Studies on plasticity in brain structure and function, a flagship project of China's basic science research during the 11th Five-year Plan Period, has been started recently in Shanghai. With support from the National Basic Research Program (dubbed as "973 Program"), the project will be carried out under the organization of the Institute of Neuroscience (ION), the CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS).
At its launch meeting held on 14 February in Nanbei Lake, Zhejiang, Prof. GUO Aike, chief scientist of the project and a researcher from ION, gave a general introduction, and leaders of the six components of the project presented their research plans. Prof. PEI Gang, SIBS president, and members of the project's expert panel attended the meeting and offered comments and suggestions.
