A 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 10 graduating students.During the ceremony, ZJU President WU Zhaohui and President of École Polytech...

A 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 disciplinary boundaries, innovators who venture into the unknown frontiers, active doers who address the nat...

Cotton 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 better able to survive harsh environments. Globally, about 90% of all cotton production is of culti...

Global 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 importance to formulate an appropriate scheme for the allocation of CEA at provincial levels.The res...

[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 as ZJUers.YANG Wei, former president of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and chairm...

It 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) expressed in tuft cells and their signaling pathway play a crucial role in detecting infections by th...

ZJU 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 welcome ceremony. “Prof. WU brings not only educational expertise but also real-world experience tha...

This video clip is shot in Prof. XU Han’s laboratory at the School of Medicine. Compared to the mouse on the left, the one on the right shows a clear escape and avoidance behavior, a typical symptom of social fear. This is a novel mouse model designed by XU’s group to understand the pathological mechanism of social phobia. Using this model and a series of elegant experiments, an important dysfunction in the microcircuits is found to contribute to social anxiety disorder (SAD).This work is...

China has the highest incidence of liver cancer in the world. For patients with early liver cancer, surgery is the optimal treatment, but most patients are diagnosed with advanced liver cancer and thus miss the opportunity for surgery. Due to the limitations of targeted drugs Sorafenib and Regorafenib, the immune “brake-point” drug represented by the anti-PD-1/PD-L1 axis holds promise for curing patients with advanced liver cancer. At present, Opdivo (Nivolumab), a drug for the PD-L1/PD-1 axis...

[Editor's Note: During the “two sessions” of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress, Premier LI Keqiang delivered the 2019 Government Work Report, which has generated many headlines. What do ZJU scholars think about the new policies proposed in the Report?]“We must fully respect and trust our researchers. ”  “We will work hard to cut red tape to enable researchers to concentrate on the pursuit of learning, innovation, and breakthr...