Proposal: Expertise Slack Channels

Author(s): Philip Shamash, Tom Mrsic-Flogel

Slack channels for discussion and Q&A about technical topics, analysis, and concepts.

Aim

• Add additional communication channels that promote the sharing of expertise; encourage people to ask questions and discuss answers in a public forum.

To-Do

• Coordinate with Emma to create the channels on the list below
• Coordinate with Ana/Barry/John to create a tunnel from the Gatsby slack to the SWC slack on these channels
• Announce these channels at the Town Hall 29.1.21 3pm
• Week of 2.2.21: add all researchers, send a slack message on general

Current list of channels

forum-analysis Data analysis, statistics, and modeling questions

• what is the best statistical model I could use to characterize visual selectivity in my Neuropixel recordings?

forum-programming questions about programming in any language

• should I use classes or functions for my Python analysis?

forum-conceptual discussion on confusing and/or interesting concepts from the literature

• what is the significance of grid cell warping?

forum-behaviour questions about animal behavior

• how do you get mice to escape without habituation?

forum-imaging help with optical imaging methods including image processing

• which fluorophore should I use for my expt?

forum-optogenetics help with optogenetics

• how can I stimulate and inhibit the same population of neurons?

forum-extracellular-ephys help with extracellular ephys

• I’d like to set up recordings of entorhinal cortex, should I use tetrodes or neuropixel?

forum-patching help with patching and related methods

• I’ve been experiencing a lot of noise on the patch rig this week, are others in the building having this too?

forum-molecular-bio help with cell-type markers, labeling, sequencing/transcriptomics, etc

• has anyone used RNA scope for identifying cell types of interest and can help?

forum-machine-learning-nns Machine learning and neural networks questions

• How do I put dropout in my PyTorch network?

forum-misc Science questions that don’t fit into the other categories.

Existing channels to promote in the email/message

cores-virology

• Does this hSyn-eNpHR virus work in thalamus?

cores-fablab

• Which company should I use to 3D print from this CAD drawing?