2024

• 10/2024: Dr. Helen Zhou’s group (Yilei, Zijian, Zijiao, Ji Fang) organized the first EPVS segmentation challenge at MICCAI 2024 in Morocco, in collaboration with University of Edinburgh and NUHS.
• 10/2024: Dr. Nicodemus Oey, a NUH clinician specialized in stroke rehabilitation mentored by Helen, received ExxonMobil-NUS Research Fellowship for Clinicians 2024.
• 09/2024: Dr. Helen Zhou gave an invited talk titled “Brain network phenotype in neurological disorders: prognosis, diagnosis, and intervention” at NNRIS 10th Anniversary Symposium 2024.
• 09/2024: Zijian's paper has been accepted for Spotlight presentation at NeurIPS 2024!
• 09/2024: Joanna's paper has been accepted by Alzheimer's & Dementia!
• 09/2024: Helen, Ruilin, and Zijiao have received the Recognition of Excellence Award, OpenGov Asia, 2024. Interview
• 09/2024: Niousha has been appointed as co-chair for Brainhack Open Science at OHBM 2025!
• 08/2024: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk titled, Decoding the brain to treat neurodegenerative disorders, on Inaugural NUHS Scientific & Innovation Summit 2024 link
• 08/2024: Qian Xing won the 1st Prize Poster Presentation on Child-Women Human Potential Theme on Inaugural NUHS Scientific & Innovation Summit 2024.
• 08/2024: Sophia won the 2nd Prize Oral Presentation on Neuroscience and Longevity Theme on Inaugural NUHS Scientific & Innovation Summit 2024.
• 08/2024: Yichi won the 1st Prize Oral Presentation on Neuroscience and Longevity Theme on Inaugural NUHS Scientific & Innovation Summit 2024.
• 06/2024: Ji Fang has been awarded Best Poster Award in ASMRM 2024!
• 06/2024: Qian Xing's paper has been accepted by Plos Biology!
• 06/2024: Zijian's paper has been accepted by MICCAI 2024, see you in Morocco!
• 06/2024: Cisy's paper has been accepted by Human Brain Mapping!
• 06/2024: Susan's paper has been accepted by eLife!
• 04/2024: Zijiao Chen from Helen’s group gave an invited talk on 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Brain Encoding and Decoding, AIBED, 2024.
• 04/2024: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a Plenary lecture on Brain network phenotype in neuropsychiatric disorders: integration with AI in 4th International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Sponsored 4th NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOL NEPAL 2024.
• 03/2024: Qian Xing will give a talk on OHBM symposium.
• 02/2024: Dr. Helen Zhou gave an invited talk at the The Noosa Workshop on brain function, organization, and behavior, Australia, 2024.
• 02/2024: Susan has been awared a Trainee (Educational) Stipend by ISMRM.
• 02/2024: Cisy's abstract has been accepted as an in-person oral Power Pitch presentation in ISMRM.
• 02/2024: Sophia's work has been accepted as Oral Scientific Session in ISMRM.
• 01/2024: Ji Fang was awarded the OFYIRG grant, titled "Elucidating Heart-Brain Interactions of Functional Significance in Older Adults".
• 01/2024: Qian Xing was awarded the OFYIRG grant, titled "Study longitudinal trajectory of brain structure-function decoupling underlying cognitive development from preschool children to adolescents".

