Dialogue@ZJU:ZJUer voices for SDGs (Episode 3)
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[Editor’s Note: If you were Minister of your country’s government, what would do first for sustainable development? What will the world be like in 2030? Among 17 UN sustainable development goals, which one do you concern most? In Let’s check out how ZJU international students answer these questions.] Zahraa Sh. Hmood, Iraq“There will be more buildings in our cities in 2030. And new buildings will be equipped with sensors that will detect noise, pollution, humidity, temperature. Everythi...
Prof. FU Junfen elected president-elect of APPES
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The 12th Scientific Meeting of Asia-Pacific Pediatric Endocrinology Societies (APPES 2022) was held in Seoul, South Korea in October. The conference was held online and offline, focusing on the latest progress of pediatric endocrinology, and gathered pediatric endocrinologists and experts from Asia-Pacific countries. At the annual meeting of the APPES Board of Governors, Prof. FU Junfen was elected as President-elect of the Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society (APPES).APPES a...
Therapeutic potential of zVAD in autoimmune hepatitis
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Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease. The incidence andprevalence of AIH are increasing. In addition, AIH is associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease, liver disease and extrahepatic malignancy. However, there are no specific therapies for AIH. Currently, the only viable treatments for AIH are immunosuppressant therapy and liver transplantation; however, these standard therapies are associated with side effects and non-responsiveness....
ZJUI undergraduates win the 2nd Annual "Reimagine Our Future" Undergraduate Sustainability Competition
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Recently, FANG Minghao, XU Zihan, ZHANG Yuchen, WANG Zhonghao, CAO Yixin, and YIN Han, the 2022 undergraduates of ZJUI, won the third prize in the 2nd Annual “Reimagine Our Future” Undergraduate Sustainability Competition with their ingenious proposals.Their project, “A solution to water shortage issues in Shanghai, China due to water quality”, revolves around four sustainable development goals, namely, “Good Health and Well-being,” “Clean Water and Sanitation,” “Industry, Innovation an...
ZJU-China secures 10th gold medal
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In the 2022 iGEM Competition, three teams from Zhejiang University won two gold medals and one silver medal. Among them, the ZJU-China team clinched its dazzling 10th gold medal. Meanwhile, the team was nominated for the Best Biomanufacturing Project, the Best Hardware Award, the Best Measurement Award, and the Best Safety and Security Award in the biomanufacturing track.Prof. CHEN Ming and Assoc. Prof. YANG Fan at the College of Life Sciences act as instructors for the ZJU-China team,...
Scientists discover critical thermal transition driving spring phenology of Northern Hemisphere conifers
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On November 30, Prof. HUANG Jianguo’s team at the Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences published a research article titled “A critical thermal transition driving spring phenology of Northern Hemisphere conifers” in the journal Global Change Biology.The advances in spring phenology are considered as a major imprint of climate change impacts across all terrestrial biomes. Secondary growth, or xylem phenology, is a key component of forest spring phenology. Although there is an incre...
ZJU clinches record high 13 gold medals (II)
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【Editor’s Note: The finals of the 8th China International College Students “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition were held online on Nov. 10-13. Zhejiang University ranked 1st by clinching a record high 13 gold medals. Let’s take a look at those gold medal winning projects in this two-part report.】EFL—A world-leading integrated supplier of 3D biological printingThe EFL team builds a complete scheme for bio-ink and the bio-3D printer, which can be applied to a wide sp...
ZJU clinches record high 13 gold medals (I)
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【Editor’s Note: The finals of the 8th China International College Students “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition were held online on Nov. 10-13. Zhejiang University ranked 1st by clinching a record high 13 gold medals. Let’s take a look at those gold medal winning projects in this two-part report.】Wei’er: Your digital twin guardianThe project is an emotionally driven self-improvement mapping system in the virtual world. It maps the intrinsic traits of an individual,...
New progress in bioimaging from SI Ke’s group based on multi-feature deep learning
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Deep learning plays an increasingly crucial role in biomedical research, due to its exceptional data processing capacity. However, single-feature data is far from enough to present a full picture of an issue. Recently, a multi-feature deep learning system was proposed by Prof. SI Ke’s group from Zhejiang University, and successfully applied in accurate glaucoma severity diagnosis.Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness. However, manual assessment of the glaucoma is labor intensi...
Bird-watching in green campus
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How many species of birds choose Zijingang campus as their summer or winter resorts? The answer is probably exclusive to ZJU’s bird-watching fanciers. Birding or bird photography has become a trendy hobby in recent years. PENG Chen, a graduate student in the Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, is one of the birding fanciers who come to birdwatching almost every day. Let’s zoom in on fabulous birds under PENG’s lens.An atlas of Zijingang birdsIt is first seen this winter in th...