Miao_Lab@Peking UniversitySystems NeuroscienceExplore the people currently shaping the lab and those whose work helped build its story.
People currently contributing to the lab.
PI
Chenglin Miao is a Principal Investigator at Peking University’s School of Life Sciences, PKU-Tsinghua Center, McGovern Institute. and PKU Chengdu’s Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Biotechnology. His research combines neural recording, circuit manipulation, molecular profiling, and computation to study spatial navigation, cognitive maps, memory, social cognition, and aging. He trained with Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser.
chenglin.miao@pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
Committed to employing miniaturized two‑photon calcium imaging technology to investigate spatial navigation and spatial cognition in animal brains within socially relevant environments.
caihq@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
PhD student (Class of 2022) at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University.
hong_jin@pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
My research focuses on cognitive neuroscience. 1. How multisensory cues in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) regulate spatial cognition. 2. Neural coding by different types of spatially modulated neurons during complex behavioral tasks in rodents.
2301110551@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
big fan of VR and sci-fi
gaosimin1@163.com
Research Assistant
Systems Neuroscience.
hn_aiai@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
PhD student (Class of 2021) in the PTN Program at the Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University. My research focuses on spatial representations in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) in complex environments.
xuqianran@stu.pku.edu.cn
Postdoctoral fellow
My research focuses on how spatial information is represented in the entorhinal cortex during navigation.
ruojinliu@pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
My research interests include molecular neurobiology (e.g., ion channels and GPCRs) and systems neurobiology (spatial coding in the medial entorhinal cortex, MEC). I am currently conducting oxytocin-related research at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT).
2201111935@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
I am currently working on research involving virtual reality (VR) systems for mice.
wusiyuan@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
PhD candidate of the 2026 intake, assisting with and conducting research on spatial coding in the Miao Lab. A dedicated yet health-conscious indoor person🥸
2601110676@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
None.
1700010782@pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
My research focuses on the neural coding mechanisms underlying three-dimensional spatial navigation and gene-based interventions in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
zhangxuan@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
I'm currently developing a hippocampal brain–computer interface (BCI) in mice to explore how internal neural representations interact with the external world and shape learning. Hopefully, one day, I'll unravel the mysteries of memory and consciousness.
dingyichen@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
I joined the lab in 2021 and am currently investigating the therapeutic potential of hippocampus-enriched genes for Alzheimer's disease.
lyx012@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
I started my undergraduate studies in Biology at Peking University in 2017 and joined the CLS PhD program in 2021. I've always been fascinated by neural coding. At Miao Lab, I study how the retrosplenial cortex integrates and routes spatial information. Outside the lab, I love dancing, practicing yoga, exploring makeup and coffee, and wandering around the city on long walks. 😉
joyce_youranyang@pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
Yuanjing Liu is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Life Sciences at Peking University, specializing in systems neuroscience and spatial cognition. Her research focuses on spatial information processing in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC), particularly how physiological conditions such as sleep deprivation and aging influence spatial representations and neural population dynamics.
yuanjing.liu@stu.pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
Developing subregion-specific adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors targeting the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) to investigate microcircuit functions.
yuqian_zhou@pku.edu.cn
PhD Student
Studying memory loss. Trying not to lose mine.
zhouyuanwang@stu.pku.edu.cn
Former colleagues and researchers who have contributed to the lab.
Doctoral Graduate
To love, to pursue.
chencong@alumni.pku.edu.cn
Doctoral Graduate
Hi, I'm Suri guge, originally from Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia. I completed my undergraduate studies at the College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, and joined the lab in the fall of 2019 as a PhD student in the PTN program. During my PhD, my research focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of aging in the mouse entorhinal cortex, as well as the functional properties of developmentally related entorhinal neurons.
usorgog@gmail.com
China electron cloud
Exploring domain-specific LLM post-training, with a focus on making AI agents better understand, reason about, and interact with the physical world.
jiangyuan263@gmail.com
Doctoral Graduate
ESFJ. Professional yapper.
1324517190@qq.com
Research Assistant
September 2024 – September 2026: Research Assistant Next Destination: University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine)
yixiaosun.pku@gmail.com