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Worm body simulator

Worms are soft and squishy. So our model has to be too.
We are building in the physics of muscles, soft tissues and fluids. Because it matters.

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Enter the worm!

Thanks to our Kickstarter backers we developed WormSim, an interactive way to play with the worm in your browser!

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DevoWorm

We're exploring the development of the worm via DevoWorm, an interdisciplinary project under the OpenWorm umbrella, focused on developmental processes in Nematodes and other forms of life through data analysis, visualization, and simulation.

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OpenWorm Browser

We created a 3D Browser to let everybody take the worm apart. Zoom, rotate and peel back layers of a 3D worm without getting your hands dirty.

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NeuroML Connectome

Every neuron the worm has, and how they connect. Everything in its right place. Now we are bringing it to life.

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Open source visualization and simulation platform.

We are engineering Geppetto, a plug-and-play platform to power simulations of biological systems... from your web browser.

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Enter the worm...

OpenWorm is an open source project dedicated to creating the first virtual organism in a computer

Why?

Because modeling a simple nervous system is a first step toward fully understanding complex systems like the human brain.

How?

By rejecting red tape and building a community of engineers, scientists, and other motivated volunteers from around the world.

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Bangalore and Vienna

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Meet with us

We use Slack to communicate and coordinate our daily activities, you are welcome to join us!
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Open Science at its best.

All the code, data and models produced as part of the OpenWorm project are open-source under the MIT licence.

Source code

All the code produced as part of the OpenWorm project is on GitHub under MIT licence. Different sub-projects are hosted in different repositories.

Current progress

The tasks we are currently working on are tracked on GitHub under different Milestones.

Calendar

When is the next OpenWorm hangout or event? Checkout our public calendar to find out!

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