Ph.D. students Ying Li and Yu Mu in Dr. Jiu-lin Du’s lab were invited to attend the 4^th Shanghai Doctoral Forum of Life-Science, organized by Fudan University on Dec. 2^nd. During the meeting, Ying Li gave a talk entitled “Reciprocal regulation between resting microglial dynamics and neuronal activity in vivo”, and Yu Mu gave a talk entitled “Visual input modulates audiomotor function via hypothalamic dopaminergic neurons through a cooperative mechanism”. Ying and Yu won the 1^st and 2^nd prize, respectively.