September 15, 2016 (Vol. 36, No. 16)
URL:
http://www.neurobureau.org
Rating:
Strong Points: Beautiful images, some useful links
Weak Points: Somewhat sparse content, heavy emphasis on art competition
Summary:
The Neuro Bureau is an organization that promotes “open neuroscience” (that is, the open sharing of resources, data, and analysis tools) through forums, announcements, and the release of preprocessed data. A clear focus of the group thus far has been brain art competitions, and to this end site visitors will be treated to a vast array of beautiful and creative entries to the annual contest. The website includes links to the International Neuroimaging Data-Sharing Initiative (INDI) and the Human Connectome Project (HCP) as repositories where researchers can share or retrieve open-source data. The “blog” and “events” sections of the website have promise, but at present the content is somewhat sparse. This is a nice website to keep an eye on—especially if you’re in the field of human neuroimaging—though it hasn’t yet lived up to its full potential.
