LAB Members

Cirong LIU, Ph.D.
Investigator


Research Interests
Lab of Translational Brain Imaging
Institute of Neuroscience
Chinese Academy of Sciences
crliu@ion.ac.cn or cirongliu@gmail.com



Xin Wang
Lab Manager

Surgery | Behavior

一针见血

Yafeng Zhan
Postdoc

Connectome | Neuroimaging

Zefang Wang
Research Assistant



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Kun Jiang
Research Assistant

MRI

Jiankang Xi
PhD Student

Electrophysiology | Behavior

自带BKB

Qihang Wu
PhD Student

Computation | Connectome

燃起来!

Yao Fei
Visiting Student

Connectome | Neuroimaging

Tao Song
PhD Student

Connectome | Transcriptome

我导愿称我为最强!

Kemeng Xu
Master Student

Bioinformatics

Ao Fu
Visiting Student

Behavior | Electrophysiology

手戳电极 无人能敌

Jixuan Lin
Master Student

Bioinformatics | Transcriptome

yysy“🤪”真不戳!!

Haichao Qu
Visiting Student

Multi-modal Integration

Mingkai Yao
Master Student

Marmoset Behavior

Ximeng Liu
Master Student

Neuroimaging

Xiuying Zhang
PhD Student

Neuroimaging

alumni

Postdoc and RA

Lijing Zhu/RA
Hean Liu/RA

Graduate and Visiting Students

Song Kun (Fudan U)
Wenyuan Li
Chuanyao Wei(ION)
Xiaojia Zhu (KIZ)
Boyang Zhang
Qiyu Wang (NWPU)
Haotian Yang (Kiz)

Undergraduate and Interns

Xiaorui Liu
Furui Feng (Kwai)
Boshuang Wang(ION)
Hongjuan Hu (Yale University )

Selected Publications

Zhang Y#, Song T#, Yang C#, Shen Y, ..., Poo M, Zhou P, Bi G*, Xiao Y*, Liu C*, Xu F* Whole-brain reconstruction of fiber tracts based on the cytoarchitectonic organization (2025) Nature Methods (*Co-corresponding authors)

> Part-2 of the Version-2 (White Matter)@MarmosetBrainMapping.org
> A new method (CABLE) to reconstruct whole-brain fiber tracts from cytoarchitecture
> Cellular-resolution mapping to disentangle complex intersecting fibers
> Validation against brain-wide AAV axon tracing in the same animal
> Identification of cell-type contributions to orientation coherence using spatial transcriptomics


Hao S, Zhu X, Huang Z, Yang Q, Liu H, Wu Y, Zhan Y, Dong Y, Li C, ..., Zeeuw C*, Shen Z*, Liu Z*, Liu L*, Liu S*, Sun Y*, Liu C*. Cross-species single-cell spatial transcriptomic atlases of the cerebellar cortex (2024) Science. doi:10.1126/science.ado3927 (*Co-corresponding authors)

> Version-5 series@MarmosetBrainMapping.org
> Mapping cell types and gene expression by single-cell spatial transcriptome
> Comprehensive cross-species comparsion between primates and mice
> Integration of spatial transcriptome and awake fMRI


Fei Y, Wu Q, Zhao S*, Song K, Han J*, Liu C*. Diverse and asymmetric patterns of single-neuron projectome in regulating interhemispheric connectivity (2024) Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47762-y. (*Co-corresponding authors)

> The application and computational modeling of single-neuron projectome
> Wide-field calcium imaging of awake and sleep for functional connectivity

Meng X, Lin Q, Zeng X, Jiang J, Li M, Luo X, Chen K, Wu H, Yan H, Liu C*, Su B*. Brain developmental and cortical connectivity changes in the transgenic monkeys carrying the human-specific duplicated gene srGAP2C (2023) National Science Review. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwad281. (*Co-corresponding authors)

> Transgentic monkeys for human brain evolution

Zhu X, Yan H, Zhan Y, Feng F, Wei C, Yao Y*, Liu C*. An Anatomical and Connectivity Atlas of the Marmoset Cerebellum (2023) Cell Reports. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112480 (*Co-corresponding authors)

> Version-5 series@MarmosetBrainMapping.org
> Cover Paper of Cell Reports (Volume 42, Issue 5)


Wang Q, Zhao S*, Liu T, Han J*, Liu C*. Temporal fingerprints of cortical gyrification in marmosets and humans (2023) Cerebral Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhad245. (*Co-corresponding authors)

> Use Deep Neural Network to identify temporal fingerprints of cortical gyrification


Tian X*, Chen Y, Majka P, Szczupak D, Perl Y, Yen C, Tong C, Feng F, Jiang H, Glen D, Deco G, Rosa M*, Silva A*, Liang Z*, Liu C*. An integrated resource for functional and structural connectivity of the marmoset brain (2022) Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35197-2. (*Co-corresponding authors)

> Version-4@MarmosetBrainMapping.org
> Largest awake resting-state fMRI resource of marmosets


Tian X, Silva A*, Liu C*. The Brain Circuits and Dynamics of Curiosity-Driven Behavior in Naturally Curious Marmosets (2021) Cerebral Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab080. (*Co-corresponding authors)

> Task-based (visual) fMRI to explore the innate novelty-seeking brain circuits



Liu C #, Yen C #, Szczupak D, Tian X, Glen D, Silva A*. Marmoset Brain Mapping V3: Population multi-modal standard volumetric and surface-based templates (2021) Neuroimage. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117620. (#Co-first authors)

> Version-3@MarmosetBrainMapping.org
> Special Issue (Non-human Primate Neuroimaging) of Neuroimage


Liu C *, Ye F, Newman J, Szczupak D, Tian X, Yen C, Glen D, Majka P, Rosa, M, Leopold D, Silva A*. A resource for the detailed 3D mapping of white matter pathways in the marmoset brain. (2020) Nature Neuroscience. doi:10.1038/s41593-019-0575-0 (*Co-corresponding authors).


> Version-2@MarmosetBrainMapping.org
> Cover Paper of Nature Neuroscience (Vol23.No.2)
> Hightlighted by Nature Methods.


Liu C*, Yen C, Szczupak D, Ye F, Leopold D, Silva A*. Anatomical and functional investigation of the marmoset default mode network .(2019). Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09813-7. (*Co-corresponding authors)

> Awake functional MRI of Marmoset
> Default Mode Network of Marmoset



Shi L# Luo X#, Jiang J#, Chen Y#, Liu C#, Hu T, Li M, Lin Q, Li Y, Huang J, Wang H, Niu Y, Shi Y, Styner M, Wang J, Lu Y, Sun X, Yu H, Ji W*, Su B*. Transgenic rhesus monkeys carrying the human MCPH1 gene copies show human-like neoteny of brain development. (2019). National Science Review. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwz043. (#Co-first authors)

> Transgentic monkeys for human brain evolution


Liu C, Ye F, Yen C, Newman J, Glen D, Leopold D, Silva A*. A digital 3D atlas of the marmoset brain based on multi-modal MRI. (2018). Neuroimage, doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.004.

> Version-1@MarmosetBrainMapping.org
> Cover Paper of Neuroimage (2018 Apr)




Liu C, Li Y, Edwards T, Kurniawan N, Richards L, Jiang T*. Altered structural connectome in adolescent socially isolated mice .(2016). Neuroimage, doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.06.037.



Liu C#, Tian X#, Liu H#, Mo Y, Bai F, Zhao X, Ma Y, Wang J*. Rhesus monkey brain development during late infancy and the effect of phencyclidine: a longitudinal MRI and DTI study. (2015). Neuroimage, doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.11.056. (#Co-first authors)