... geneticists, neuroscientists, computer scientists and robotics experts. They claim that the 'Human Brain Project' can help to make better use of existing knowledge in brain research. "Knowledge is fragmented," explains neuroscientist Henry Markram from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). "It's time to put these pieces together". Markram is coordinating the research project together with Prof. Karlheinz Meier from the University of Heidelberg. The scientists at EPFL have already been able to model a tiny part of a rat brain at the cellular level. The simulation of the entire human brain, on the other hand, will ...