On June 22, the Class of 2024 at Zhejiang University stepped into the sunlight of commencement. It was a momentous day when over 6,000 graduates assembled on Zijingang Campus, standing at the helm of their futures. With hearts full and spirits high, they poised themselves to embark on the grand voyage from the hallowed halls of Zhejiang University, into the boundless expanse of their awaiting lives.President DU Jiangfeng extended heartfelt congratulations and his deepest wishes for the journey a...

Autologous CAR T-cell therapy, in which a patient’s own T-cells are re-engineered to recognize and bind to specific antigens on the surface of cancer cells, represents a groundbreaking advancement in immunotherapy and is now a standard of care for certain hematologic malignancies. However, this bespoke form of treatment has yet to gain a toehold in solid tumors, owing to challenges such as limited cell proliferation, insufficient tumor infiltration, and a tumor microenvironment that fosters imm...

1111MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8 磅Normal0From the melody of the Czech folk song “Aj Lučka, Lučka Široká” and the Mongolian folk song “Four Seas,” to the harmony of the Broadway musical “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,” the stage was set for an extraordinary fusion. How did the intermingling of Chinese and foreign ballads with contemporary pop songs resonate when performed at the same stage?On June 10, the Whiffenpoofs from Yale University and the Wenqin Choi...

Some gut bacteria can collaborate to promote T-cell action against tumours in mice, raising hopes for treatments.A new study led by Zhejiang University researchers has identified ways by which some microbes might influence cancer immunotherapy, suggesting a potential microbial-based adjuvant approach to improve the responsiveness of immunotherapy. Their results were published in Cell1 in March 2024.Doctors and scientists have long been puzzled about why some patients respond better tha...

On May 20th, 22 students from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign(UIUC) arrived at the International Campus, Zhejiang University. Together with 8 students from the Zhejiang University, they embarked on a 14-day study journey named the Global Classroom Summer Program.The Global Classroom Summer Program is an initiative program launched in 2024，which originated from Engineering orientation course (ENG 100 - Engineering Orientation) at ZJU-UIUC Institute since 2020.  Each year, over ...

Early-stage oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) comprises 25‒40% of oral cancer, and has relatively poorer survival outcomes compared with tumors at other sites. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) of the United States and European Head and Neck Society recommend radical surgery as the standard treatment modality for OTSCC, while postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) is not often considered for early-stage OTSCC patients without risk factors, due to the lack of robust evidence.Howev...

Cross-cultural communication is crucial in today's globalized world and is key for China and other countries to understand each other.This was the sentiment shared among students and teachers from the world's leading higher-education institutions as they gathered in Zhejiang province to compete in the 2024 International Elite Universities Water Sports Open.Over 400 participants from more than 20 prestigious universities, including Peking, Tsinghua, Zhejiang, Harvard, Yale, and Cambridge ...

ZHANG Guojie, Chair Professor and director of the Centre for Evolutionary and Organismal Biology at Zhejiang University, has been elected as a foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences & Letters. ZHANG Guojie is a world-renowned evolutionary biologist and a pioneer in exploration of genomic basis of evolutionary process and mechanisms. He has made a fundamental contribution to evolutionary biology and is an internationally recognized leader in the field.ZHANG Guojie co...

CHEN Lizichen, a 2020 undergraduate student majoring in Engineering Mechanics at the Chu Kochen Honors College, has accomplished remarkable feats during his four-year undergraduate journey, securing 13 scholarships and achieving top marks in 23 courses. His accolades include the Best Modeling Award at the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition and a prestigious gold medal at the International Engineering Mechanics Competition (Asian region). Throughout his undergraduate te...

Have you ever beheld the moon’s radiant dance under the summer night sky at Puci Temple? Do memories of clear, resounding reading voices linger in your mind in Meicheng of Jiande City? Whose aspirations were solidified in the library in Taihe, Jiangxi Province? How many youthful dreams have been awakened by the waters of the swimming pool on the east side of the Xiangjiang River?Flipping through the pages of history, across the vast and nurturing bosom of our motherland, those erstwhile ca...