Open Neuroscience for
Teaching and Research
Open Source Neuro is a collaborative organisation working across countries and institutions to develop open-source devices, software and practical resources for neuroscience education and research.
We support their use through documentation, teaching, workshops and collaborative development.
Learn neuroscience by experimenting
Students should learn not only what neuroscience currently knows, but how that knowledge is made: by asking questions, making predictions, designing controlled experiments, recording observations and interpreting evidence.
OSN develops open teaching platforms that make neuronal and cellular mechanisms tangible. Learners can manipulate variables, observe live responses, collect data and examine how the instrument itself shapes what can be measured.
Make mechanisms tangible
Manipulate biologically meaningful variables and observe their effects through live signals, traces and measurable behaviour.
Practise experimental reasoning
Build investigations around questions, predictions, controls and measurements—including results that do not match expectations.
Understand the instrument and the evidence
Examine how measurements are produced, connect observations with models, and decide what experiment should come next.
Education and Research
Our work is organised around two development programmes:
– Open platforms for neuroscience education
– Open tools for experimental research
Across both, we aim to make experimental systems understandable and adaptable, giving educators and researchers greater control over how observations are produced.
Education & Academia
Open teaching platforms, software and practical resources that bring electrophysiology-style investigation into the classroom.
Learners can control experimental variables, record and analyse neural responses, and develop experimental reasoning without relying on biological preparations.
Research
Open instruments, software and protocols developed with researchers to address defined experimental problems.
Documented designs support adaptation, experimental control and integration into laboratory workflows.
What we offer
Open-source tools, collaborative projects, and hands-on training.
Teaching Projects
With our academic partners, we develop, reproduce, and adapt open tools specifically designed for university-level education.
Working closely with teaching teams, we tailor each solution to course objectives and students’ needs.
Our goal is to enhance the learning experience by providing accessible, innovative tools that empower both educators and learners.
Research Projects
We develop and replicate accessible and customisable state-of-the-art tools for scientific research.
We support research teams and institutions worldwide.
By promoting the open science principles, we aim to leverage the collective expertise of the global community to tackle the modern challenges encountered in the research environment.
Workshops
With our collaborators, we develop accessible tools and methods for neurophysiology, data analysis, computational neuroscience, and experimental methodology.
We run neuroscience workshops with teaching institutions.
We also offer hands-on training for students and researchers in coding, electronics, and 3D design/printing—key skills to use, modify, and maintain open-source hardware.