FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file picture scientist Ying Shi looks into a microscope at the Blue Brain team and the Human Brain Project (HBP) of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Blue Brain team works together with other European and international partners to propose the Human Brain Project (HBP), a candidate for funding under the EU's FET Flagship program. The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron,File)