On 15 November, Rolf Bjerkvig, member of the European Academy of Sciences and professor at the University of Bergen, Norway, Arvid Lundervold, professor of Medical Information Technology and Physiology at the University of Bergen, Norway, and Wang Xiuying, deputy dean of the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney, Australia, and other internationally renowned experts, visited the Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory for exchanges and visits. Prof Li Xinguang, deputy director of the laboratory, and researcher Zhang Di warmly received and accompanied the visit.
Rolf Bjerkvig and his party visited the laboratory exhibition hall, animal platform, big data and artificial intelligence platform, and learnt in detail about the laboratory's scientific research platform structure, talent team construction, progress of scientific research projects and important scientific research breakthroughs made so far. The visiting experts were impressed by the laboratory's advanced facilities, rigorous research atmosphere and fruitful research results.
Afterwards, the two sides held a symposium on brain-gut axis, in which academician Rolf Bjerkvig and the brain-gut axis team had a warm and in-depth discussion on the cutting-edge topics of ‘gut-brain neural connectivity and brain tumours, and gut-brain neural connectivity and artificial intelligence for medical imaging’, and Zhang Di made a wonderful academic report on behalf of the brain-gut axis team. This exchange not only enhanced the understanding and friendship between the two sides, but also laid a solid foundation for future scientific cooperation.
Academician Rolf Bjerkvig said that the research level of the laboratory in the field of microecology and biomedicine, especially the research work on the mechanism of enteroencephalic neural connections and loops is remarkable. He suggested that the two sides are expected to integrate their respective resources and technical advantages to carry out substantive scientific research cooperation on the topic of ‘whether the enteroencephalic neural connection affects the development of brain tumours’, so as to jointly explore the hidden mysteries, and provide the basis for the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods for related diseases, thus promoting the development of the brain-enteric axis discipline.
Arvid Lundervold and Wang Xiuying spoke highly of the laboratory's scientific research strength and gave valuable suggestions on the research topic of ‘How to apply current basic research findings to population imaging’. They said that the laboratory's research method of combining artificial intelligence and biomedicine is very innovative and forward-looking, and is worth paying attention to and learning from. In the future, they will actively seek opportunities for cooperation with the laboratory in talent training and scientific research, so as to contribute to the improvement of human health.
Finally, Li Xinguang expressed his heartfelt thanks to the visiting experts for their support and guidance, and said that the laboratory will continue to uphold the concept of openness and cooperation, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with domestic and foreign well-known universities and research institutions, and through this academic exchange activities, build a higher level of strategic partnership between the two sides and a bridge of scientific research cooperation, which will provide opportunities for the cultivation of international talents, the development of scientific research platforms, and the output of high-level scientific research results, to Through this academic exchange activity, the two sides will build a bridge for higher level strategic cooperation and scientific cooperation, which will provide an opportunity for international talent training, scientific research platform development, high-level scientific research output, and promote scientific and technological innovation and development in the fields of microecology, biomedicine, and brain-gut axis.
This exchange activity provides new opportunities for the laboratory to participate in international academic cooperation and research, and is expected to help the laboratory in microecology biomedicine and brain-intestinal axis and other fields of research to a new height, and to promote the laboratory's international scientific research cooperation to a deeper level and a wider range of fields.
The event was also attended by relevant personnel from Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Beijing Normal University and Jinan Provincial Laboratory of Microecology and Biomedicine.
