Recently, the 2019 " Foreign teachers and I" national essay competition and competition for "My favorite foreign teacher" activities came to an end. Dr. Imran Haider Shamsi, a full time Associate Professor from the Institute of Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology (CAB) of Zhejiang University, was selected as "My favorite foreign teacher" in 2019. The candidates for "My favorite foreign teachers" were selected from the whole country...

Liver cancer is the seventh most common cancer and its mortality rate is the third highest. In China, approximately 330,000 people die of liver cancer every year, accounting for 42% of the world’s total death toll. Due to the fact that liver cancer is insidious, upon diagnosis, most patients will be found to be terminally ill and therefore lose the prime time of surgical treatment. Thus, comprehensive treatment, including intervention therapy and chemotherapy, offers the only ray of hope t...

On July 3, the research team led by Assoc. Prof. PENG Lihua and Prof. GAO Jianqing from the Zhejiang University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences published an open-access research article titled “Engineering bacterial outer membrane vesicles as transdermal nanoplatforms for photo-TRAIL-programmed therapy against melanoma” in the Science Advances.Melanoma is a malignant tumor located at the interface of epidermis and dermis and marked by rapid progression, fast relapse, and high...

Of 1,000-plus known plant viruses, over 75% are transmitted by aphids, whiteflies, leafhoppers and other insects. However, merely a minority of plant RNA viruses have been confirmed to replicate within their insect vectors in addition to their plant hosts so far. Whether plant DNA viruses have also evolved to replicate in their insect vectors has remained elusive. More importantly, there has been a paucity of research regarding the mechanisms employed by plant viruses to cross the kingdom barrie...

[Message from the Editor: Chinese calligraphy holds important position in Chinese culture. Recently Prof. BAI Qianshen, an art historian of calligraphy， a calligrapher, dean of the School of Art and Archeaology and director of ZJUMAA, told us his experiences in teaching calligraphy in the US and the stories about his monograph Fu Shan's World: The Transformation of Chinese Calligraphy in the Seventeenth-Century.]Q1：What are the biggest challenges you faced when you taught calligraphy ...

On the evening of June 23, the fourth-year students in the Zhejiang University Department of Architecture gave their presentations on the final project for the course of Themed Design using zoom. The panel of evaluators, including ZJU professors, Prof. Martin Bechthold, director of the Master in Design Engineering (MDE) program and director of the Doctor of Design (DDes) program at Harvard University, Prof. Vito Bertin who is currently in Hong Kong, and Prof. Lorenzo Barrionuevo who is currently...

The research team led by Prof. XU Jianming from the College of Environmental and Resource Sources published an article entitled “Elevated temperature shifts soil Nitrogen cycling from microbial immobilization to enhanced mineralization, nitrification and denitrification across global terrestrial ecosystems” in the Global Change Biology on July 2, 2020.Our planet is plagued by severe global warming currently. Since the dawn of the 20th century, the average surface tempe...

The research team led by Prof. JI Junfang from the Zhejiang University Life Sciences Institute published a research article titled “MiR-125b Loss Activated HIF1α/pAKT Loop, Leading to Trans-Arterial Chemoembolization Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma” in Hepatology on July 1, 2020. This article elaborates on the regulatory role of miRNA-125b-activated hypoxia signaling pathways in contributing to trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) resistance, thus providing prospectiv...

The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) is also known as seven-(pass)-transmembrane domain receptor in that it passes through the cell membrane seven times. It is involved in virtually any physiological and pathological process. As a major drug target, approximately 40% of the drugs take effect through the GPCR. Metabotropic γ-amino butyric acid (GABAB) receptor, located in the central nervous system, mediates slow and prolonged inhibitory activity. Dysfunctions of the GABAB r...

[Message from the editor: Since the opening of Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archeology (ZJUMAA) in 2019, ZJUMAA has become one of best places to go on the campus visit to ZJU. Recently we interviewed Prof. BAI Qianshen, director of ZJUMAA, and asked some questions about the Museum and the latest exhibition.]Q1: What is the founding purpose of ZJUMAA? BAI: ZJUMAA is a teaching museum, designed for serving the general education of the university. The world’s top universities, s...