On 25^th March, the UM-GDIIST Joint Workshop on Brain Sciences was successfully organized by the Guangdong Institute of Intelligence Science (hereinafter referred as “GDIIST”) and co-organized by the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences of the University of Macau (hereinafter referred as “CCBS”) in Hengqin Island of Zhuhai. Around a hundred participants attended the workshop, including principal investigators of GDIIST, young researchers, and professors and students from UM. Twelve presentations by the Principal Investigators of both institutes, and two poster sessions featuring students and young researchers were included in the agenda.

In the opening speech made by Academician Xu ZHANG, President of GDIIST and Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, he expressed the intention that this Joint Workshop would provide academic exchange opportunities for our researchers, and promote the development of brain research in the Greater Bay Area and even further.

In the closing remarks, Prof. Yuan ZHEN, Head of CCBS expressed his sincere thanks to GDIIST for organising this joint workshop, and looked forward to continuing in-depth academic exchanges and research project collaboration with GDIIST.

Principal Investigators took turns to share their research findings through the presentations, which included the following topics: 痛覺神經網絡 (Xu ZHANG, Academician), 使用中藥干預腦創傷 (Zhen YUAN, Professor), 谷氨酸受體突變致認知障礙和精神病中的機制研究 (Yun SHI, Principal Investigator), Somatosensory neuron types and functions (Changlin LI, Principal Investigator), 細胞外囊泡維持缺血性腦卒中血腦屏障完整性的研究 (Yonghua ZHAO, Assistant Professor), Ultrasound neuromodulation (Zhihai QIU, Principal Investigator), 腦機接口技術的探索與實踐 (Feng WAN, Associate Professor), m6A-modification of long noncoding RNAs in regulating neuronal development (Bin WANG, Principal Investigator), 神經科學數據計算 (Yimin WANG, Principal Investigator), PBN-PVT projection modulates negative affective states in mice (Di MU, Principal Investigator), Multilingual language diversity modulates the effect of control demand on language production (Haoyun ZHANG, Assistant Professor), 人腦中間神經元多樣性形成的轉錄調控機制 (Yingchao SHI, Principal Investigator).

In 2022, the University of Macau signed a collaborative framework agreement with GDIIST aiming to deepen cooperation and exchanges with education and research institutions, and to promote the academic development of relevant frontier scientific fields in the Greater Bay Area.

由廣東省智能科學與技術研究院(下簡稱“智能院”)主辦，澳門大學認知與腦科學研究中心協辦的澳門大學–廣東省智能院腦科學專題研討會於3月25日珠海橫琴島順利舉行。參會人數約百人，包括智能院腦認知課題組各研究組組長、青年研究員及澳門大學師生。議程包括十二個專題報告，設有兩場由課題組的學生及青年研究員參與的海報專場。

廣東省智能院院長、中國科學院院士張旭在開幕致辭時表示，希望透過本次專題研討會，為腦科學科研人員提供學術交流機會，促進大灣區乃至國內外腦科學研究的發展。

澳門大學認知與腦科學研究中心主任袁振教授在閉幕致辭時，對廣東省智能院組織本次專題研討會表示衷心的感謝，並期盼日後與廣東省智能院持續進行深度學術交流與科研項目合作。

與會的研究員在報告中分享了各自課題組的研究發現，專題報告題目包括: 痛覺神經網絡（張旭 院士）、使用中藥干預腦創傷（袁振 教授）、谷氨酸受體突變致認知障礙和精神病中的機制研究（石雲 研究員）、Somatosensory neuron types and functions （李昌林 研究員）、細胞外囊泡維持缺血性腦卒中血腦屏障完整性的研究（趙永華 助理教授）、Ultrasound neuromodulation （丘志海 研究員）、腦機接口技術的探索與實踐（萬峰 副教授）、m6A-modification of long noncoding RNAs in regulating neuronal development （王斌 研究員）、神經科學數據計算（王宜敏 研究員）、PBN-PVT projection modulates negative affective states in mice （穆迪 研究員）、Multilingual language diversity modulates the effect of control demand on language production （張浩雲 助理教授）、人腦中間神經元多樣性形成的轉錄調控機制（時穎超 研究員）。

2022年，澳門大學與廣東省智能院簽署合作框架協議，全面深化與教育科研機構的合作與交流，推進大灣區相關前沿科學領域的學術發展。