To foster collaboration and scientific discussion, the Research Division of “Neural Circuit Basis of Fundamental Cognitive Functions” at the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is holding a seminar series.
The 7th China Zebrafish Conference (CZFC 2021) was held at Guiyang during July 20th to 24th, 2021. CEBSIT / ION researchers attended the conference and presented their latest research progress by using zebrafish as model organism. Dr. Jiulin Du gave a Plenary Lecture on Mapping Whole-Brain Neuronal Connectom of Larval Zebrafish. Drs. Kai Wang, Yu Mu, Rongkun Tao, Jia Li, Mei Wang, and Huaxing Zi from CEBSIT / ION gave invited talks during the symposiums at CZFC 2021.
CEBSIT held a summer school themed “to know and explore the secrets of the brain” successfully from July 5 to July 16, 2021. This summer school selected students from different domestic universities, aiming to improve college students' understanding and interest in brain science and intelligent technology, and attract excellent students to the brain science field.
CEBSIT held a scientific summer camp in Taojiang, Hunan Province from July 17 to July 19, 2021. Prof. POO Muming, chaired this event with 30 volunteers from the Center. The Summer Camp is aimed “to lead the middle school students to explore brain science world, and feel the charm of brain science”.
Research Division of Neural Basis Perception held the 4th Seminar on July 7, 2021, which was hosted by Dr. SUN Yangang.
CEBSIT Commencement was held on June 23, 2021. Mentors, graduates and their families joined the commencement.
"Literary Classics and personal Cultivation" lecture was held on June 10, 2021. Sr. editor and Professor, SONG Binghui, from Shanghai International Studies University, presented this lecture to CEBSIT students and staffs.
On the morning of June 8, CEBSIT held a grand naming of Minor Planet "Chang Hsiang-Tung" Ceremony and academic report meeting to commemorate Academician Chang Hsiang-Tung in order to vigorously promote the patriotic dedication and rigorous academic spirit of the older generation of scientists represented by the founder of Chinese neurophysiology, Academician Chang Hsiang-Tung. The meeting was hosted by Dr. WANG Zuoren, deputy director of CEBSIT.
In order to broaden the students’ horizons of life, provide a new perspective and thinking of career development, CEBSIT held "What if the dream comes true" graduate employment and young talent career planning guidance meeting.
CEBSIT’s project "Visual Information Processing and the Neural Mechanism of Behavior Occurrence" by DU Jiulin, MU Yu, LI Ying, YAO Yuanyuan, and ZHANG Baibing won the 2020 Shanghai Natural Science Award (First Prize) .
The annual Science Day of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was held as scheduled with the theme of "Scientific Dreams and New Achievements ".
The 20th CEBSIT (ION) annual meeting was held at the Campus Lecture Hall from December 24th to 26th, 2020. More than 400 researchers attended this meeting.During the beginning of this meeting, Dr. DU Jiulin gave the Director’s Report on Center’s progress in the year of 2020. And Dr. POO Muming gave his Scientific Director’s Report entitled “From hypothesis research to global views of biology” before the end of the meeting. Seventy-nine researchers, mainly graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, presented their recent progress.
As one of the important activities of China-Russia Innovation Year of Science and Technology, China-Russia Workshop on Neuroscience was successfully held from July 13 to 15, 2020. Due to the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Workshop was held online. Most of the Chinese scientists joined this workshop at the lecture hall of CEBSIT. More than 60 Russian scientists in the field of brain science and intelligent technology participated in through internet.
The State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience (SKLN) held the 2020 Annual Review Meeting of the research groups on June 5th, 2020. The laboratory invited Professors MA Lan and YANG Zhengang from Fudan University, WANG Yizheng from the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and the experts from the Institute of Neuroscience reviewed the research progresses of each research group in 2019.
From May 25th to 31st, the 9th Academic Review of ION/CEBSIT lab heads and the 10th International Advisory Board Meeting were held in ION. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, most of the reviewers joined this meeting through the Internet.
