As part of the EIC Tech to Market Entrepreneurship Programme (EIC T2M), the European Innovation Council (EIC) invites EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition, as well as H2020 FET projects beneficiaries to apply for the EIC Innovation Discovery Training.

From 14 to 16 March 2023, the EBRAINS Workshop: Anatomy & function of the prefrontal cortex across species took place in Paris, France. The event was organised by the HBP Education Programme and EITN Paris, in collaboration with CEA Saclay, ICM, Cajal Institute & UPM.

HBP researchers have used a novel machine learning method to describe the differences between brain regions using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. The technique is capable of discovering distinct regional characteristics starting from observational fMRI data – obtained in this case from the Human Connectome Project. The results can then be compared to known genetic and structural features from those areas, improving our understanding of brain dynamics. The findings have been published in the journal Science Advances.

The final Human Brain Project Summit 2023 will take place in Marseille, France, on March 28-31, 2023. Media representatives are invited to join.

Over the last decade, the Human Brain Project Building has used structured and strategic approaches to embed responsible research and innovation (RRI) practices across the project. The efforts to curate the legacy of this work includes the development an online RRI toolkit. A recent paper explores whether this kind of toolkit can help embed the legacy of RRI activities in a large research project, and what is needed to ensure it has a role to play.

The Science Market is an exciting and popular part of the Human Brain Project Summit. The Open Day on 28 March is free to the public. For more information and to register for the event, please visit our Summit website. You can also download the Open Day flyer including a booth overview for the Science Market.

In a collaboration with scientists from the University of Melbourne in Australia and Indiana University in the US, a team of Human Brain Project researchers from the of Aix-Marseille University has analysed the propagation of electrical signals in the human brain after direct stimulation. The results show that mathematical models of network communication can predict the propagation of signals, and that a model of diffusive flow of information, rather than a direct path, often seems to be a more reliable predictor of how information travels in the brain. The study, led by Caio Seguin from the University of Melbourne, has …

New research by the Human Brain Project has found that in the brains of patients with epilepsy, changes in large scale neuronal activations  can be detected in the brain’s resting state activity, even when no seizure is ongoing. The non-invasive approach could lead to a new method to aid epilepsy diagnostics.

The HBPs Diversity and Equal Opportunities Committee (DEOC) of the  is pleased to announce an upcoming publication on recommendations for enhancing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in research projects. The paper will be published on Zenodo and will welcome contributions from the scientific community.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has recently announced that it will award a Transition grant to SpiNNcloud Systems GmbH, a deep-tech startup based in Saxony, Germany.