Spain

Overview

EBRAINS SPAIN promotes the vision of EBRAINS and puts in place activities to position the Node as a strategic actor of the Spanish ecosystem of Neuroscience. The Node is formed by universities, research and technology centers, hospitals, and industrial entities. The Node members provide the EBRAINS community with a varied range of technical and clinical resources, like functional brain imaging techniques with patient data and intracranial registries, diagnostic tools to evaluate image-based biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases, prognostic tools based on artificial intelligence, or computational imaging data biobanks for brain research, among other tools and facilities. The collaborative research and innovation work facilitated by the Node aims at addressing two specific scientific challenges: the development of clinical solutions to better understand and address memory problems and the acceleration of neurorehabilitation innovation processes to tackle motor disorders.

Services offered

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Centro de Tecnología Biomédica) (UPM)

UPM´s lab employs a multimodal approach that combines functional brain imaging techniques with patient brain lesion data, pharmacology, genetics, deep brain stimulation and intracranial electrophysiological recordings to study human medial temporal lobe functions.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Grupo de Inteligencia computacional) (UPM)

Solutions based on intelligent systems for biomedical problems. The services have been directed to several Spanish hospitals, foundations, and pharmaceutical companies for the construction of predictive models from data on problems related to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy.

Fundación de investigación HM Hospitales (FHM)

Study and development of new non-pharmacological treatments for movement disorders caused by Parkinson's disease. It includes development of new "magnetoceutical" therapies based on transcranial static magnetic field stimulation; study of neurophysiological biomarkers of excitability and plasticity, based on transcranial magnetic stimulation; study of neuroimaging biomarkers based on magnetic resonance; and research of pathophysiological mechanisms in humans & animals.

Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FRCB-IDIBAPS)

FRCB-IDIBAPS makes use of 7Tesla MRI (including both image acquisition and processing) to evaluate non-invasive and translational image-based biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases in animal models or tissue samples, and their potential as new diagnostic tools. Their research in computational models and/or artificial intelligence tools helps to predict the evolution of the disease with MRI.

Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

IBEC has carried out pioneering work in multiphotonic stimulation, with non-invasive infrared light and focus of pharmacological action, remote control of brain states, contributions to cochlear implants for high-resolution hearing restoration and retinal implants, for drug-based vision restoration.

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC)

URJC´s work is focused on the area of scientific visualisation, currently focused on the development of means and tools that help to understand data sets, models, structures, networks, and systems that are complex, massive and/or difficult to understand.

Bit&Brain Technologies SL (BITBRAIN)

BITBRAIN provides a combination of a large set of technologies that simultaneously support 35+ different human behaviour sensor modalities. They compute a wide range of emotional (valence, arousal, etc.), cognitive (memorisation, attention, etc.) and behavioural metrics (gaze behaviour, etc.) from the multimodal data collection. They offer customisation of turn-key hardware and software solutions to enable applied neuroscience data collection/analysis and neurotechnology developments.

Universidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF) - Clúster computacional para modelado y análisis de datos

UPF offers advanced workflows for causal inference and model validation of brain function and dysfunction. Specifically, they provide integrated services to infer information routing patterns from large-scale neurophysiological data and model effective connectivity within brain networks. They employ multiscale co-simulation tools, coupling large-scale network models simulated by The Virtual Brain (TVB) with small-scale neuron simulations using NEST or Annarchy software.

Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)

The ISCIII is the Spanish entity of international reference in the field of Public Health and Biomedical Research. It articulates and facilitates health research within the scope of the National Health System (SNS), through its National Reference Centers, Research Institutes, Foundations, Networks, Consortia and Scientific-Technical Services Platforms. It offers scientific-technical advisory services for health technology decision-making.

Services onboarding

• Only members of EBRAINS and the National Node can propose new services (digital tools, research equipment, scientific data, etc.) to the EBRAINS infrastructure.
• The Node members must confirm the alignment and usefulness of the proposed new services to address the Node scientific challenges.
• The service provider institution must guarantee that the new service will be operative and available for the neuroscience community through EBRAINS, and according to the SLA (Service Level Agreement) or SLU (Service Level Understanding) signed between the AISBL and the provider.
• The service provider must guarantee that the new service will be properly documented and maintained.

Contact

Do you have any questions about the Spain node? Please submit your question and email address below. The message will go to EBRAINS Spain Node Manager Bárbara Gasset.