Leadership
Every leap in science starts with someone bold enough to ask, “What if?”
— President Bai LU
Meet the Scientists
Lingling CHEN
Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, CAS
Professor Chen’s group pioneered RNA biology methods, revealing non-polyadenylated RNAs, circular RNAs, and snoRNA-related lncRNAs.
Wei LI
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Professor Li, an authority on retinal synapses, circuits, vision, development, metabolism, diseases, and hibernation research.
Bai LU
Fudan University
Professor Lu researches neurodevelopment, cognition, and diseases, pioneering synaptic and neural plasticity regulation by BDNF.
Hanchuan PENG
Fudan University
Professor Peng pioneered brain atlasing, single-cell modeling, imaging systems, neuron morphometry, and large-scale neuronal databases.
John Renger
EXELIRIS
Dr. John Renger, the Head of Translational Medicine and Chief Strategic Scientist, EXELIRIS. He has established an extensive neuroscience drug discovery and development history, including over 24 years of pharma and biotech R&D leadership experience. His teams have successfully brought forward more than 60 molecules into clinical development in multiple disease areas.
Yutian WANG
Fudan University
Professor Wang studies molecular mechanisms regulating glutamate and GABA receptor function and trafficking in the brain.
Huji XU
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital
Translational research on innovative diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases.Prof Xu achieved the world’s first universal (allogeneic) CAR-T therapy for autoimmune diseases. In the diagnostic field, his work uncovered key pathogenic loci in ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis, establishing new standards for precision diagnosis.
Jintai YU
Fudan University
Professor Yu’s researches focus on AD and PD, mapping genomes, proteomes, metabolomes, and discovering novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
2024 SANS Exploration Scholars
2025 SANS Exploration Scholars
