Abdullah Jafri Malin
Chief Editor, Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Malays J Med Sci. 2013 May;20(3):1-5.
President Obama of the United States of America announced this April the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN for short) investment, while Professor Henry Markram's team based in the European Union will spend over a billion euros on the Human Brain Project, breaking through the unknowns in the fifth science of the decade: Neuroscience. Malaysia's growth in the same field needs to be augmented, and thus the Universiti Sains Malaysia's vision is to excel in the field of clinical brain sciences, mind sciences and neurosciences. This will naturally bring up the level of research in the country simultaneously. Thus, a center was recently established to coordinate this venture. The four-year Integrated Neuroscience Program established recently will be a sustainable source of neuroscientists for the country. We hope to establish ourselves by 2020 as a global university with neurosciences research as an important flagship.
今年4月,美国总统奥巴马宣布了“推进创新神经技术脑研究计划”(简称BRAIN计划)投资,而欧盟的亨利·马克拉姆教授团队将投入超过10亿欧元开展人类大脑计划,突破这十年来的第五大科学领域——神经科学的未知难题。马来西亚在同一领域的发展需要加强,因此马来西亚理科大学的愿景是在临床脑科学、心智科学和神经科学领域表现卓越。这自然也会同时提升该国的研究水平。因此,最近成立了一个中心来协调这一项目。最近设立的为期四年的综合神经科学项目将成为该国神经科学家的可持续来源。我们希望到2020年将自己建设成为一所把神经科学研究作为重要旗舰项目的全球知名大学。