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The 21st century is witnessing a data deluge driven by the industrialization of many aspects of the scientific process, especially in the life sciences and medicine. The need to make sense of the growing volume of data is driving a rapid expansion in informatics-based and simulation-based science and medicine. The advent of supercomputers powerful enough to simulate life processes, the development of mathematical abstractions to describe them, and their application in simulations and models pose major challenges for the way we educate students and prepare the young researchers of the future. The HBP constitutes an extreme form of simulation-based research and is thus in an ideal position to teach this new science and its applications in medicine and technology. The HBP will thus exploit the project’s unique technology to build a novel educational platform where the science, medicine and brain-derived technologies can be demonstrated through Internet-accessible hands-on interactions in virtual laboratories, lecture theaters, hospitals and factories. The project will use this platform as the basis for a unique program of transdisciplinary education for young scientists and technologists wishing to build a career in relevant disciplines. Additional educational activities will disseminate new knowledge generated by the project.