Jinan University Hosts Aging Research Symposium:Advancing Immunology andBrain Health for HealthyAging

Jinan   University   Hosts   Aging   Research   Symposium:Advancing Immunology andBrain Health for HealthyAging

April1—The 2nd Aging ResearchSymposiumon Immunologyand Healthy Aging, co-hosted by the School of Medicine, Jinan University, and Aging Research journal, convened at Huiquan Building Room 314. The symposium brought together leading experts in aging immunology and brain health from across the globe, drawing over 100 faculty members and students.

AcademicianKwok-Fai Soof the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the Guangdong-Hong  Kong-Macao  Central  Nervous  System  Regeneration  Institute  at Jinan University, delivered the opening address. ProfessorChenGuobing,Dean of the School of Medicine, presided over the symposium.

In his welcoming remarks, AcademicianKwok-Fai Soextended warm greetings

to  international  and  domestic  scholars,  noting  that  global  population  aging  is accelerating at an unprecedented pace.  "Research  in  aging immunology  and brain health represents not only the frontier of life sciences but also a critical pillar for advancing the Healthy China initiative and addressing the challenges of an aging

society," he stated. He emphasized that interdisciplinary collaboration and synergistic innovation  are  the  driving  forces  behind  breakthrough  discoveries  in  this  field, expressing hope that the symposium would spark original ideas and foster deeper international partnerships to advance healthy aging with Chinese wisdom and Jinan contributions.

The   symposium   featured  six   high-caliber   keynote   and  invited lecturesspanning cutting-edge themes in immunosenescence, neurodegenerative mechanisms, and brain health promotion:

Academician Linda Hildegard Bergersen (University  of  Oslo,   Norway) elucidated the pivotal role of lactate signaling in brain energy metabolism and neural function regulation;

Professor Thiruma V.Arumugam(La Trobe University, Australia) unveiled the potential mechanisms by which  intermittent  fasting  enhances  brain  resilience  and slows aging;

Dr. Gunnar Heiko Dirk Poplawski (Cleveland  Clinic)  presented   frontier advances in gene and cell therapy for neural regeneration following spinal cord injury.

In the invited sessions,Professor Li Xiaojiang(Jinan University) explored new paradigms in neurodegenerative disease research using non-human primate models;

Researcher Liu Yong  (South   China  University   of  Technology)   demonstrated innovative applications of two-photon imaging in dynamic neuroimmune observation; andProfessorLuoJunhong(Jinan University) introduced cutting-edge explorations at the intersection of bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and single-cell multi-omics analysis.

The six presentations, marked by thematic clarity and methodological diversity, vividly illustrated the vibrant, cross-disciplinary ecosystem of aging immunology and health research. The successful convening of this symposium not only provided a high-level  platform  for  international  scholarly  exchange  but  also  further  elevated Jinan   University's    academic    visibility   and    disciplinary    leadership   in    aging

immunology, neuroscience, and health promotion.

Moving forward, the School of Medicine will continue to deepen frontier basic research  and  multidisciplinary  collaborative  innovation,  actively  serving  national strategic priorities on population aging and contributing further Jinan strength to the high-quality development of healthy aging initiatives.