Why ⁉️

I’ll tell you why!

Before my time, so I'm told, Morris Lab members held regular meetings to write/edit code and talk about neuroimaging. Oh! Those were the days! (I imagine)

Sadly, in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic this practice waned. Senior lab members graduated, and it died off completely...

But now I aim to bring it back, bigger and better than ever! Like a pheonix rising from the ashes -- Kaww! Screech! Kaww! 🐥🔥

I want to create a space for students (not just Morris lab members, since I'm about to be the only one) to come together to write code and geek out about neuroimaging. And I want to give new students, in particular, a fun environment to learn the basics and best practices of coding for brain science. I feel comfortable teaching about MRI cuz it's my jam, but I'd love to cover other imaging modalities as well. I'll lead as much as I can, but I'm hoping others will chip in to make this a more valuable learning opportunity for everyone (hint hint _{please help me}). While I'm not an expert programmer, I do have some experinece coding in Bash, Python, R, MatLab, Java, C/C++, JavaScript/HTML, and even a little x86 Assembly (yikes). I like programming 🤓 it's fun! But it isn't always fun, especially if you're new to it and don't have access to the right resources. So let's help each other out!

When you write code, you make mistakes. I've made plenty, and I want others to learn from them. Likewise, I want to leverage the wisdom of my peers. So I really hope y'all will join me in creating a fun and collaborative learning atmosphere for summer 2025.

Plus, hey, there’s free lunch!