[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...

On the afternoon of March 14, Zhejiang University and Merck Group signed an MOU for the establishment of CRISPR Core Partnership.LUO Jianhong, Vice President of Zhejiang University, and Steve Vermant, Managing Director of Merck China Life Sciences, signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides. Merck bestowed upon Zhejiang University the plaque of “Zhejiang University-Merck CRISPR Core Partnership”.“Zhejiang University attaches immense importance to academic research and scientific innovati...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a pervasive complicated disease caused by environmental and inherited risk factors and poses a hazard to human beings globally. The incidence rate and the mortality rate have taken on an upward trend in recent years, thereby becoming a major public health issue.The research team led by Prof. GUAN Minxin from the Zhejiang University Institute of Genetics were the first to construct the Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) line and detect the deleter...

[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?]YANG Huayong, member of the CPPCC National Committee, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and dean of ZJU's School of Mechanical Engineering talked with Zhejiang ...

The transition from an aquatic to a terrestrial environment is one of the milestones in the evolution of terrestrial life. In contrast with the aquatic environment, the terrestrial environment is fraught with more drought stress for terrestrial life. How to cope with droughts is thus one of the key issues in agricultural and botanical research.Research teams led by Prof. ZHANG Guoping and Prof. CHEN Zhonghua from the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, conducted a joint study with 27 ...