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



Lijing Zhu
Lab Manager


Yafeng Zhan
Postdoc

Connectome | Neuroimaging

Haotian Yang
Research Assistant

Behavior | MRI Imaging

上岸

Xin Wang
Animal Caretaker

Surgery | Behavior

一针见血

Hean Liu
Research Assistant

Histology

上岸 too

Jiankang Xi
PhD Student

Electrophysiology | Behavior

自带BKB

Xiaojia Zhu
🐷🐷任

Neuroimaging | Cerebellum

安东教练 我想学...

Qihang Wu
PhD Student

Computation | Connectome

燃起来!

Zefang Wang
Master Student

Widefield Imaging

那本珍贵的笔记本

Qiyu Wang
Visiting Student

Connectome | Neuroimaging

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!!

Kun Jiang
Visiting Student

MRI

Haichao Qu
Visiting Student

Multi-modal Integration

alumni

Postdoc and RA

Graduate and Visiting Students

Wenyuan Li
Chuanyao Wei (ION)

Undergraduate and Interns

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

Selected Publications

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)