Ambitious International Brain Initiative (IBI) launched to advance global neuroscience research

__ Decoding the Brain Goes Global With the International Brain Initiative (Singularity Hub): “… it’s perhaps fitting that mankind is now uniting to understand the organ that fundamentally makes us human: our brain. First envisioned in 2016 through a series of discussions on the “grand challenges” in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, the International Brain Initiative (IBI) “came out” this week in a forward-looking paper in Neuron. Rather than each country formulating their own brain projects independently, the project argues, it’s high time for the world to come together and share their findings, resources, and expertise across borders. By uniting efforts, the IBI can help shape the future of neuroscience research at a global scale—for promoting brain and mental health, for stimulating international collaboration, for ethical neuroscience practices, and for crafting future generations of scientists… The initiative, at the time of writing, includes Japan’s Brain/Minds, Australian Brain Alliance, the EU’s Human Brain Project (HBP), Canadian Brain Research Strategy, the US’ BRAIN Initiative (BRAINI), the Korea Brain Initiative, and the China Brain Project … Is IBI’s vision naïve? Maybe. The most impactful technological advancements of our age—flight, nuclear weapons, conquering space, the Internet—have all stemmed from the minds of a relatively small group of people w...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Technology brain brain initiatives grand challenges International Brain Initiative Johns-Hopkins-University mental health NeuroView Source Type: blogs