ConnectionThe Official Newsletter of Zhejiang UniversityVol. 02, October 2017On the Cover: A Brilliant SummerMapping the mobility of ZJU undergrads through summer programsZJU NewsroomZJU and Alibaba join to promote cutting-edge research & developmentVoice from Summer Davos in DalianChina donates collection of Yuan dynasty paintings to FU BerlinZJU researchers participate in 43rd ocean expeditionZJU’s Arts & Humanities enter THE RankingsChina tops men’s 4x100 meters rel...

 To showcase these overseas experiences our students gain this summer, Office of International Relations held a photo contest for summer exchanges. Interested in the winning photos? Please go to http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/2017/1005/c4151a643894/page.htm.

    Transcription factors NF-κB play a crucial role in immunity and inflammation and are intimately akin to cancer, immunity-related diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. Ubiquitin ligase TRAF6, together with ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc13/Uev1, catalyzes processive assembly of unanchored K63-linked polyubiquitin chains for TAK1 activation in the IL-1R/TLR pathways. However, what domain and how it functions to enable TRAF6’s processivity are largely uncharacterized.&...

    This summer, a mix of 20 students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Washington had a memorable stay at Zhejiang University, gaining new sights into chemical engineering, inter-cultural communication and much more.    Hosted by ZJU’s College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, the Hangzhou Summer Lab Program kicked off on June 10 and lasted five weeks at ZJU’s Yuquan Campus in city center. During the program, students ...

    The research team led by Prof. Hailan Hu, a neuroscientist at Zhejiang University, has located a brain circuit that, when activated in mice, transformed timid individuals into bold alpha mice that almost always prevailed in aggressive social encounters.     The study titled “History of winning remodels thalamo-PFC circuit to reinforce social dominance” was published in the journal Science. It used a technique called optogenetics, to pinpoint and ulti...

    The mechanism behind ischemic brain injury is extremely complicated. Previous studies by a research team led by Prof. Chen Zhong of the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, demonstrate that damaged mitochondria are cleared, thus attenuating brain injury, by mitophagy. However, the story behind mitophagy remains obscure, which poses a barrier to curing cerebral ischemia via mitophagy.    The current research carried out by the resear...

    Winners have been announced in the first Summer Photo Contest of Zhejiang University, hosted by the Office of International Relations in summer 2017. Out of 184 entries submitted in the contest, a total of 43 photographs have stood out, including three first-prize works and eight second-prize works.    The contest encourages students to record the best of their study abroad experience and aims to showcase the much valued significances of internati...

    The award ceremony of China Collegiate Computing Contest & the Mobile Application Innovation Contest 2017 took place on September 24 in Hangzhou. The Mobile Application Innovation Contest was co-hosted by Zhejiang University and the Apple Inc. As a major part of China Collegiate Computing Contest, the Mobile Application Innovation Contest aimed at encouraging students to apply innovative technology with the focus on hot issues and livelihood domains and cultivating st...

  Prof. Venki Ramakrishnan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009, delivered a talk titled “Using electron microscopy to study the ribosome” as part of the Zhejiang University Global Lecture Series at Zhejiang University on September 28. The lecture was chaired by Prof. Feng Xinhua, Dean of the Life Sciences Institute.  Prof. Venki Ramakrishnan is the current president of the Royal Society. He was awarded the Louis Jeannette Prize for Medicine in 2007 and shared the No...

        On September 27, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, announced the official opening for construction of the core area of Zijin Innovation & Enterpreneurship Hub (ZIEH), one of the major industrial promotion projects. The investment of the project is projected to add up to 2.3 billion yuan. ZIEH will aim at exploring a new approach to university-government cooperation in an effort to seek new paths in terms of breaking the bottleneck of resources, opt...