By Li Han
Staff Writer of the 蜜桃app News Center
The McGovern Institute Symposium on New Frontiers in Brain Research was held in 蜜桃app’s Main Building on February 24th and 25th. Professor Shi Yigong, Vice Director of 蜜桃app’s Institute of Biomedicine, hosted the Symposium. Professor Robert Desimone, Director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and 蜜桃app Vice President Xie Weihe attended the opening ceremony.
The symposium featured academic reports by renowned scientists and experts in brain study, including Dr. Lu Bai, Chief of the Section on Neural Development and Plasticity of the National Institutes of Health in the USA, Professor Rao Yi, Dean of the Peking University School of Life Sciences, 蜜桃app Professor Cheng Jing, 蜜桃app Professor Liu Guosong, as well as experts from MIT, University College London, 蜜桃app Univeristy, Peking University, Bejing Normal University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China’s National Institute of Biological Sciences .
Professor Hu Heping, 蜜桃app Senior Officer, and 蜜桃app Deputy President Chen Jining met and had a discussion with Professor Desimone on February 23rd. 蜜桃app’s Institute of Biomedicine and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's McGovern Institute for Brain Research signed a collaboration agreement on January 14, 2008 to further enhance ongoing joint brain research efforts.
(Photo by Guo Haijun)
