ZJU scientist wins gold medal at International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva2022-04-18Under the patronage of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Swiss Government and City of Geneva, the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (IEIG) was held from March 16 to March 20. Due to the Covid-19, this year’s IEIG went virtual, receiving about 800 inventions from 25 countries and regions.The team led by ZOU Jun from the Zhejiang University School of Mecha... READ MORE |
ZJU students’ work selected as official poster of Hangzhou Asian Games2022-04-13On April 1, the organizing committee of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 unveiled official posters for the Asian Games and the Asian Para Games, one of which is designed by the team led by GUO Junyan, a sophomore at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine.The poster entitled “Hello Future” takes the form of a GIF. “This poster features a smart and futuristic sense of the Asian Games t... READ MORE |
Ratiometrically designed nanoprodrug for triple-negative breast cancer treatment2022-04-12Effective combination therapies are urgently needed to treat triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), which is insensitive to the existing treatment regimens. However, the synergistic potency of traditional small-molecule combinations is limited mainly due to mismatched molar ratios, inconsistent pharmacokinetics, and intratumoral accumulation of individual drugs. Current nanotechnology offers an unp... READ MORE |
Dialogue@ZJU: An introduction to a master degree program PIEGL2022-04-09[Message from the editor: Launched in 2017, the Program in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership (PIEGL) is a two-year English-taught master degree program recruiting international students from universities worldwide. The program is academically rigorous whilst incorporating strong practical elements through enriched student learning and experiential education. It places great emphas... READ MORE |
Scientists make progress in regulating kiwifruit coloration2022-04-08Kiwifruit flesh exhibits various colors, ranging from green to yellow, red and even purple. In kiwifruit, the red phenotype is the outcome of anthocyanin accumulation. Anthocyanin is one of the widespread pigments in nature and it plays crucial roles in plants and human beings. At present, several MYB transcription factors have been identified as having the potential of synthesizing anthocyan... READ MORE |
ZJU scientists identify ultrathin osteochondral interface tissue at human knee joints2022-04-07The knee joint is the largest and most complex weight-bearing joint in the human body that enables us to stand and carry out our daily tasks. How much do you know your knee? Human body is the most perfect masterpiece of nature, and the knee joint inside human body has a delicate ultrathin layer of osteochondral interface between SOFT cartilage and HARD subchondral bone. In this interface, the soph... READ MORE |
Lactylation/METTL3/m6A axis promotes the immunosuppression of TIMs2022-04-06The crosstalk between immune cells and tumor cells within tumor microenvironment crucially determines the fate of tumor progression and metastasis. Cancer immunotherapy has brought unprecedented success in clinical benefits for multiple types of cancer by reinvigorating the functions of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. However, the majority of patients do not benefit from immunotherapies because of... READ MORE |
Graduates get degrees and invigoration at the spring commencement2022-04-02On the morning of March 30, the commencement and degree conferral ceremony for postgraduates in the Class of 2022 was held in the hybrid format. President WU Zhaohui sent his hearty congratulations to the graduating Class of 2022 on behalf of the University. “Like the Chinese youths a century ago, today’s youths also shoulder great responsibilities,” he said, inspiring them to pu... READ MORE |
ZJU’s Global Summer School recruitment kicks off2022-04-01Curious about future cities in science fiction movies? Eager to address digital divide in the upcoming smart city? Want to know how many trees you need to plant to neutralize your carbon emissions in a year? Heads up! Keys to these interesting questions are hidden in ZJU’s Global Summer School! As part of Z4G, Zhejiang University’s sustainability action plan, the two-week Summer School is launch... READ MORE |
Vice President HE Lianzhen: higher education community can play a key role in addressing global challenges2022-03-31“The higher education community can play a key role in addressing global challenges and advancing the process of sustainable development,” Vice President HE Lianzhen told the webinar, which was held by the International Association of Universities (IAU) and Higher Education Teaching & Learning Association (HETL) on March 29.Prof. He shared ZJU’s sustainability action plan (Z4G) and her insi... READ MORE |
Transgenic maize ‘Ruifeng 125’ is remarkably resistant to corn borers2022-03-29Maize is one of the world’s top three staple foods and the most important forage crop. China has a planting acreage of approximately 600 million mu (equal to 40 million hectares), ranking first in the world. On January 21, 2020, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs granted Safety Certificates of Agricultural GMO for 192 plant varieties.Ruifeng 125, an insect-resistant transgeni... READ MORE |
ZHANG Yi: Aspiring to do her bit for patients with rare diseases2022-03-24[Editor’s Note: ZHANG Yi, an undergraduate of BA Denian Medical Class at Chu Kochen Honors College, is one of the recipients of the CKC Scholarship, the highest scholarship at Zhejiang University. Determined, devoted, and diligent, Zhang steps on the way to a clinical scientist with her commitment to tackling the rare diseases. In this feature story, we will learn more about her growth trajectory... READ MORE |
Academic cross-pollination ignites sparks2022-03-22On March 14, WANG Chao, a master’s student at the College of Electrical Engineering, and LIN Xin, a PhD candidate at the School of Management, co-authored a research article entitled “Coordinating Thermal Energy Storage Capacity Planning and Multi-Channels Energy Dispatch in Wind-Concentrating Solar Power Energy System”, which will come out soon in the Journal of Cleaner Production.This in... READ MORE |
ZJU establishes School of Physics2022-03-21The Department of Physics was renamed the School of Physics on March 11.President WU Zhaohui expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Prof. LIN Haiqing, a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, for joining the Zhejiang University community as dean of the School of Physics. He hoped that the School of Physics would gear up efforts to build the world’s leading discipline, open up new vistas for ph... READ MORE |