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
John Wood, University College London, UK
Invited Speakers
Song-Hai Shi, Tsinghua University, China
Nieng Yan, Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation, China
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
Bailong Xiao, Tsinghua University, China
Xin Duan, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Juanjuan Du, Tsinghua University, China
Wenwen Zeng, Tsinghua University, China
Lisa Stowers, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Gary Lewin, Department of Neuroscience, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Wei Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
Weizhe Hong, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Marco Galio, Northwestern University, USA
Kun Li, Tsinghua University, China
Jiefu Li, HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus, USA
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