About Blue BrainBlue Brain ProjectBBP_3988a6b8-163c-11ea-8043-25610b83ea00EPFLNeuroscientistsThe Blue Brain Portal is a knowledge space for neuroscientists.Blue Brain TeamProf. Henry MarkramFounder and DirectorProf. Felix SchürmannComputing DirectorAdriana SalvatoreDirector of OperationsProf. Sean HillDirectorJean-Denis CourcolNeuroscientific Software EngineeringDr. Rajnish RanjanMembrane SystemsSamuel KerrienNeuroinformatics Software EngineeringMarc-Oliver GewaltigNeuroroboticsSamuel LapereScientific VisualizationOlli SaloCore Computing ServicesJames KingHigh Performance ComputingDaniel KellerMolecular SystemsFrancesco CasalegnoMachine LearningMohameth François SySection Manager Data and Knowledge EngineeringWerner Van GeitSimulation Neuroscience CellsMichael ReimannSimulation Neuroscience ConnectomicsSrikanth RamaswamySimulation Neuroscience CircuitsUnderstanding of the brain._3988a7d0-163c-11ea-8043-25610b83ea00To build biologically detailed digital reconstructions and simulations of the rodent, and ultimately the human brain._3988a866-163c-11ea-8043-25610b83ea00SimulationThe supercomputer-based reconstructions and simulations built by the project offer a radically new approach for understanding the multilevel structure and function of the brain.InterdependenciesThe project’s novel research strategy exploits interdependencies in the experimental data to obtain dense maps of the brain, without measuring every detail of its multiple levels of organization (molecules, cells, micro-circuits, brain regions, the whole brain).Knowledge SharingEPFL’s Blue Brain Project recognizes that knowledge sharing is an important driving force to consolidate and promote simulation neuroscience, which in turn, is fundamental to understanding the brain as a complex multi-scale system.CollaborationTherefore, the Blue Brain Portal brings together in one place open-sourced software, tools, models and data, both from us and our collaborators. The aim is for this knowledge to be utilized by both the neuroscientific and the wider scientific community to develop the field of simulation neuroscience.The BrainBuild digital reconstructions of the brain._3988a956-163c-11ea-8043-25610b83ea00This strategy allows the project to build digital reconstructions (computer models) of the brain at an unprecedented level of biological detail.Supercomputer-based simulation of their behavior turns understanding the brain into a tractable problem, providing a new tool to study the complex interactions within different levels of brain organization and to investigate the cross-level links leading from genes to cognition.InteractionsStudy complex interactions within different levels of brain organization._3988a9e2-163c-11ea-8043-25610b83ea001LinksInvestigate cross-level links leading from genes to cognition._3988aa6e-163c-11ea-8043-25610b83ea0022019-12-03https://portal.bluebrain.epfl.ch/about-2/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net