Igor Tatarnikov
Igor Tatarnikov is a Research Software Engineer at University College London’s Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, where he aspires to create easy to use software tools for neuroscientists with a focus on image analysis.
Igor holds a BSc in Microbiology and Immunology and an MSc in Neuroscience from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), as well as a Bachelor in Computer Science from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada). For his MSc, Igor explored the electrophysiological characteristics of genetic mouse models of Parkinson’s disease. Igor’s multidisciplinary background is particularly useful for his current work, where he creates open-source tools for neuroanatomical image analysis.
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Affiliation –University College London
Position / Job –Senior Research Software Engineer
GitHub/GitLab profile URL –Session
The BrainGlobe initiative provides open-source tools for analysis and visualisation of brain microscopy imaging data. Neuroanatomy is key to understanding the brain. However, current tools are often specialised for a single model species or image modality and lack sustained support post-publication. BrainGlobe provides a generalised framework for representing multiple anatomical atlases within and across species, allowing our tools to be uniquely interoperable. Registration tools allow the outputs of BrainGlobe packages to be placed within the broader context of a neuroanatomical atlas. This enables unique downstream analyses that would otherwise be extremely time consuming. Our goal is to empower users with easily accessible analysis and visualisation tools that can be ready for use within minutes on a standard laptop.