Brain Research Institute, Niigata University Field for Evolutionary Brain Pathology Department of Neuroscience of Disease Care fish, Cure human

Xiakela Tuerhong

First-year PhD student

Career

2019–2024 Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine, Nanchang University, China April 2026: joined as a research student, then First-year PhD student, Niigata University

In their words

Neurodegenerative diseases reflect the inherent limitations of human life, where degeneration is an extreme manifestation. With a clinical background, I developed an interest in their impact on patients, motivating me to explore underlying mechanisms. By turning gradual change into observable breakdown, these diseases raise a fundamental question — can human identity be reduced to molecular mechanisms? I aim to study neurodegeneration at a mechanistic level.