One of our PhD students, Paean Luby, has been collaborating with the University of Galway’s Pathology students on a virtual reality workflow of a cardiac autopsy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJTg... @universityofgalway.bsky.social @iuluddy.bsky.social

Dr. Katy Börner will be presenting at the 2026 SBHD @Northeastern Univ in Boston, MA. The conference focuses on #AI and systems biology approaches for the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases sbhdboston.org/index.html 📅June 8 4-4:30pm ET @northeasternu.bsky.social

Hour 9: (8pm) - Extended Plant Cognition youtu.be/WpnCAHRqd8I?... Our speaker Anna, talks about the work at the MINT lab (Minimal Intelligence Lab) and their work on collective intelligences in forest ecosystems. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20...

Come visit the CNS Booth at the Luddy Techfest! 📍4012, Luddy Hall Visualizing Science - 10AM to 1PM Step Inside the Human Body: A VR Organ Exploration - 1PM to 4PM #techfest #VR #dataviz

Join us for a birthday celebration honoring Amatria, the iconic sculpture installed in Luddy Hall in 2018. She symbolizes the Luddy School’s vision of humans and artificial intelligence learning and innovating together. Time: Fri April 17, 10-11 am ET iu.zoom.us/j/87315100071

Join Andreas Bueckle and the IU Center of Excellence for Women & Technology for a Hands on Data Visualization Session using Power BI 📅Wednesday, 1st April 🕓5PM - 6PM ET 📍Room 221, Swain West, IUB 🔗 Register: events.iu.edu/cewit/event/... #dataviz #research #PowerBI

Hour 8: (7pm) Video Games and Intelligence - youtu.be/JZaf5WmjJfQ?... Our panelists talk about how intelligence appears in video games, making it an immersive experience and what the future in gaming looks like. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20...

Hour 2: youtu.be/dMUf0RoiXow?... Our speakers talk about their work with Embodied Intelligence, Visualizing Non-human Interaction, and how Intelligence Involves Exploration. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20... @katyborner.bsky.social

The HRA Hackathon, held from March 9 - 11, was a huge success! Website: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20... 👏 Huge thanks to everyone who contributed their time, expertise, and energy to make this hackathon a success! @katyborner.bsky.social

Hour 6: (6pm) Plant Intelligence - youtu.be/7C9KpbQQV-U?... Our speaker Roger talks about the the Intelligence of Plants and other life forms that are interdependent To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20... @katyborner.bsky.social #biology #collaboration

🧬 Researchers from IU Luddy co-authored a paper confirming Human Reference Atlas compliance, strengthening infrastructure used to map the human body across organs, tissues, and cells. 🔗https://news.iu.edu/luddy/live/news/49218-luddy-co-authored-paper-confirms-human-reference

Juhi Khare from CNS gave a talk on Emerging Technologies which also included an interactive session that explored how virtual reality (VR) can move us beyond flat interfaces, offering new ways to see, feel, and understand complex information through immersive spatial design.

📚 We’re excited to share that Atlas of Macroscopes: Interactive Data Visualizations has been spotted on the new non-fiction shelf at the Monroe County Public Library (Indiana) - Downtown! @mcplindiana.bsky.social @katyborner.bsky.social #dataViz #dataVisualization #hci #ux

Hour 5: (5pm) Visualizing System(s) - youtu.be/1Al50NEslU8?... Adam Bly, talks about how his team at System is building foundational knowledge infrastructure to transform the world from silos to systems. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20...

Hour 4: (4pm) Creative Intelligence - youtu.be/YJYt4KD6_6M?... Our speaker Jacob talks about Creative Intelligence and how one can connect creativity to the idea of visualization and envisioning. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: youtube.com/playlist?lis... @katyborner.bsky.social

The new feature for the Cell Distance Explorer app: Spatial Omics Gallery is now live!🎉 Explore the new Spatial Omics Gallery: apps.humanatlas.io/cde/gallery Read the preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... #research #collaboration #biomed @katyborner.bsky.social

✨Join Juhi Khare, Product Designer at CNS as she gives a talk on VR. 📅Wednesday, 18th Feb 🕓12PM - 1:30PM ET 📍159, Herman B Wells Library, IU 🔗Register Now: events.iu.edu/cewit/event/... #virtualreality #datavisualization #biomed #WomenInTech

Hour 3: (2pm) Visualizing Intelligence(s) - youtu.be/HKjyL9kDDtU?... Andreas Bueckle, demonstrates Amatria - an ‘Intelligent Sculpture’ by Philip Beesley and team that is installed at @IULuddy Hall. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: www.youtube.com/@CNSCenter/p...

