简介：

麦戈文脑科学前沿学术报告会将于2009年2月24-25日（周二、周三）在清华大学召开。来自美国MIT麦戈文脑研究所，美国国立健康研究院(NIH)，以及清华大学、中国科学院、北京大学、北京师范大学等国内研究单位的近20位神经科学家，将介绍他们在神经科学前沿领域的最新研究进展，内容涉及分子与细胞神经科学、系统与计算神经科学、认知与神经疾病等。除大会报告外，与会者将有机会与这些学者面对面交流，分享探索脑与神经系统的发现与心得。

本次学术报告会由MIT麦戈文脑研究所和清华大学共同发起，得到了国际数据集团（IDG）全球高级副总裁、亚洲区总裁熊晓鸽先生的大力支持。会议免费开放，欢迎感兴趣的学生学者参加。会场资源有限，请您提前注册以保证座位。

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特邀报告

McGovern Institute Symposium – February 24, 2009

09:00 - 09:30 am Opening addresses

09:30 - 10:05 am Bai Lu (National Institute of Health, USA)

                "Role of BDNF in cognitive function and dysfunction"

10:05 - 10:40 am Yingxi Lin (McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT)

                "Activity-Dependent Regulation of Inhibitory Synapses"

10:40 – 11:00 am Break

11:00 - 11:35 am Lifang Wang (Peking University Mental Health Hospital)

                "Whole Genome Association Studies of Autism"

11:35 - 12:10 pm Zhiqi Xiong (ION)

                "The role of Rett syndrome gene stk9 in dendrite development and synapse formation"

12:10 - 01:55 pm Lunch

01:55 - 02:30 pm Yi Rao (Peking University School of Life Sciences)

                "Molecular Biology of Social Behavior"

02:30 – 03:05 pm Guosong Liu (Tsinghua University)

                "Rejuvenation of brain"

03:05 - 03:25 pm Break

03:25 – 04:00 pm Ed Boyden (McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT):

                "Optical Control of Normal and Pathological Neural Circuit Computations"

04:00 – 04:35 pm Jing Cheng (Tsinghua University)

                "The development of biochips for medical research and clinical application"

04:35 – 05:10 pm Ki Ann Goosens (McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT)

                "The stressed brain: new treatments for pathological fear and anxiety"