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UBSN Newsletter Issue 12

We are excited to share with the 12th issue of our UBSN Newsletter (click here to view online), featuring trans-spinal electrical stimulation (tsES) rehabilitation strategies for chronic stroke patients, conducted by a UBSN Associate Professor.   Please enjoy the newsletter. Thank you for your support!

Photo Album of EEG Neuroscan Curry 3-day Workshop

UBSN is grateful for Tronda Electronics Ltd, Reyko Tech and William Oliver for leading our UBSN Training Workshop: "EEG and NeuroScan CURRY 9".

Photo Album of Visitor from MIT

UBSN has had the honour to welcome Prof. Edward Gibson from MIT for a short visit.

Photo Album of Visitor from Care Alliance

UBSN is grateful to receive distinguished guests from Care Alliance, Mr Albert Xu (Co-Founder/ Co-CEO), Ms Lucy Zhang (VP) and Ms Wu Shiying (Head).

Photo Album of Visitor from University of Queensland

UBSN is excited for Prof. Paul Hodges from the University of Queensland to join us for a lab visit.

Photo Album of Functional MRI Seminar and Lab Visit

UBSN is thrilled to invite Dr. Shirley ZHANG to give us a seminar titled "Graph Theoretical Analysis of Functional MRI Data". A lab visit was also organised.

Photo Album of Visitor from Shanghai Jiao Tong University

UBSN is honoured to welcome the visit of Prof. Peter Shull from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Press - UBSN Researchers Featured in RIO Research Video on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

PolyU Research and Innovation Office (RIO) has recently produced a video on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, featuring UBSN researchers, Dr. CaiCai ZHANG (Associate Professor of the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies) and Dr. Dalinda Isabel SANCHEZ VIDANA (Research Assistant Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences). The University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (UBSN) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University offers a state-of-art technological platform to support research of diverse fields in neuroscience, including rehabilitation sciences, neurolinguistics, and artificial intelligence. Alongside Research and Innovation Office (RIO), UBSN hopes to help researchers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines come together to combine their expertise, and advance scientific research and cultivate innovation.

Press - PolyU UBSN’s Multidisciplinary Neuroscience Research Platform Featured in Nature

The University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (UBSN) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University offers a state-of-art technological platform to support research of diverse fields in neuroscience, including rehabilitation sciences, neurolinguistics, and artificial intelligence. UBSN researchers are featured in the latest Nature Index Neuroscience, sharing their research experiences and how UBSN assists in their impactful research discoveries.  Prof. Marco Pang, Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences, Chair Professor of Neurorehabilitation, Head of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Director of UBSN, discussed how his research team's combined use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) at UBSN can give a more comprehensive view of brain activities, allowing for assessment of effectiveness of stroke rehabilitative interventions.  Dr. Georg Kranz, Presidential Young Scholar and Associate Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, shared about his team's use of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) at UBSN, along with machine learning. This has potential to allow more personalised and effective treatment plans for depression.  Dr. CaiCai Zhang, Associate Professor of the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, described her research team’s use of neural imaging technology and machine learning approaches. This may allow for identification and prediction of cognitive issues in four-year-olds, enabling early interventions for children with language disorders.    Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-024-00315-9

UBSN Management Committee Professors and User Group Member Ranked Top 2% Most Cited Scientists

Stanford University has recently updated a database that represented top-cited scientists worldwide†. We are very excited to share the news with you that a number of our UBSN Management Committee professors and a User Group member have ranked among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists. The Stanford research team retrieved Scopus publication data up to end-of-2023 provided by Elsevier and standardised citation data using metrics, e.g., h-index, co-authorship hm-index. The calculation resulted in a list of 100,000 top scientists across the world from 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields. Congratulations on the outstanding achievement.     Name (ordered by role, then by last names)  Subject field  Percentile        Metric Criteria   Prof. Marco Pang (SCOPUS profile link)  Director of UBSN       Rehabilitation  Top 1%  Career and Single-year   Prof. Ping LI (SCOPUS profile link)  Associate Director of UBSN     Psychology & Cognitive Sciences     Top 2%  Single-year   Prof. Kenneth Fong (SCOPUS profile link)  Member of UBSN Management Committee       Rehabilitation    Top 2%   Single-year  Prof. Yongping Zheng (SCOPUS profile link)  Member of UBSN Management Committee           Biomedical engineering  Top 2%  Career and Single-year  Dr. Arnold Wong (SCOPUS profile link)  Member of UBSN User Group  Orthopaedics  Top 2%  Single-year   †Reference: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2024), “August 2024 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Mendeley Data, V7, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.7