The laboratory headed by ZHAO Bin with the Life Sciences Institute and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network published a cover article entitled “PRDM4 mediates YAP-induced cell invasion by activating leukocyte-specific integrinb2 expression” in EMBO Reports in June 2018.The Hippo pathway plays an evolutionarily conserved role in organ size control. Mutations in this pathway lead to characteristic enlargement of organ size due to enhanced cell proliferation, reduced apopto...

The “Double First-class” initiative is creating opportunities for Chinese universities, and the ZJU-UIUC Institute is forging ahead with the plan to develop its engineering education with global vision. Three members of ZJUI (ZJU-UIUC Institute) International Advisory Board spoke on a seminar last Thursday on the issue of Global Engineering Education and “Double First Class” initiative, offering insights on the future of the Institute.Marching towards the goal of excellenceUpg...

The International Workshop on Ocean Optical Remote Sensing (OORS) 2018 was held on Yuquan Campus on June 8-9, 2018. More than 80 scholars attended the workshop and exchanged ideas on new theories and technologies in ocean optical remote sensing.The workshop covered six sessions: Ocean Color Remote Sensing, Coastal Water Observation, Lidar Remote Sensing, Comprehensive Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Optical Properties of Seawater. "We believe that OORS 2018 provides...

German professor Frank Steglich, the discoverer of the first heavy-fermion superconductor, CeCu2Si2, is particularly concerned with an experiment underway at Zhejiang University.The research team headed by Prof. YUAN Qiuhui with the Center for Correlated Matter and the Department of Physics put CeCu2Si2 into a special device at an extremely low temperature, thus probing the superconducting gap symmetry by measuring the temperature dependence of the London penetration depth. After one experi...

In the southwest of Zhejiang Province lies one of China's most beautiful rice terraces - Yunhe Rice Terraces. Hidden in the misty mountainous areas, the place is known for its unique landscape and folk culture.A great chance to experience the wonders of Yunhe terraces in person, seven international students of ZJU were invited to the 12th Yunhe Terraces Ploughing Ceremony on June 1st. This ceremony, marking the first plough of the year, is held annually during the season of "G...

On June 11, a delegation from the University of Macau (UM), led by UM Rector SONG Yonghua, visited Zhejiang University and signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement in the field of life sciences. Present at the agreement-signing ceremony was ZOU Xiaodong, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Zhejiang University.ZOU Xiaodong extended his cordial welcome to the UM delegation and introduced the current mission and future development of ZJU. He expressed his hope that the two universi...

Zhejiang University has recently been announced as the host of the IEEE 2020 Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM 2020). The biennial SAM Workshop will be held at Hangzhou Jinxi Villa on June 8-11, 2020. The call for papers is now open on the official website.The SAM Workshop focuses on the state-of-the-art developments in the field of sensor array and multichannel signal processing. Previous workshops have been held in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Israel, Germany, Spain,...

Co-organized by ZJU’s School of Materials Science and Engineering and Zhejiang Materials Research Society, the 3rd International Conference on Microstructure and Property of Materials (ICMPM) was held in Hangzhou during May 25-29.Highlighting the importance of science and technology, prof. ZHANG Ze, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chair of Academic Committee of ZJU, delivered an opening address on May 27. Research, education and industry related to materials science will be a maj...

On June 7, Prof. Joachim Messing delivered a lecture entitled “Origin of Genomics and Semi-synthetic Genes” as part of the Qizhen Global Vision Lecture Series at Zhejiang University.Joachim Messing is a professor of Molecular Biology and the director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the German National Academy of Sciences. He won the World Technology Award in Biotechnology and the 2013 Wol...

China is the birthplace for the silk industry, creating a splendid silk culture and leaving bountiful silk resources for the whole world. However, most of the silk is white and silk with natural colors is extremely rare.The research team led by Prof. CHEN Yuyin from ZJU’s College of Animal Sciences has finally cultivated China’s first strain of colorful silkworm cocoon—“Golden Autumn & Rising Sun” with over 10 years’ breeding. This practical strain had made its debut recently.This ...