Welcome to the Tsinghua Neuroscience International Conference on Brain and Body! The IDG/ McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Tsinghua University is proud to convene over 20 world - class neuroscientists from leading institutions globally from October 23rd to 25th, 2025. Together, they will dissect the complex crosstalk between the brain and body, focusing on three topics：Brain homeostasis, Somatosensation and Interoception, and Emotion and Social behaviors. Through cutting-edge presentations and interdisciplinary discussions, we strive to decode neural mechanisms underlying brain-body interactions, illuminate how physical states shape cognitive and social behaviors, and lay groundwork for translational applications in health and disease. This gathering will serve as a global hub for fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations, inspiring innovative research agendas, and advancing our collective understanding of the brain as the orchestrator of bodily functions. Welcome to join us in shaping the future of neuroscience!

Time: 23rd to 25th, 2025

Venue: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Organizing Committee

Bailong Xiao, Ph.D.

Professor, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Tsinghua University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University

Kun Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University 

Wei Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University

Keynote Speakers

Lily Jan    University of California, San Francisco, USA

Yuh-Nung Jan     University of California, San Francisco, USA

Jeffrey M. Friedman    Rockefeller University, USA

David Anderson     California Institute of Technology, USA

Invited Speakers

Ru-Rong Ji     Duke University Medical Center, USA

Xinzhong Dong    Johns Hopkins, School of Medicine, USA

Bo Li     Westlake University, China

Jing Wang    University of California, San Diego, USA

Hailan Hu     Zhejiang University, China

Zhou-Feng Chen   Institute of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China

Lisa Stowers    The Scripps Research Institute, USA

Gary Lewin     Department of Neuroscience, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Scott Russo   Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Weizhe Hong      University of California at Los Angeles, USA

Marco Galio       Northwestern University, USA

Jiefu Li     HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus, USA

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