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   ## BigBrain June 2013 Data Release Acknowledgments ##
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   McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
   Montréal Neurological Institute
   Montréal, Canada
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   * Alan C. Evans
     Principal investigator; project conceptualization and supervision

   * Claude Lepage
     Development and programming of image-processing tools
     for 3D reconstruction/alignment and automatic repair pipelines,
     manual repairs, registration, quality control and documentation

   * Lindsay B. Lewis
     Manual repairs, quality control and documentation

   * Marc-Etienne Rousseau
     Computing platform manager

   * Reza Adalat
     Systems and programs manager

   * Samir Das
     Web visualization programmer/manager

   * Tarek Sherif
     Web visualization programmer

   * Nicolas Kassis
     Web visualization programmer

   * Dave MacFarlane
     Web visualization and data release programmer

   * Jordan Stirling
     Web visualization and data release programmer

   * Pierre Rioux
     Data release developer and programmer

   * Mia Petkova
     Platform and interface programmer



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   Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
   Research Centre Jülich
   Jülich, Germany
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   * Katrin Amunts
     Principal investigator; project conceptualization and supervision,
     quantitative analysis of the cytoarchitecture

   * Karl Zilles
     Principal investigator; project conceptualization and supervision

   * Hartmut Mohlberg
     Data acquisition, processing and platform manager

   * Timo Dickscheid
     Data handling and pre-processing, platform manager

   * Sebastian Bludau
     Observer-independent brain area definition

   * Nadim J. Shah
     MR imaging and supervision

   * Ana-Maria Oros-Peusquens
     MR imaging

   * Florian Janetzko
     Technical assistance porting pipelines to Juropa

   * Ferdag Kocaer
     Histology collection and staining, technical assistance

   * Ursula Blohm
     Histology collection and staining, technical assistance

   * Patricia Morosan
     Helpful discussion

   * Uwe Pietrzyk
     Helpful discussion

   * Martin Schober
     Manual repair assistance

   * Tim Hütz
     Manual repair assistance

   * Melanie Kleiner
     Manual repair assistance

   * Franziska Henke
     Manual repair assistance

   * Katja Morstadt
     Manual repair assistance

   * René Hübbers
     Manual repair assistance

   * Julia Reckfort
     Manual repair assistance

   * René Bergs
     Manual repair assistance



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   Jülich Supercomputing Centre
   Research Centre Jülich
   Jülich, Germany
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   * Thomas Lippert
     Realization of removal of artifacts and 3D reconstruction on Juropa



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   Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
   Leipzig, Germany
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   * Pierre-Louis Bazin
     Non-linear registration to stereotaxic space



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   Center for Advanced Imaging
   University of Queensland
   Australia
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   * Andrew Janke
     Developer of TissueStack online web visualization software



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   National Research Council of Canada
   Ottawa, Canada
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   * Louis Borgeat
     Volume data modeling and integration, development of
     the Atelier3D remote visualization and analysis tools

   * Philippe Massicotte
     Development of the Atelier3D remote visualization and analysis tools



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   Supporting Organizations
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   * Helmholtz Association, Germany
     Funding support under the Portfolio project Supercomputing and
     Modeling for the Human Brain

   * Human Brain Project, a European Union Flagship project
     Funding support

   * Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network (CANARIE)
     Funding support

   * Compute Canada
     Continued support through extensive access to the Compute Canada HPC grid

   * Réseau Québécois de Calcul de Haute Performance (RQCHP)
     Continued support through extensive access to the RQCHP HPC grid

   * National Research Council Canada (NRC)
     Atelier3D remote visualization and analysis tools

   * Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
     TissueStack and web visualization software