Fourth Peking University International Brain Research Forum

Date: July 4-6, 2025

Location: Beijing

Organizer: Institute of Medical Technology,  Peking University

Co-organizer: Professional Committee of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment and Technology

Acknowledgement:  Peking University Graduate Education Innovation Program

Time

Topic

Speaker

Moderator

2025.07.04 Friday

09:00-18:00

Registration



18:00-21:00

Welcome Dinner and Discussion (Dinner at Weishi Hotel)



2025.07.05 Saturday

08:30-8:40

Welcome Speech

Hongbin Han

Yixing Huang

08:40-8:50

Welcome Speech

Moritz Helmstaedter

Yixing Huang

08:50-9:25

NSFC Major Program on brain extracellular space (ECS)

Hongbin Han

Yixing Huang

09:25-10:00

Mind the gap! Super-resolution shadow imaging of the ECS in vivo

Valentin Nägerl

Moritz Helmstaedter

10:00-10:35

Soft synchrotron X-ray radiation for brain ECS imaging

Tianye Niu

Moritz Helmstaedter

10:35-10:50

Coffee Break & Group Photo

10:50-11:25

Single-molecule super-resolution imaging of brain

Laurent Cognet

Moritz Helmstaedter

11:25-12:00

Tissue optical clearing imaging for brain: from ex vivo to in vivo

Dan Zhu

Moritz Helmstaedter

12:00-14:00

Lunch Break

2025.07.05 Saturday

14:00-14:35

Cerebral cortex connectomics (TBD)

Moritz Helmstaedter

Xinyu Liu

14:35-15:10

Multimodal Imaging of Early-stage Interstitial Fluid Dynamics Alterations in Deep Brain Regions of an Alzheimer's Disease Rat Model

Zhaoheng Xie

Xinyu Liu

15:10-15:45

Molecular probe design for brain ECS functional imaging

Jianfei Sun

Xinyu Liu

15:45-16:00

Coffee break

16:00-16:35

Smart (pre)clinical data-based development of predictive models of CNS pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics- and current applications

Elizabeth De Lange

Zhaoheng Xie

16:35-17:10

Meningeal lymphatics regulate the blood-brain barrier

Steffen Storck

Zhaoheng Xie

17:10-17:45

Treatment of Alzheimer's disease through the extracellular space

Zhiqian Tong

Zhaoheng Xie

18:00-21:00

Dinner and Discussion

2025.07.06 Sunday

08:50-9:25

Implications for brain protection and cognitive preservation

Daqing Ma

Yanye Lu

09:25-10:00

Translational imaging and neurostimulation in models of neurodegenerative disease

Ruiqing Ni

Yanye Lu

10:00-10:35

Mechanistic and therapeutic approaches to brain aging diseases

Kunlin Jin

Yanye Lu

10:35-10:50

Coffee break

10:50-11:25

Brain-Eye Crosstalk: Uncovering the Glymphatic Transport Pathway Between Brain and Eye

Qiuchen Cao

Wanyi Fu

11:25-12:00

Novel neuromodulation approaches inspired by brain ECS theories

Jicong Zhang

Wanyi Fu

12:00-12:35

Neural science enabled AI in medical data analysis

Yixuan Yuan

Wanyi Fu

12:35-12:45

Forum Summary Speech

Hongbin Han


12:35-14:00

Lunch Break