Early December, the Assises Nationales des Données de la Recherche (ANDOR2025 – National Conference on Research Data) brought together, over two days, stakeholders from academia and industry to discuss the production, management, processing, dissemination, and reuse of scientific research data.
This second edition, organized by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space together with Université Paris-Saclay, also placed a strong emphasis on sensitive data and artificial intelligence.
On this occasion, several awards were presented. The IMS laboratory is proud to count one of its members and a former PhD student among the laureates.
Open Science Award for Open Research Software
The Open Science Award for Open Research Software highlights projects and research teams working toward the development and dissemination of open-source software, thereby contributing to the construction of a major common good. This award recognizes the production of open-source software as a research output in its own right. It showcases outstanding or highly promising achievements that can inspire both the scientific community and society at large.
The NeuRon Virtualizer (NRV) software received this award in the “Documentation” category. NRV is developed as part of research conducted in bioelectronics by Florian Kolbl, Associate Professor at Bordeaux INP and the IMS laboratory, and supported by the work of former PhD students Louis Regnacq and Thomas Couppey.
The NRV software aims to model the physics of neuron/electronic-circuit interfaces with the goal of developing new therapeutic approaches. Initiated at CY Cergy Paris Université and the ETIS Laboratory, NRV is now developed within the IMS Laboratory and used in several research projects and collaborations.
NeuRon Virtualizer – Modeling the Electrical Behavior of Peripheral Nerves
NeuRon Virtualizer is an open-source tool, released under the CeCILL-C license, designed to simulate the electrical behavior of peripheral nerves. It allows users to model nerve responses to different electrical stimuli and to explore these mechanisms interactively, supporting research and the development of innovative therapies.
It integrates scientifically validated biophysical models and relies exclusively on open-source libraries (Gmsh, FEniCS, NEURON). The NRV documentation is comprehensive, well-structured, and tailored to meet the needs of several categories of users—from beginners to experts and future developers. It includes a wide range of usage examples covering various features of the software.
Initiated by Florian Kolbl, NRV has been developed by a team of contributors working on diverse tasks (development, maintenance, and technical or scientific documentation): Louis Regnacq, Thomas Couppey, Roland Giraud, and more recently Jaderson Polli and Maroua Hammami-Kolbl.
Official website: https://nrv-framework.org
Documentation: https://nrv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Related scientific publication: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011826
Open Science Thesis Award
The Open Science Thesis Award aims to encourage and highlight open-science practices among doctoral candidates. This award recognizes defended theses in which open-science practices contributed to the quality of the scientific work.
Louis Regnacq was awarded this prize in the “Multidisciplinary and Cross-cutting” category for his work combining open-software, open-hardware, and health technologies. His thesis, titled “Improving the selectivity of peripheral nervous system electrical stimulation using intrafascicular electrodes and non-conventional waveforms”, was defended at CY Cergy Paris Université.
Louis Regnacq carried out his doctoral work between the ETIS and IMS laboratories, under the supervision of Olivier Romain and with guidance from Yannick Bornat and Florian Kolbl.
Photo Credit : © Christophe PEUS / Université Paris Saclay
