{"id":3569,"date":"2020-03-12T09:58:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T08:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2020-03-12T09:58:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T08:58:57","slug":"the-open-access-brain-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/2020\/03\/12\/the-open-access-brain-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open Access Brain Atlas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An international team of scientists led by researchers here at Karolinska Institutet and Science for Life Laboratory in Sweden has now launched a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed in the brain, published some days ago in the journal\u00a0Science<\/em><\/a>. The open-access database offers medical researchers an unprecedented resource to deepen their understanding of the brain and develop new, more effective therapies and diagnostics targeting psychiatric and neurological diseases.<\/p>\n

According to the plan, a grand release event should be held 11 March in Nobel Forum, on KI campus Solna. But due to the spread of the new coronavirus and COVID-19, this event unfortunately had to be cancelled.<\/p>\n

As a small compensation, I post the introduction speech I was supposed to give. I hope we can join on a later occasion to celebrate the landmark work of this research team. In these most difficult of times we should continue to enjoy and celebrate groundbreaking science.<\/p>\n

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Friends, colleagues,<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s such a pleasure to see so many here to celebrate the publication of the Brain Atlas research in\u00a0Science<\/em>, as well as the world premier of two Brain Atlas-inspired videos.<\/p>\n

Your support and enthusiasm have been so great \u2013 so expansive in fact \u2013 that we were required to move this celebration into a significantly larger space, to Nobel Forum, both to mark the importance of the occasion and to welcome everyone who was eager to attend.<\/p>\n

The newly published open-access Brain Atlas offers a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed in the brain, offering medical researchers an unprecedented resource to deepen their understanding of the brain and neurological diseases.<\/p>\n

This unique research contribution is an excellent example of what our university stands for:\u00a0groundbreaking<\/em>\u00a0research, conducted in\u00a0close collaboration with national, regional and international partners<\/em>, in which the resulting data is open to all, allowing scientists both in academia and industry to explore the human proteome for the improvement of human health.<\/p>\n

I congratulate the authors and collaborators at:<\/p>\n