While in class, her pace is agile and brisk, her eyes are glittering and lively, and her teaching is remarkably logical and meticulous with a string of typical cases. WANG Jiewei, a faculty member at the School of Medicine and a doctor at the First Affiliated Hospital of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, clinched the grand prize in the finale of Zhejiang University Young Teachers’ Teaching Competition 2020. She still has a vivid memory of her teachers, JI Feng and CHEN ...

Hearing impairment may result from a multitude of factors, including heredity, environment and their interactions. Mitochondria are the hub of energy metabolism in eukaryotic cells and the control center of cellular signaling. tRNA plays a crucial role as a carrier of amino acid transport during protein synthesis. A lot of posttranscriptional modifications exist in mitochondrial tRNAs (8.7%). In human mitochondria, 18 types of nucleotide modifications are present in the 137 positions of 22 tRNA ...

The eighth day of the last lunar month marks the Laba Festival (Chinese: 腊八节). Laba festival is regarded as the prelude to the Chinese Spring Festival. A catchy nursery rhyme about the festival goes like this: “Kids, kids, don't be greedy. When Laba is here, the Spring Festival isn't far away.” After Laba, families will start their preparation for the Spring Festival: cleaning the house, setting up decorations, shopping and filling their fridges, etc.On...

Sex chromosomes genetically determine the remarkable differences between sexes from reproductive organs to the appearances and behaviors of adult individuals, and exhibit many genomic features and evolutionary patterns that are distinct from autosomes. They have long been the central subject of research for biologists.Classical theories of sex chromosome evolution suggest that sex chromosomes often originate from a pair of ancient autosomes and that homologous recombination between sex-determini...

On January 13th, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) announced its 2020 Fellows, which include two professors from the Zhejiang University College of Computer Science and Technology (CCST): Prof. REN Kui and Prof. ZHOU Kun."We're delighted that the ACM has recognized our two outstanding scholars," said Prof. CHEN Gang, Dean of CCST. "Both of them exemplify creativity and passion in their work. We’re tremendously proud of their achievements."The ACM Fellows...

[Message from the Editor: The “Smart Rice-fish Culture” team from the Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences clinched two gold medals in the 6th China College Students' Internet Plus Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and in the 12th “Challenge Cup” National College Student Business Plan Competition. We’re glad to invite team advisor TANG Jianjun, team leader ZHANG Jian, and team members WU Haoran and HUANG Ziyi to share their project with us].Q1: Prof...

The Mogao Grottoes, which boast a brilliant history of several millennia, are located in Dunhuang, at the western end of the Hexi Corridor.In this treasure trove of civilization, architecture, painted sculptures and paintings are integrated in an exquisite and splendid manner. However, unlike museum collections, which are meticulously tended in a constant environment, murals in these caves have been exposed to wind and sand for the past millennia.Each generation has been guarding and protecting ...

On January 9, Forum for Asian Civilizations and the inauguration ceremony for Zhejiang University Institute of Asian Civilizations were held on Zijingang Campus. Scholars both at home and abroad attended the forum online and offline, sharing their insights on the construction of key theories and the tackling of pressing challenges concerning Asian civilizations. With the goal of building “a new outlook on Asian civilizations”, the Institute will be committed to developing a disciplinary system...

You may have seen the dough “puff up” in the oven, or the flat circuit board in an electronic device, but have you ever seen self-morphing 3D circuits in the oven? The research team led by Dr. WANG Guanyun from Zhejiang University College of Computer Science and Technology and Dr. YAO Lining from Carnegie Mellon University co-developed MorphingCircuit—an integrated design, simulation, and fabrication workflow which combines electronic functions with forms through 4D printing. Th...

World Molecular Imaging Society（WMIS）has elected Prof. TIAN Mei, MD., PhD., FWMIS, to serve as its President for the term beginning in the autumn of 2021. She has taken office as President-elect since this month. This is the first time that a Chinese expert has been named as the WMIS president. TIAN Mei focuses her current research on molecular imaging of central nerve system (CNS) diseases & psychiatric disorders, imaging-based stem cell therapy for stroke, development of novel imagi...