Therapeutic potential of zVAD in autoimmune hepatitis2022-12-27Autoimmune 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 transpl... READ MORE |
ZJUI undergraduates win the 2nd Annual "Reimagine Our Future" Undergraduate Sustainability Competition2022-12-21Recently, 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 goal... READ MORE |
ZJU-China secures 10th gold medal2022-12-21In 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 A... READ MORE |
Scientists discover critical thermal transition driving spring phenology of Northern Hemisphere conifers2022-12-21On 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 g... READ MORE |
ZJU clinches record high 13 gold medals (II)2022-12-21【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... READ MORE |
ZJU clinches record high 13 gold medals (I)2022-12-21【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 ... READ MORE |
New progress in bioimaging from SI Ke’s group based on multi-feature deep learning2022-12-15Deep 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 ... READ MORE |
Bird-watching in green campus2022-12-15How 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 i... READ MORE |
ZJU’s world-champion teachers2022-12-14Challenging, stimulating, thrilling, fun. These are the common feelings of watching live sports games. Anyone who has actually watched exciting Olympic Games will surely dream of a signed photo of the cup winners, yet not all of us has the chance to see a world champion in life. However, here in Zhejiang University, students are accessible not only to some world champions, but also to several invi... READ MORE |
Photonic 3D Chern insulator realized2022-12-13Recently, Prof. YANG Yihao (one of the corresponding authors) from the International Campus of Zhejiang University and his collaborators at Nanyang Technological University announced their latest breakthrough: the world’s first realization of a long-elusive material called the 3D Chern insulator. These results are featured in the journal Nature, entitled “Topological Chern vectors in t... READ MORE |
A special session of the “UN General Assembly”2022-12-13On November 26th, 30 Zhejiang University students from 18 countries gathered together in a conference room resembling the General Assembly Hall of the UN. In the semicircle around the stage were sitting some audience who were dressed in their usual comfortable jeans and hoodies, but the model United Nations (UN) delegates were in suits or other formal clothes. Every delegate had a plate in front o... READ MORE |
ZJU scientists depicted the molecular interaction atlas of all drugs2022-12-13The efficacy and safety of drugs are widely known as being determined by their interactions with multiple molecules of pharmacological importance such as transporters, metabolizing enzymes, targets and excipients. However, available pharmaceutical studies tend to focus on the specific type of interacting molecules, which lacks comprehensive descriptions of all molecules of pharmacological importan... READ MORE |
The first stem cell project of engineering application system of China’s Space Station “in orbit”2022-12-09On November 12, the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft was successfully lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site. The spacecraft was loaded with the stem cell experimental unit designed by the research team led by Prof. YU Luyang and Prof. WANG Jinfu at the Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences. This unit made its “rendezvous” with the previously installed biotechnological e... READ MORE |
ZJU scientists discover molecular mechanisms for virus-vector co-evolution2022-12-09On October 3, the team led by Prof. WANG Xiaowei at the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture and Biotechnology published a research article entitled “A balance between vector survival and virus transmission is achieved through JAK/STAT signaling inhibition by a plant virus” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.Viruses constit... READ MORE |