2023

• 12/2023: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk titled "Brain network phenotypes relate to cognition and psychopathology in the developing and aging brain" for 6th International Conference on Human Brain Development, Beijing.
• 12/2023: Eric's paper has been accepted by Network Neuroscience.
• 12/2023: Joanna's paper has been accepted by Communication Biology.
• 12/2023: Ji Fang's paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (JCBFM).
• 11/2023: Our fMRI-Video decoding project was covered by Hunan TV. link
• 11/2023: Our fMRI-Image decoding project was featured by Thomson Reuters. link
• 11/2023: Dr. Helen Zhou gave an invited talk titled "Brain network phenotype in neuropsychiatric disorders: prognosis, diagnosis, and intervention" in Eastern Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank 2023.
• 10/2023: Check out interview (in Mandarin) on brain imaging and SINGER study with Dr.Helen Zhou on channel 8 in Singapore! link1|link2
• 09/2023: Zijiao's paper has been accepted by NeurIPS as oral and received scholar award!
• 09/2023: Wan Lin's paper on mindfulness-based therapy has been accepted by Translational Psychiatry!
• 07/2023: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a keynote talk at OHBM Satellite Symposium 2023. link
• 07/2023: Xiaoyu gave an oral presentation in AAIC research highlights.
• 06/2023: Ji Fang's Neurology paper has been reported by CNA Health.
• 06/2023: Zijian's paper has been accepted by MICCAI 2023!
• 05/2023: Congratulations! Xiao Yu won the outstanding Phd student award from QBM program at Duke-NUS!
• 05/2023: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk titled "Brain network breakdown underlying cognitive decline in neurological disorders: targeting early stages" at Cell Symposium in Neurometabolism.
• 05/2023: Dr. Helen Zhou was interviewed by CNA 938 Health Matters on the fMRI-Image decoding project!
• 05/2023: Our fMRI-Image decoding project (Mind-Vis) has beed covered by Telegraph:link
• 05/2023: Our fMRI-Video decoding project (Mind-Video) has beed covered by Motherboard - VICE:link
• 03/2023: Ji Fang's paper has been published on Neurology, and it has been highlighted by Neurology with one editorial letter.
• 03/2023: Our brain decoding project has been reported by NBC News:Youtube / Webpage.
• 03/2023: Zijiao's paper has been accepted to CVPR 2023.
• 01/2023: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk titled "Brain network phenotype in neuropsychiatric disorders: targeting early stage."at UCL for UCL Max Planck Computational Psychiatry Talk.

2022

• 12/2022: Zijian's paper got spotlight and received sutdent travel award at IEEE Big Data, BrainNN 2022.
• 12/2022: Xiao Yu gave a data blitz titled "Predicting individual brain regional atrophy progression using structural connectome" at Australasian Neuroscience Society 2022 Conference, within the symposia ‘Advances in Neurogenetic Techniques’, on Tuesday, 6 December 2022
• 12/2022: Zijian gave an oral presentation of his work, titled "COOP-DHGNN: a Framework for Joint Classification and Prediction of Brain Functional Connectivity Using Sparse Trajectory Dataset with Application to Early Dementia" at IEEE Big Data, BrainNN 2022.
• 10/2022: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk titled "Brain network breakdown in neuropsychiatric disorders and at-risk individuals." at 2nd Pan-Asia Symposium on the Genetics of Brain Disorders 2022.
• 09/2022: Dr. Helen Zhou's OHBM2022 keynote interview titled "Network Neuroscience for the Clinic" is up on the OHBM blog [link]
• 09/2022: Publication in eLife [link]
• 08/2022: Yaofeng, Joanna, and Ji Fang presented posters at AAIC 2022.
• 06/2022: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a keynote lecture, titled “Differential brain network phenotypes in neurological disorders: a longitudinal perspective” at OHBM 2022 in Glasgow.
• 06/2022: Congratulations to Xiao Yu for winning the OHBM abstract merit award.
• 06/2022: Sophia and Xiao Yu gave oral presentations at OHBM 2022.
• 06/2022: Yilei has a paper accepted at the Medical Imaging with Deep Learning Conference 2022. [link]
• 05/2022: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a plenary talk titled "Resting state brain connectivity II: applications and future directions." at ISMRM 2022.
• 05/2022: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a lecture talk at Korean Human Brain Mapping Spring Conference 2022.
• 04/2022: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk titled "Tracking brain network changes underlying cognitive decline in elderly: a longitudinal perspective." at the University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre Integrative Neuroimaging.
• 04/2022: Publication in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience [link]
• 04/2022: Publication in Nature [link]
• 04/2022: Dr. Qian Xing and Dr. Cisy Liu will be giving an oral presentation at the ISMRM-ESMRMB & ISMRT 31st Joint Annual Meeting.

