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Our goal is to integrate the experimental data to develop the virtual synapse model (VSM) . The initial version of VSM will model the spatio-temporal dynamics of SV clusters, the recycling, fusion and fission of SVs at the active zone on the presynaptic site, and the dynamics of the postsynaptic density (PSD), AMPA receptors and actins on the postsynaptic site. The VSM software will consist of two core components: i) the Synaptic Dynamics Simulation environment, and ii) the Machine Learning Backbone.

Felipe Opazo

Principal Investigators
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C6: “Coarse-grained simulation of the role of local environment on presynaptic release: from fusion to fission”

Marcus Müller

C12: “A multiscale analysis of synaptic turnover for modeling the dynamic changes that shape synaptic function”

Eugenio Fornasiero & Johanna Senk

B11 “Gating and expression of long-term synaptic plasticity as an interplay between parallel transmission sites and astrocyte signalling”

Oliver M. Schlüter