Allen Connectivity Creator. So you can create TVB-compatible connectivities fr

  • New TVB website offers easier downloads, improves support for scientists

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    When the first website for The Virtual Brain was built, the software hadn't even reached beta state. That was in 2011.

    In the last 5 years, we've added many new parts to the website and saw the list of newsworthy events, software releases, research papers and contributors grow. The old structure was bursting at its seams. So for [SfN2016](/tvb/zwei/newswire-event-single/120110-see-tvb-live

  • New release: The Virtual Brain version 1.5

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    This release brings almost 100 improvements and bug fixes and is available for download for all supported platforms!

    With many optimizations across the board, users can now enjoy speed improvements of 200% for several models, e.g. the Epileptor and Jansen-Rit.

    Head over to our download page and get your update now!

  • New release: The Virtual Brain version 1.4.1

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    This release brings more than 50 improvements and bug fixes and is available for download for all supported platforms!

    With the new annotation viewer, you can now create, manage and see (in glorious 3D) ontology annotations for connectivity regions. Annotations can be exported and imported, supporting the BRCO ontology dataset.

    Head over to our [download page](/tvb/zwei/brainsimulat

  • New release: The Virtual Brain version 1.4

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    This is another big release with over 50 improvements across the board:

    • bug fixes
    • speed-ups
    • improved default dataset
    • iPhython notebook

    The new version is available for all supported platforms – and for the first time we're also supporting Windows 64-bit platforms!

    Head over to our download page and get your update

  • New release: The Virtual Brain version 1.3.0

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    This is another big release with more than 100 improvements with a notable focus on usability and surface simulations:

    • speed improvements of up to 800%
    • resilience to damaged surface structures with holes and the like
    • new visualizers for Phase-Plane and TimeSeries Volumes
    • importers for NetworkX and MAT data

    The new version is available for all supported platforms. Head ove