A delegation from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Panel visited the Center for BioMedical Imaging Research (CBIR), School of Medicine, Tsinghua University on April 1st, 2014. The delegation includes Dr. Thomas Cortese from National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Prof. Gary Glover from Stanford University, Prof. Bin He from University of Minnesota and Dr. Clayton Stewart from University of London.
Delegation from NSF visited Tsinghua University
The main purpose of the panel visit is to learn the new ideas and latest technologies developed in several leading labs from Asia in the field of biomedical neuroimaging. They will also evaluate these programs and identify opportunities for international collaboration.
Conference with NSF delegation at School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
During the meeting, Prof. Bai Lu, the Dean of Tsinghua School of Medicine, and Prof. Chun Yuan, Director of CBIR, introduced neuroscience & bioengineering in Tsinghua and CBIR, respectively. The principal investigators, including Dr. Hong Bo, Dr. Song Sen, Dr. Feng Yu, Guo Hua and Dr. Wang Lihong, from Tsinghua University presented their work in biomedical neuroimaging and had a discussion with the delegation.The delegation also visited Dr. Sen Song’s and Dr. Jisong Guan’s labs in IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Tsinghua.