The Human Brain Project Research Infrastructure Voucher Call - 2019 Projects

    21 July 2020


    Thirteen innovative project proposals have been selected for implementation in the Human Brain Project EBRAINS Infrastructure.

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    Close-up of the  BrainScaleS-2 ASIC. Image taken from the publication “Training spiking multi-layer networks with surrogate gradients on an analog neuromorphic substrate, by B. Cramer and S. Billaudelle et al. 2020”, which is based on the former voucher SuperSpike.

    The aim of the Voucher Call is to open EBRAINS to meet the needs of the user community in a new dynamic way: the vouchers fund HBP engineers to solve the technical and scientific questions of the winning proposals via the development of new platform tools and advancement of available services.

    The call received 25 eligible proposals from researchers and groups from all over the world.

    After much thoughtful deliberation, a team of fifteen evaluators, who were all external to the HBP consortium, announced the following winning proposals:

    Map of dopamine receptor positive cell types in the developing and adult mouse brain (DOPAMAP)

    Jee Hyun Kim, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia

    HBP contact: Trygve B. Leergaard, University of Oslo, Norway

    Workflow optimization for brain-wide spatial analysis to identify regional and cell-type correlates of resilience to Alzheimer’s in the AD-BXD mouse population (BRAINSPACE)

    Catherine Kaczorowski, The Jackson Laboratory, USA

    HBP contact: Maja Puchades, University of Oslo, Norway

    Enhanced mouse atlas for cerebellar connectivity (ATLAS-cer)

    Hannah Choi (leader), University of Washington, and Stefan Mihalas and Julie Harris, Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA

    HBP contact: Egidio D'Angelo, University of Pavia, Italy

    Multiscale Striatal Models for Neuronal Plasticity: Integration to the Brain Simulation Platform (StriatalPlas)

    Kim Blackwell (leader), George Mason University, USA, and Upinder Bhalla, National Center for Biological Sciences, India

    HBP contact: Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski, Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and Marja-Leena Linne, Tampere University of Technology, Finand

    Integrating a Multimodal Olfactory Bulb Model into EBRAINS (INDOME)

    Gordon M Shepherd (leader), Michael L. Hines and Robert A. McDougal, Yale University, USA

    HBP contact: Michele Migliore, National Research Council, Italy

    BOLD signal reconstruction and simulation from cellular data-driven models (BOLDsim)

    Shyam Diwakar Mukundanunny, AMRITA Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India

    HBP contact: Egidio D'Angelo (leader), University of Pavia, Italy, and Viktor Jirsa, Aix-Marseille University, France

    SODIUM signal reconstruction and simulation from cellular data-driven models (SODIUMsim)

    Claudia Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott (leader), University College London, UK, and Giovanni Savini, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Italy

    HBP contact: Egidio D'Angelo (leader), University of Pavia, Italy, and Viktor Jirsa, Aix-Marseille University, France

    Modeling Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampal Trisynaptic Circuit: Integration to the Brain Simulation Platform (HippoTrisynPlasticity)

    Peter Jedlicka (leader), Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany, and Ausra Saudargiene, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania

    HBP contact: Michele Migliore, National Research Council, Italy, and Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

    Integration of NetPyNE into EBRAINS Platform (EBRnetpyne)

    William Lytton (leader), Kings County Hospital, USA, and Salvador Dura, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, USA

    HBP contact: Michele Migliore, National Research Council, Italy

    Multiscale Mathematical Modeling: from Neurons to Networks (M3N2)

    Addolorata Marasco, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

    HBP contact: Michele Migliore, National Research Council, Italy

    Whole-brain spiking neural network and rodent musculo-skeletal models integration for behavioral experimentation in the neurorobotics platform (RoBoBrain)

    Kenji Doya (leader), Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Tadashi Yamazaki, The University of Electro-Communications, Jun Igarashi, RIKEN, Carlos E. Gutierrez, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School, Japan

    HBP contact: Fabrice Morin and Alois Knoll, Technical University Munich, Germany

    Leveraging intrinsic recurrence for temporal processing in spiking neural networks (INTREC)

    Friedemann Zenke, Friedrich Miescher Institute of Biomedical Research, Switzerland

    HBP contact: Sebastian Billaudelle, Benjamin Cramer and Björn Kindler, Heidelberg University, Germany

    Preparing brain models for exascale systems (EXABRAINPREP)

    Jun Igarashi (leader), RIKEN, Kenji Doya, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Carlos Enrique Gutierrez, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School, Tadashi Yamazaki, University of Electro-Communications, Japan

    HBP contact: Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

    We are already excited to see the projects developing with the new user community.

    We thank all who have participated in the call.

    We appreciated every proposal and would like to encourage all to explore EBRAINS; and in case you consider a collaboration to apply as a partnering project (non-funded).