Nine HBP research and development projects are successfully using Fenix e-infrastructure services at CSCS. 

A novel tool has been developed to meet the needs of both fundamental research on the human brain, in particular to decode the cyto- and fiber architectures of the cerebral cortex in vivo, and the clinical research to provide clinicians with a virtual biopsy tool which could eventually replace invasive surgical biopsies.

State of the art neuroimaging has enabled a  research team led by HBP scientist Rainer Goebel at University of Maastricht to map neural correllates of conscious visual perception at a never before seen level of detail.

Fifteen innovative project proposals have been selected for implementation in the Human Brain Project Joint Platform Infrastructure.

The 'Brains on Board' project is a collaboration between several British universities in partnership with the Human Brain Project and seeks to ‘translate’ the brains of ants and bees into algorithms that a machine will understand. Its aim is to create equally efficient robots that can be used for rescue, space exploration and terrain analysis.

Changing the expression of specific disease-related genes in animal models allows researchers to gain important insights into to molecular origins of neurodegenerative and other diseases of the brain in preclinical research.

Diattenuation Imaging (DI) analyses thin histological brain sections in a special microscope that uses polarized light, i.e. a light wave with a certain direction of oscillation. 

HBP research was presented by leading scientists from the project at “Brain Research & Tech: How can Horizon Europe improve human brain health and performance?”

The EBRA consortium has launched a Call for Clusters aimed to promote co-operation and exchange between brain research projects and networks, and thus enable or enhance international collaboration and the emergence of development of clusters in all areas of brain research, in line with EBRA’s aim to foster new, and extend existing, transnational research cooperation of European countries, and to support coordination of research efforts.

The HBP has launched a High Potential Mentoring Programme for Early Career Stage Scientists and Managers of Science, developed by the Gender Advisory Committee.