On September 9, 2009, the Journal of Neuroscience published a research article entitled "The spatiotemporal frequency tuning of LGN receptive field facilitates neural discrimination of natural stimuli". This work was carried out by Zhongchao Tan from the laboratory of Dr. Hai-shan Yao at ION.
On September 8, 2009, Professor Bruce Alberts from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, and Editor-in-Chief of Science Magazine, visited ION. Prof. Alberts has served two six-year terms as the President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Hai-Lan Hu was invited to attend the 22nd Biennial Meeting of the ISN/APSN Joint Meeting held in Korea on August 23rd to 28th.
On August 26, 2009, a research paper entitled "MSC p43 Required for Axonal Development in Motor Neurons" from Dr. Jiawei Zhou's laboratory at the Institute of Neuroscience, was published online in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.
Dr. Shu-Min Duan was invited to attend the 9th ISN Advanced School of Neurochemistry held in Korea on August 19th to 23rd. During the school, Dr. Duan gave an invited lecture entitled "Purine-mediated signaling in glial cells".
Nature Neuroscience published a cover story research article entitled "Distinct contributions of Nav1.6 and Nav1.2 in action potential initiation and backpropagation" on July 26, 2009. This study was carried out by Wenqin Hu and others from the laboratory of Dr. Yousheng Shu at the Institute of Neuroscience, and was highlighted in a News and Views article authored by Dulla and Huguenard.
Dr. Tian-Le Xu was invited to attend the 4th International Conference for Neurons and Brain Disease held in Canada on July 19th to 26th.
Dr. Shu-Min Duan was invited to attend the International Symposium on Purinergic Signalling in New Strategy of Drug and Discovery held in Japan on July 23rd to 25th.
Dr. You-Sheng Shu was invited to attend the Kyoto University International Symposium "Cellular Approaches to Neuronal Signal Processing" held in Japan on July 23rd to 24th.
On July 13, 2009, the Journal of Cell Biology published a research article from the Institute of Neuroscience entitled "Ca2+ signaling evoked by activation of Na+ channels and Na+/Ca2+ exchangers is required for GABA-induced NG2 cell migration". This work was carried out by Xiao-ping Tong with other graduate students from the laboratory of Dr. Shumin Duan. The paper was highlighted in the ‘News in this issue’ section, with a short introduction entitled "Brain-repairing cells follow trail of GABA".
Drs. Ai-Ke Guo, Shu-Min Duan, Yi-Zheng Wang and Zhen-Ge Luo were invited to attend the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America's 12th International Symposium, held in the Taiwan on June 14 to June 18. During the symposium, Drs. Ai-Ke Guo, Shu-Min Duan, Yi-Zheng Wang and Zhen-Ge Luo gave invited talks.
On June 17, 2009, the Journal of Neuroscience published a research article entitled "Activation of phosphatidylinositol-linked D1-like receptor modulates FGF-2 expression in astrocytes via IP3-dependent Ca2+ signaling". This work was carried out by Xin-hua Zhang, Zheng Zhou and other co-workers from the laboratory of Dr. Jia-wei Zhou at ION, in close collaboration with Dr. Xue-chu Zhen at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica.
Drs. Mu-Ming Poo, Ai-Ke Guo and Shu-Min Duan were invited to attend the 25th Anniversary Conference held in the City University of Hong Kong on June 16. During the conference, Drs. Mu-Ming Poo, Ai-Ke Guo and Shu-Min Duan gave invited talks.
On May 25 to 29, 2009, Prof. Charles Stevens from the Salk Institute, recipient of the Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited ION. During his visit, Prof. Stevens visited every ION laboratory and talked with faculty members, as well as some post-doctoral fellows and Ph.D. students.
Dr. Hai-Dong Lu was invited to attend the 9th Annual Vision Sciences Society Meeting held in Naples, USA on May 8th to 13th. During the conference, Dr. Lu gave an invited talk entitled "Motion processing in the ventral pathway: evidence for direction maps in macaque V2 and V4".
