In the course of their work, Janelia researchers generate millions of digitized images and gigabytes of data files, and they run algorithms daily that demand robust computational horsepower. Geneticists, molecular biologists, biophysicists, physiologists, and even electrical engineers pursue some of the most challenging problems in neuroscience, chief among them how individual neuronal circuits process information. Their discoveries depend, now more than ever, on the seamless interplay of scientists and computers.

Illustration: Mike Perry