Demo Day this last Friday was bittersweet as we celebrated our team’s achievements and bid farewell to some of our teammates. We are grateful for their contributions to CNS and wish them all the best for the next chapter! @katyborner.bsky.social #research #Collaboration #NextChapter

✨Check out the HuBMAP Data Portal Workshop held on 29th Jan 2026. The workshop recording is now available : youtu.be/6v2WfLL62Fk?... Slides: drive.google.com/file/d/1RiTN... @iuluddy.bsky.social @kpmproject.bsky.social

The 24hr "Envisioning Intelligences” Event was a success!🎉✨ Hour 1: (12pm) Introduction by Exhibit Curators & Advisors - youtu.be/x3Y2bhltXZ8?... @katyborner.bsky.social @boriseldagsen.bsky.social @interactivethings.bsky.social

Come learn more about Human Reference Atlas (HRA) user interfaces, our powerful API, and our Jupyter widgets in the HuBMAP Portal Workshop tomorrow, 29 Jan 2026. Time: 11AM-3:15PM Register: hubmapconsortium.org/january-2026... @kpmproject.bsky.social @katyborner.bsky.social @bherr2.bsky.social

In this episode of the BioRevolution podcast, Katy Börner joins Andreas Horchler and Louise von Stechow to discuss why visualization + interpretation + communication of data matter just as much as data collection—and how macroscopes can help us make sense of our world. YouTube: youtu.be/ShxV6a5v2L8

Excited to share our new paper! Our team presents a general strategy for creating expert-curated, simplified views of complex biomedical ontologies, making these reference resources more FAIR 🎉 Congratulations to the entire team! 🔗 Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The 10th release of the Human Reference Atlas is now live! See what's new at humanatlas.io/release-note... 🎉 #dataviz #datavisualization #HRA

Join co-author Katy Borner for a conversation about the Atlas of Macroscopes which takes you on an epic data adventure and showcases interactive data visualizations at the Queens Public Library in New York 12/23/25 @ 3pm #datavisualization #HCI #UX @katyborner.bsky.social @qplnyc.bsky.social

It’s time for the long-awaited 24hr Event! Check out the blooper video from last year’s “Multiscale Human” : youtu.be/-mYUCGo-VOE?... #24Hr #CIFAR #MultiscleHuman #humanreferenceatlas #CNS #teamwork #collaboration

Join us from December 13 @12pm - December 14 @12pm “Envisioning Intelligences”, a unique 24hr online event hosted by the Places & Spaces exhibit team. Speakers include @katyborner.bsky.social @boriseldagsen.bsky.social @moebio.bsky.social @annaloi.bsky.social cns-iu.github.io/workshops/20...

Check out the 9th BigBrain Project Workshop conducted on 28th October, 2025 where Katy Börner gave a talk on the Human Reference Atlas Construction And Usage - Focusing On The Brain 🔗Video: youtu.be/NfbcMvRXFqM?... #BBWS25 #humanreferenceatlas #biomedical #DataViz @katyborner.bsky.social

Join Katy Börner - Stiftung Charité Visiting Fellow at the BIH, for a talk about the creation of the Human Reference Atlas (HRA). 🔗Registration: www.bihealth.org/en/news/even... To learn more : www.bihealth.org/en/notices/b... @bihatcharite.bsky.social @katyborner.bsky.social

Join co-author Katy Börner for a conversation about the Atlas of Macroscopes which takes you on an epic data adventure and showcase interactive data visualizations. 📍 Queens Public Library, New York @katyborner.bsky.social @qplnyc.bsky.social #dataViz #dataVisualization #HCI #UX

Join our authors Katy, Lisel & Todd at Morgenstern's Books & Cafe for a conversation about the Atlas of Macroscopes as they take you on an epic data adventure and showcase interactive data visualizations. 📍 Morgenstern Books, 849 S. Auto Mall Road Bloomington, IN 47401-5429 @katyborner.bsky.social

