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@@ -89,7 +89,12 @@ <h3>2) OpenWorm interviewed on Data Skeptic Podcast </h3>
 
               <h3>3) OpenWorm Docker simulation stack updated </h3>
 
-              <p class="lead">A major update to the <a href="https://github.com/openworm/OpenWorm/blob/master/README.md#quickstart">simulation stack</a> of the OpenWorm project was released. This involved updating all core elements (<a href="https://github.com/openworm/c302">c302</a>, <a href="https://github.com/openworm/sibernetic">Sibernetic</a>) in the Dockerfile and enabling <a href="https://github.com/openworm/OpenWorm/actions">automated tests</a> for building the Docker container using Intel and AMD libraries.</p>
+              <p class="lead">A major update to the <a href="https://github.com/openworm/OpenWorm/blob/master/README.md#quickstart">simulation stack</a> of the OpenWorm project was released. This involved updating all core elements (<a href="https://github.com/openworm/c302">c302</a>, <a href="https://github.com/openworm/sibernetic">Sibernetic</a>) in the Dockerfile and enabling <a href="https://github.com/openworm/OpenWorm/actions">automated tests</a> for building the Docker container using Intel and AMD libraries. A big thanks to <a href="https://github.com/austinklein">Austin Klein</a> who completed this work as part of an <a href="studentships.html">OpenWorm Studentship</a>.</p>
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+              <h3>4) New cell and ion channel models in NeuroML </h3>
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+              <p class="lead">A key part of the OpenWorm project's work is to incorporate models of neurons which behave like their biological counterparts. The 2019 paper of Nicoletti and colleagues (<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218738">Biophysical modeling of <i>C. elegans</i> neurons: Single ion currents and whole-cell dynamics of AWCon and RMD</a> presents new models of 2 <i>C. elegans</i> neurons with the ionic currents which underlie their electrical activity. These have been converted to <a href="http://www.neuroml.org">NeuroML</a> format for use in OpenWorm. See <a href="https://github.com/openworm/NicolettiEtAl2019_NeuronModels">here</a> for full details.</p>
 
 
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