Brain science is not only the most challenging frontier discipline with the most interdisciplinary and development characteristics, but also the most important applied discipline for human health. The technical achievements of interdisciplinary development are transformed into brain science, which promotes the breakthrough of basic research of brain science. If the achievements of the Basic Research Institute of brain science are to be transformed into the regulation of nervous system function and the intervention of diseases, it also needs to be realized through the development of interdisciplinary technology. At the same time, the rapid development of artificial intelligence will provide the basis for big data analysis of brain science, and brain like computing based on brain working mechanism analysis will also break through the bottleneck of artificial intelligence development.

In terms of basic research in brain science, Fudan University has a very good research platform and foundation, including the Institute of Brain Science, the State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, and the Frontier Center of Brain Science of the Ministry of Education. In the clinical diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases, the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University are the most powerful departments in China. At the same time, Fudan University also has the best domestic research platform and foundation in brain-like computing, including the Institute of Brain-like Intelligence Science and Technology, the Institute of Brain-like Chips and Intelligent Systems on Chip and other institutions. Therefore, Fudan University has a great advantage in the interdisciplinary research of brain science.

In order to accelerate the construction of the world-class Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, explore to fully open the world's top universities to build new growth poles, drive Shanghai's comprehensive research strength in the field of brain science foundation and transformation to reach the domestic leading level, and form a global influence, Fudan University Relying on the Shanghai Medical College, the State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and the Frontier Center for Brain Science of the Ministry of Education , the Institute for Translational Brain Research (Fudan University) was established . The Institute of Brain Science Transformation is interested in developing cutting-edge brain science cross-research technologies and translational research, and establish a cross-research and mutual integration platform and mechanism to promote the development of brain science. The institute officially began preparations in July 2019. It is located on the Fenglin campus of Fudan University. The first dean was Professor Shumin Duan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences . The current dean is Professor Yizheng Wang, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The research institute is directly affiliated to the school and accepts the leadership of the Shanghai Medical College. It implements the dean responsibility system, explores an independent, flexible and efficient management support mechanism, and strives to create a secure scientific research environment and a high-level scientific research platform for researchers. The Institute participates in the Shanghai high-level local university construction plan, and implements the academic special zone policy in terms of talent introduction and operation management.

The overall positioning of the Institute of Transformation of Brain Science is to focus on the major needs of the country’s development and the frontiers of the development of brain science. It actively participates in the China Brain Project. It takes advanced brain functions, important brain diseases and translational neuroscience as the research direction, and develops basic and medical, pharmaceutical Applied basic research combined with related engineering disciplines. The Institute is committed to researching and developing cutting-edge technologies for the analysis and regulation of brain neural circuits, breaking through the bottleneck of the development of brain science, promoting the transformation and integration of research results between brain science and brain-like and artificial intelligence, and incubating the industrialization of brain-intelligence Development; take advantage of the clinical research and diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases in Huashan Hospital and Zhongshan Hospital, and devote to applying the basic research results and technological breakthroughs of brain science in clinical brain disease diagnosis and treatment and the transformation of pharmaceuticals; the institute integrates Fudan's existing resources and connects with Shanghai technological innovation Center construction, and strive to become a world-class brain science crossover and translational research center with distinctive characteristics.

The Brain Science Transformation Institute mainly focuses on human brains and model animals, exploring the basic laws of brain science, the cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain diseases, and conducting interdisciplinary research. Benchmarking the research direction of the China Brain Project, the Institute focuses on 2 main directions:

1. Basic research in brain science, dedicated to clarifying the neural signal processing mechanism, the development and plasticity of brain structure and function, the analysis of the neural circuit of brain function and its regulation mechanism, the mechanism of brain disease and neuroregulation intervention, neuroimmunity, etc.

2. Transformation research of brain science, through the cross integration with medicine, pharmacy, engineering and other disciplines, committed to the development of frontier technology of brain science and its basic research in brain science, the regulation of brain function, the development of artificial intelligence, and the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases, etc. Aspects of transformational applications, such as biomaterials, disease intervention, brain-like chips, and brain-computer interfaces.

The Brain Science Transformation Institute warmly welcomes young talents in neuroscience and its intersecting fields at home and abroad to join us!