Join Andreas Bueckle and the IU Center of Excellence for Women & Technology for a Hands on Data Visualization Session 📅Monday, 17th Nov 🕓4PM - 5PM ET 📍2005, Luddy AI, IU

Check out X FRAMES PER SPACE • DIFFERENT LOGICS – SHARED QUESTION 📅 8–14 November 2025: 1PM – 6PM 📍 Alte WU – Library, 1st Floor (Block A), Augasse 2–6, 1090 Vienna 💫 Free for all #viennaartweek #societyforscience @katyborner.bsky.social

Excited to announce our panel “Challenges & Opportunities for Theory-Grounded Data Visualization in XR” at IEEE VIS 2025 in Vienna Wed, Nov 5 | 11:15–12:30 CET with Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, we introduce a novel panel format - TALK, TRY, TELL! youtu.be/fNdn4Pk3MwE cns-iu.github.io/data-vis-xr-...

🦠🧪Come Visit the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science booth at the IU Science Fest this Saturday, Nov 1st from 10AM to 4PM 📍Where: Franklin Hall Commons (near the Sample Gates) 🔗Check out more about the Science fest here: sciencefest.indiana.edu 🌍Check out Places and Spaces: scimaps.org/home

🌐Dive into this piece by @bigthink.com to explore how Macroscopes help interconnect the world we live in, from planetary systems to pandemic trends. 🔗Read the article by Katy, Lisel and Todd here: bigthink.com/hard-science... #datavisualization #bigdata #systemsthinking #science #innovation

Join our authors at the @broadinstitute on 30th October 2025 💻 Do bring your devices to explore these fascinating Macroscopes! 📚 Copies of Atlas of Macroscopes will be available for purchase at the event from the The MIT Press Bookstore. @mitpress.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org

We had a huge turnout at CNS Demo Day last Friday! The team is growing and progressing in a couple of interesting projects! ✨

🌎📖"Atlas of Macroscopes: Interactive Data Visualizations", co-authored by Katy Börner, Elizabeth Record and Todd Theriault is now out! Congratulations to the authors and editors! ✨ 🛒Check out the book and order it here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204992... @mitpress.bsky.social @katyborner.bsky.social

Prof. Dr. Katy Börner Connects Anatomy and Disease with the Multiscale Human Reference Atlas 💡Read 5 Questions for Prof. Dr. Katy Börner, by The Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) here: www.bihealth.org/en/notices/p... @katyborner.bsky.social

New this week from the MIT Press. Congratulations authors! 📚👇

Syd presents at the Scimaps booth at First Thursdays. Check out scimaps.org/home to learn more about macroscopes and visualizations

✨Join us for a talk on Mapping and Modeling Science, Technology, and Education at the Complexity Science Hub, Vienna where Katy Börner will give a talk on her upcoming book, Atlas of Macroscopes: Interactive Data Visualizations @mitpress.bsky.social

🌎📖"Atlas of Macroscopes: Interactive Data Visualizations", co-authored by Katy Börner, Elizabeth Record and Todd Theriault will come out this October! ✨Check out more about the book and preorder it here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204992... @mitpress.bsky.social @katyborner.bsky.social

Congratulations to our team for winning Phase 1 in the NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge! 🎉 🎉 The team led by Griffin Weber were among the 7 teams that qualified through Phase 1 Read about it here: www.nei.nih.gov/about/news-a... @katyborner.bsky.social

The HRA Hackathon held on August 25 - 26, 2025, at the CNS Center was a huge success!🎉🎉 This workshop brought together experts from multiple labs to share and integrate human atlas data and code across efforts.

Hour 24: (11AM) FAIR & Scalable Infrastructures - youtube.com/watch?v=YCHs... Our panel talks about the importance of large-scale datasets made easily available and working with these large datasets. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: humanatlas.io/events/2024-...

Hour 23: (10AM) Novel Methods and Technologies - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ahx... Our panel of experts talk about the novel methods and technologies in biomedicine and collaborations between industry and academia. To find other hours of the 24 Hour event visit: humanatlas.io/events/2024-...

Congratulations to Dr. Andreas Bueckle on winning two grants!! 🎉🎉 Read more about it here: news.iu.edu/luddy/live/n...