Meiqi Niu

Dr. Meiqi Niu is a Researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Center Jülich GmbH, specializing in neuroimaging and brain architecture. Her work focuses on mapping cortical structures and receptor distributions in macaque and human brains, with applications in comparative neuroscience, bilingualism effects, and neurodegenerative disorders. She contributes to creating population-based brain atlases (e.g., MEBRAINS 1.0) and advancing neuroimaging techniques like 3D Polarized Light Imaging (PLI).

• Expertise: Brain mapping, receptor distribution analysis, computational neuroanatomy
• Techniques: 3D neuroimaging, machine learning, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
• Key Projects: Macaque brain atlases, somatosensory cortex organization, bilingualism impact studies

Her research integrates cytoarchitectonic, receptor, and functional connectivity data to understand brain structure-function relationships. Recent work explores how neurotransmitter receptor gradients influence neural processing and how early language acquisition shapes brain networks.

Labs/Teams: Active contributor to the Structural and Functional Organization of the Brain group (INM-1), collaborating on multimodal brain mapping initiatives.