2021

• 10/2021: Dr Helen Zhou gave three seminars at the 8th Qian Jiang International Conference of Medical Imaging, the Singapore Academy of Medicine, Chapter of Rehabilitation Physicians Talk and at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress.
• 09/2021: Publication in Brain and Language [link]
• 09/2021: Dr. Qian Xing's paper has been featured by NUS Medicine, Mirage News, ScienceDaily and BioSpectrum Asia!
• 06/2021: Publication in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [link]
• 06/2021: Publication in Schizophrenia Research [link]
• 06/2021: Publication in Rheumatology [link]
• 06/2021: Posters by Qian Xing, Eric and Wan Lin have been highlighted by OHBM 2021
• 06/2021: Dr. Eric Ng and Dr. Qian Xing gave a symposium talk at the 46th joint annual meeting of Psychology and the Brain (PuG)
• 05/2021: Dr. Helen Zhou has joined the editorial board of eLife as a reviewing editor
• 05/2021: Publication in JAMA Psychiatry [link]
• 05/2021: Publication in Neuroimage [link]
• 04/2021: Dr. Cisy Liu will be giving an oral presentation at the 2021 Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society
• 04/2021: Congratulations to Wan Lin for winning the OHBM abstract merit award
• 03/2021: Dr Helen Zhou gave a seminar at the Feindel VIrtual Brain and Mind Seminar held at McGill University
• 02/2021: Dr Helen Zhou gave a seminar at the Machine Learning in Medicine Virtual Seminar Series hosted by Cornell University
• 01/2021: New PhD student - Yilei Wu joined the lab
• 01/2021: Dr Helen Zhou gave three seminars: BrainMap at the Martinos Center, a Distinguished Lecture at the Memento Center for Neuroprosthetics at EPFL and a seminar at the Brain Space Initiative hosted by the IEEE Signal Processing Society
• 01/2021: Publication in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism [link]
• 01/2021: Publication in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy [link]

2020

• 11/2020: Publication in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience [link]
• 11/2020: Congratulations to Ji Fang for Best Oral Presentation Award at the 14th International Congress of ASAD [pdf]
• 10/2020: Ji Fang gave an oral presention at ASAD
• 08/2020: Two new PhD students - Zijiao Chen & Thuan Tinh (Sophia) Nguyen joined the lab
• 08/2020: Publication in Brain Communications [pdf]
• 06/2020: Qian Xing, Joanna, Rita and Wan Lin presented posters at OHBM
• 04/2020: Publication in Journal of Psychiatric Research [pdf]
• 04/2020: Publication in Scientific Reports [pdf]
• 04/2020: MNNDL officially transferred from Duke-NUS Medical School to NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• 03/2020: Dr. Helen Zhou appointed as Associate Editor for Human Brain Mapping
• 03/2020: Publication in Science [pdf]
• 01/2020: Dr. Helen Zhou joined the Advisory Board for Cell Reports Medicine
• 01/2020: Publication in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism [pdf]
• 01/2020: Publication in Human Brain Mapping [pdf]

2019

• 11/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a keynote talk at ACNS
• 11/2019: Qian Xing (Talk), Wan Lin (Data Blitz) and Ji Fang (Poster) presented their work at the Duke-NUS NBD Retreat
• 11/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou participated in a panel discussion and gave a talk at Cell Press-Beijing Conference AI and the Brain
• 10/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a keynote talk at ICHBD
• 10/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a symposium talk and Cisy presented a poster at AsCNP
• 10/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou joined the Editorial Board of Communications Biology
• 09/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou received the Research Team Award from SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine
• 09/2019: Eric, Cisy, Rita and Wan Lin presented posters at Neuroscience Singapore 2019
• 09/2019: Publication in Biological Psychiatry [pdf]
• 09/2019: Press Release of "Amyloid and Cerebrovascular Disease Have Different Effects on Brain Networks" in MedicalResearch [link]
• 09/2019: Press Release of "Brain Changes May Help Track Dementia, Even Before Diagnosis" in American Academy of Neurology [link]
• 09/2019: Press Release of "Brain changes may help track people most likely to develop dementia" in News-Medical [link]
• 09/2019: Publication in Neurology [pdf] [Medical Research Press Release] [American Academy of Neurology Press Release]
• 09/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk at School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
• 09/2019: Wan Lin presented a poster at BACN
• 08/2019: Qian Xing, Ji Fang and Joanna presented posters and Dr. Helen Zhou gave a symposium talk at ASAD
• 07/2019: Press Release of "An update on Alzheimer's disease" in Asia-Pacific Biotech News [link]
• 07/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou did a radio interview with Daniel Martin for Health Matters on CNA938
• 07/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a seminar at Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University
• 07/2019: Ji Fang presented a poster at AAIC
• 07/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a seminar at School of Medicine, Nanjing University
• 07/2019: Publication in NeuroImage [pdf]
• 07/2019: Publication in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease [pdf]
• 07/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
• 07/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk at School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
• 06/2019: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a symposium talk at World Congress of Biological Psychiatry
• 06/2019: Joanna and Rita presented posters and Dr. Helen Zhou gave a symposium talk at OHBM
• 05/2019: Publication in Journal of Neuroscience [pdf] [Asia-Pacific Biotech News Press Release] [Health Matters Radio Interview with CNA938]
• 05/2019: Book Publication in Progress in Brain Research Volume 246: Sleep Deprivation and Cognition (In press) [pdf]
• 04/2019: Publication in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry [pdf]
• 04/2019: Congratulations to Ash on her successful thesis defense
• 04/2019: Publication in NeuroImage [pdf]
• 04/2019: Congratulations to Joanna on her successful thesis defense
• 03/2019: Publication in Scientific Reports [pdf]
• 01/2019: Publication in Human Brain Mapping [pdf]

