# Johan Winnubst **Entity class:** Neuroanatomist and connectomics researcher **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source articles:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] · [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Definition **Johan Winnubst** is an E11 Bio co-founder and lead scientist for neuroanatomy. As principal scientist on the [[wiki/MouseLight|MouseLight]] project, he helped develop a submicron whole-brain imaging system and a database of more than 1,000 fully reconstructed mouse projection neurons. For [[wiki/PRISM (E11 Bio)|PRISM]], he developed the stitching and registration pipeline and contributed to volume registration, writing, synapse detection, and synaptic analysis. ## Relationships - **Organization:** [[wiki/E11 Bio|E11 Bio]]. - **Long-range reconstruction lineage:** [[wiki/MouseLight|MouseLight]] and [[wiki/Janelia Research Campus|Janelia Research Campus]]. - **Direct PRISM contribution:** stitching, registration, and synapse-analysis work for [[wiki/PRISM (E11 Bio)|PRISM (E11 Bio)]]. - **Collection route:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts <!-- BEGIN SIMPLE REMINDER SEED 2026-09-11 --> > "build safe, brain-inspired AI, and simulate brains" > **— Andrew Payne, Arlo Sheridan, Kathleen Leeper and Johan Winnubst**, *2025, E11 Bio PRISM announcement* [[reminders/Simulation/Build Safe, Brain-Inspired AI, and Simulate Brains by Andrew Payne, Arlo Sheridan, Kathleen Leeper and Johan Winnubst|Build Safe, Brain-Inspired AI, and Simulate Brains by Andrew Payne, Arlo Sheridan, Kathleen Leeper and Johan Winnubst]] <!-- END SIMPLE REMINDER SEED 2026-09-11 --> ## Sources - [E11 Bio — Johan Winnubst](https://www.e11.bio/johan-winnubst) - [Janelia — MouseLight 1,000-neuron release](https://www.janelia.org/news/mouselight-project-team-maps-1000-neurons-and-counting-in-the-mouse-brain) - [PubMed Central — PRISM author contributions](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12485930/)