BRAIN Initiative Announcement Posted By: Dave Kennedy - Apr 5, 2013Tool/Resource: NITRC Community “If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas... Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy... Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s… Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.” - President Barack Obama, 2013 State of the Union (excerpted from http://govne.ws/item/Fact-Sheet-BRAIN-In...) On April 2nd, at a White House event, the President unveiled a bold new research initiative designed to revolutionize our understanding of the human brain. Launched with approximately $100 million in the President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget, the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative ultimately aims to help researchers find new ways to treat, cure, and even prevent brain disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury. How will this affect your work? How will this affect NITRC and other neuroscience informatics infrastructures? Join the on-line discussion at http://www.nitrc.org/forum/forum.php?thr... |
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