Research software engineers
for neuroscience

We convert lab data to NWB and publish it on the DANDI Archive, so that funder data sharing requirements are met with files other researchers can reuse. We also maintain the tools the standard depends on: NeuroConv, NWB Inspector, and NWB GUIDE.

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Standardize
Convert complex lab formats to NWB
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Validate
Build tested, documented data pipelines
03
Publish
Prepare datasets for DANDI and reuse
66
Research labs supported
17
Grant-funded projects
34
Partner institutions
Why CatalystNeuro

What sets the team apart

We bridge the gap between academic research and professional software engineering. Our team combines deep neuroscience domain expertise with production-grade development practices, delivering solutions that are both scientifically rigorous and built to last.

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Domain experts

Our engineers have published research and understand the nuances of neurophysiology data.

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100% open source

No vendor lock-in. Every tool we build is open source and belongs to the community.

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Production quality

Professional testing, documentation, and long-term maintainability. Not just research prototypes.

What we do

Our services

CatalystNeuro has worked successfully with diverse scientific research groups in a variety of capacities. All work we do is open source, so our team can fit seamlessly with research groups without worry of expensive licensing fees or vendor lock-in.

Open data management

Convert your data to Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) and publish on the DANDI Archive.

  • Open-source conversion pipeline
  • Compliance with government and foundation funders
  • Includes notebooks demonstrating data use
  • Conversion pipelines built for 66 labs
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Software engineering

Integrate existing analysis, visualization, and data management tools with open data via NWB and DANDI.

  • Professionalize software through packaging, testing, and documentation
  • Create reproducible workflows for data processing and analysis
View our work

AI in neuroscience

Apply language models and machine learning to neurophysiology data, built on the same open standards.

  • Develop agents to automate processing steps
  • Data curation for building neural foundation models
  • Training in agentic code generation
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Cloud integration
Team training
Data analytics
Open source
Backed and trusted by
National Institutes of HealthAllen InstituteThe Kavli FoundationThe Michael J. Fox FoundationSimons Foundation

Working with labs at 34 institutions

Stanford
Harvard
MIT
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
NYU
Berkeley
Northwestern
UCSF
Johns Hopkins
Salk Institute
University of Washington
University of Pennsylvania
UT Austin
Emory
Mount Sinai
Cornell
Working with the team at CatalystNeuro was a terrific, highly productive experience. They revamped a bespoke volumetric imaging pipeline we had developed, integrated it with our behavioral data, and made it all compatible with NWB. My lab has already used their CatalystNeuro pipeline in publication, and will undoubtedly find their NWB toolkit of great use in the future.
Dr. Thomas ClandininProfessor, Stanford University

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