2018

• 12/2018: Publication in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience [pdf]
• 12/2018: Cisy, Joanna, Liwen and Ji Fang presented their work at the Duke-NUS NBD Retreat
• 12/2018: Eric and Ash served as organizing committee members for the Duke-NUS NBD Retreat
• 12/2018: Publication in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [pdf]
• 11/2018: Associate Professor Michael Schöll (University of Gothenburg) visited our lab and presented his Tau Imaging Project
• 11/2018: Publication in NeuroImage: Clinical [pdf]
• 11/2018: Dr. Helen Zhou is appointed as Editor of NeuroImage and elected as Council - Secretary of Organization of Human Brain Mapping
• 10/2018: Publication in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease [pdf] [pdf]
• 10/2018: Publication in Journal of Neuroscience [pdf]
• 09/2018: Congratulations to Ash for Best Oral Presentation (Clinical Junior) Award at the 5th Singhealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress
• 09/2018: Publication in Scientific Reports [pdf]
• 09/2018: Joanna presented a poster at the 5th Singhealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress
• 08/2018: Publication in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy [pdf]
• 08/2018: Publication in Translational Psychiatry [pdf]
• 08/2018: Publications in NeuroImage [pdf] [pdf]
• 07/2018: Liwen, Joanna and Ash presented posters at AAIC
• 06/2018: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk at Multimodal Neuroimaging for Mental Disorders Workshop 2018 - jointly organized with Dr. Thomas Yeo's lab
• 06/2018: Eric, Cisy, Qian Xing, Liwen, Ji Fang, Joanna, Ash, Luo Xiao, Mengjiao presented posters at OHBM
• 06/2018: Congratulations to Ash for Merit Abstract Award at OHBM
• 04/2018: Publication in Neurobiology of Aging [pdf]
• 04/2018: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk and Cisy presented a poster at SIRS
• 03/2018: Publication in Human Brain Mapping [pdf]
• 03/2018: Dr. Helen Zhou gave a talk at SNR
• 03/2018: Dr. Helen Zhou, Eric, Cisy, Ji Fang, Joanna and Luo Xiao presented works at Biomarkers in Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Symposium
• 02/2018: Professor Xi-Nian Zuo (CAS Institute of Psychology) visited our lab and presented his Chinese Color Nest - Growing up in China Project
• 02/2018: Professor Stephen Wood (University of Melbourne) visited our lab and presented his Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Project

2017

• 12/2017: Publication in NeuroImage [pdf]
• 11/2017: Publication in Frontiers in Medicine [pdf]
• 11/2017: Publication in Brain [pdf]
• 11/2017: Invited Review in Neuroimaging Clinics of North America [pdf]
• 10/2017: Publication in Cerebral Cortex [pdf]
• 08/2017: Publication in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy [pdf]
• 08/2017: Congratulations to Joanna on her publication being Editor's Choice of the Month (November) in Brain [pdf]
• 06/2017: Congratulations to Joanna and Ash for Merit Abstract Award at OHBM
• 05/2017: Publication in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease [pdf]
• 05/2017: Congratulations to Chenhao for Most Outstanding Graduating Duke-NUS M.D./Ph.D. Student Award on his thesis
• 01/2017: Publication in Neuropsychopharmacology [pdf]