An integrated microfludic system for PET tracers synthesis invented in ZJU2019-04-10Radioactive tracers are needed during the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan, a nuclear medicine functional imaging technique. Dependent on what to detect, different ligands are used for different imaging purposes, including the measurement of glucose metabolic rate, the quantification of cardiac perfusion or the determination of gene expression. Up to date, there are more than 100 trace... READ MORE |
Hope for treating genetic disorders via genetic compensation response2019-04-09A genetic compensation mechanism discovered in zebrafish could open up new prospects in the treatment of genetic disorders, a recent study suggests.The study by Prof. CHEN Jun from the College of Life Sciences and Prof. PENG Jinrong from the College of Animal Sciences, “PTC-bearing mRNA elicits a genetic compensation response via Upf3a and COMPASS components,” appeared in Nature.F... READ MORE |
ZJU researchers make a major breakthrough in transcranial ultrasound imaging2019-04-08Recently, the research team led by ZHENG Yinfei, an associate professor in the Institute of Medical and Health Information Engineering, Zhejiang University, proposed a novel imaging technology based on ultrasound materials and a plane wave imaging method—transcranial ultrasound imaging. This technology breaks through the “no-go zone” in cranial imaging and opens the door to human transcranial ul... READ MORE |
A taste of Qingming festival at ZJU2019-04-07Last Friday (April 5) is the Qingming Festival in China. This is a traditional Chinese holiday with a history of more than 2500 years. Chinese people traditionally visit ancestral tombs and clean the gravesites on this day. Another Qingming ritual is to eat Qingtuan, which is made of glutinous rice mixed with Chinese mugwort or barley grass.Owing to the color of the plant, tradition... READ MORE |
Researchers at ZJU and the University of Sydney propose record-breaking text-to-image-to-text framework2019-04-06The Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) has opened new frontier.Researchers from Zhejiang University and the University of Sydney have proposed a novel global-local attentive and semantic-preserving text-to-image-to-text framework. This framework, called MirrorGAN, exploits the idea of learning text-to-image generation by redescription. It has improved semantic consistency between the text descri... READ MORE |
School of Medicine holds graduation ceremony for MBBS Class of 20192019-04-04Last week, ZJU's School of Medicine held a graduation ceremony for the Medical Bachelor & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Class of 2019. Altogether 65 international students celebrate their graduation in the company of friends, family, and faculty and staff from the University.During the ceremony, Vice President HE Lianzhen congratulated the students on their achievements. “There is ... READ MORE |
Prof. ZHOU Lijun elected to the WLO Executive Committee2019-04-03Prof. ZHOU Lijun, deputy dean of the College of Education and director of World Leisure Center of Excellence at Zhejiang University (WLCE-ZJU) was elected to the World Leisure Organization (WLO) Executive Committee on April 1.The WLO Executive Committee is composed of 5 members elected by and from the Board, with a balanced diversity of backgrounds and skills representing the busine... READ MORE |
Bearing the fruits of cooperation: Sino-French Master's Program celebrates its first graduating cohort2019-04-01A graduation ceremony was held on the Zijingang Campus yesterday for the first graduating cohort of the Sino-French double degree Master’s Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Presidents of ZJU, École Polytechnique, ENSTA ParisTech and Télécom ParisTech joined together in Hangzhou to celebrate this important milestone of the program and this outstanding achievement for the ... READ MORE |
Graduates receive degrees and inspiration at the Spring Commencement2019-04-01A graduation ceremony was held on Zijingang Campus for the Class of 2019 postgraduates on March 30. More than 2,200 graduating students gathered at the campus stadium to celebrate their big day.Prof. WU Zhaohui, president of ZJU gave the farewell speech. He inspired the graduates to be life-long learners who adapt to the digitalized learning network, future leaders who cross the discipli... READ MORE |
High-yield and superior-quality cotton species, how we get both?2019-03-31Cotton is the most widely-used natural fiber and raw material for the textile industry in the world. As a fabric, cotton is very popular among people due to its remarkable breathability, comfort and warmth. At present, there are two cultivated allotetraploidspecies: G. Hirsutum(a.k.a upland cotton) and G. Barbadense(a.k.a extra-long staple cotton). Upland cottonproduces a higher fiber yield and is... READ MORE |
Research sheds light on the allocation of China’s carbon emission allowance2019-03-29Global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions has become a topic of global concern. The Paris Agreement has opened up a crucial avenue for the concerted efforts to reduce emissions. China has announced its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) aimed at reducing its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 60–65% from the 2005 level by 2030. Against this backdrop, it is of supreme ... READ MORE |
Focus on “Two Sessions”— Concerns and proposals of ZJUers2019-03-29[Editor’s Note: This is third part of our “two sessions” special. What were ZJUers concerned about? What proposals did they submit?]More than 2000 political advisors attended the meeting during the “two sessions”. Among them, there were a special group of people who carry the baton of Qiushi Spirit regardless of the fact that they work in different fields in different places. They are labeled... READ MORE |
Bitter food may help initiate immune responses, experts find2019-03-28It is receptors in taste buds that are responsible for the detection of taste in the mouth. A typical taste bud is comprised of 50-100 cells, each cell being for one taste. Recently, HUANG Liquan’s Laboratory at the College of Life Sciences conducted research into intestinal tuft cells whose structure is similar to that of taste buds. They found out that the bitter-taste receptors (Tas2rs) e... READ MORE |
Renowned Chinese scientist WU Xifeng joins ZJU2019-03-26ZJU is pleased to announce the addition of Professor WU Xifeng at its School of Public Health. She will serve as the Dean for School of Public Health, Vice President for the Second Affiliated Hospital and the Director for National Institute of Health Big Data, Zhejiang University.“We are pleased to welcome Professor WU to the University,” said ZJU Vice President ZHANG Hongjian in the w... READ MORE |