NWB - Bryant McGill

# NWB **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Definition **NWB** is a concept or analytic term. NWB has as an initial scientific partner [[wiki/Allen Institute for Brain Science|Allen Institute for Brain Science]]. NWB has as an initial scientific partner [[wiki/Svoboda Lab at Janelia|Svoboda Lab at Janelia]]. NWB has as an initial scientific partner [[wiki/Meister Lab at Caltech|Meister Lab at Caltech]]. The entry centers on the concept's meaning, practical use, and boundaries, together with the examples that make the distinction operational rather than merely verbal. ## Relationships  This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] and [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], and [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Key Relationships - **NWB** has as an initial scientific partner [[wiki/Allen Institute for Brain Science|Allen Institute for Brain Science]]. - **NWB** has as an initial scientific partner [[wiki/Svoboda Lab at Janelia|Svoboda Lab at Janelia]]. - **NWB** has as an initial scientific partner [[wiki/Meister Lab at Caltech|Meister Lab at Caltech]]. - **NWB** has as an initial scientific partner [[wiki/Buzsáki Lab at NYU|Buzsáki Lab at NYU]]. - **NWB** has as an initial scientific partner UC Berkeley / CRCNS.org maintainers. - **NWB** is associated with [[wiki/CatalystNeuro|Benjamin Dichter / CatalystNeuro]]. NIH U24 dissemination project. - **NWB** is archived through [[wiki/DANDI|DANDI]]. Primary BRAIN-funded archive. - **NWB** is archived through [[wiki/EMBER|EMBER]]. BBQS program archive; multi-institutional JHU/APL-UCLA-UPenn-Dartmouth-MIT team. - **NWB** is archived through [[wiki/EBRAINS|EBRAINS]]. EU Human Brain Project-derived infrastructure. - **NWB** is archived through [[wiki/Blue Brain Open Data|Blue Brain Open Data]]. EPFL/AWS open-data lineage. ### People and institutional relationships - **NWB** is identified with the leadership [[wiki/Oliver Rübel|Oliver Rübel]]. LBNL. - **NWB** is identified with the leadership [[wiki/Loren Frank|Loren Frank]]. UCSF. - **NWB** is identified with the leadership [[wiki/Edward Chang|Edward Chang]]. UCSF; direct bridge to ECoG speech decoding. ### Standards and interoperability - [[wiki/DANDI|DANDI]] is associated with **NWB**. ### Technology and research relationships - **NWB** integrates with [[wiki/CaImAn|CaImAn]]. Analysis framework. - **NWB** integrates with [[wiki/Suite2p|suite2p]]. Analysis framework. - **NWB** integrates with [[wiki/SpikeInterface|SpikeInterface]]. Electrophysiology processing ecosystem. - **NWB** is identified with the tool [[wiki/PyNWB|PyNWB]]. Python API. - **NWB** is identified with the tool [[wiki/MatNWB|MatNWB]]. MATLAB API. - **NWB** is identified with the tool [[wiki/NWB Inspector|NWB Inspector]]. Validation/compliance. - **NWB** is identified with the tool [[wiki/NWB Widgets|NWB Widgets]]. Visualization. - **NWB** is identified with the tool [[wiki/Neurosift|Neurosift]]. Visualization/exploration. ### Additional Documented Relationships - **NWB** has as an initial scientific partner [[wiki/Allen Institute|Allen Institute]].  ## Research Edges  #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 366 — `initial_scientific_partner` → [[wiki/Allen Institute|Allen Institute for Brain Science]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. - **Edge 367 — `initial_scientific_partner` → [[wiki/Svoboda Lab at Janelia|Svoboda Lab at Janelia]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. - **Edge 368 — `initial_scientific_partner` → [[wiki/Meister Lab at Caltech|Meister Lab at Caltech]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. - **Edge 369 — `initial_scientific_partner` → [[wiki/Buzsáki Lab at NYU|Buzsáki Lab at NYU]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. - **Edge 370 — `initial_scientific_partner` → UC Berkeley / CRCNS.org maintainers** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. - **Edge 371 — `leadership` → [[wiki/Oliver Rübel|Oliver Rübel]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`, `NWB_GRANTS`. LBNL. - **Edge 372 — `leadership` → [[wiki/Loren Frank|Loren Frank]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. UCSF. - **Edge 373 — `leadership` → [[wiki/Edward Chang|Edward Chang]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. UCSF; direct bridge to ECoG speech decoding. - **Edge 374 — `dissemination_partner` → Benjamin Dichter / CatalystNeuro** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_GRANTS`. NIH U24 dissemination project. - **Edge 381 — `integrates_with` → [[wiki/CaImAn|CaImAn]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. Analysis framework. - **Edge 382 — `integrates_with` → [[wiki/Suite2p|suite2p]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. Analysis framework. - **Edge 383 — `integrates_with` → [[wiki/SpikeInterface|SpikeInterface]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. Electrophysiology processing ecosystem. - **Edge 384 — `tool` → [[wiki/PyNWB|PyNWB]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ECO`. Python API. - **Edge 385 — `tool` → [[wiki/MatNWB|MatNWB]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ECO`. MATLAB API. - **Edge 386 — `tool` → [[wiki/NWB Inspector|NWB Inspector]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. Validation/compliance. - **Edge 387 — `tool` → [[wiki/NWB Widgets|NWB Widgets]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. Visualization. - **Edge 388 — `tool` → [[wiki/Neurosift|Neurosift]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ABOUT`. Visualization/exploration. - **Edge 389 — `archive` → [[wiki/DANDI|DANDI]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ARCHIVES`. Primary BRAIN-funded archive. - **Edge 390 — `archive` → [[wiki/EMBER|EMBER]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ARCHIVES`. BBQS program archive; multi-institutional JHU/APL-UCLA-UPenn-Dartmouth-MIT team. - **Edge 391 — `archive` → [[wiki/EBRAINS|EBRAINS]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ARCHIVES`. EU Human Brain Project-derived infrastructure. - **Edge 392 — `archive` → [[wiki/Blue Brain Open Data|Blue Brain Open Data]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `NWB_ARCHIVES`. EPFL/AWS open-data lineage. #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 378 — [[wiki/DANDI|DANDI]] `data_standard` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `DANDI_DOC`.  ## Research Inferences  These entries translate the forward-looking register in [[research/Research Inferences|Research Inferences]] into ordinary wiki prose. The tier labels apply to the inference, not automatically to every factual anchor inside it. The interpretive frame comes from [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] and [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]. Collection route: [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. - **INF-0251 — Established.** NWB gives neurophysiology a common container with self-describing metadata, which makes data from different labs and devices mutually readable. Every cross-institution model of neural activity depends on that container existing, and it was built by a small community with modest funding.