BigBrain
Some of you have probably heard of President Obama’s BRAIN initiative. It’s basically a concerted (federally supported) effort aimed at figuring out the underpinnings of neurological and psychiatric diseases that have a strong brain basis, as well as trying to understand how a healthy brain works. Concurrently, there is an incredibly strong push to have open source data sharing. This combination is a geek’s perfect storm. Case in point: The BigBrain project. An interactive atlas that allows you to scroll through the brain at ultra high…