On May 19, Dr. Michael Spence, president & provost of University College London, visited Zhejiang University and gave a lecture in the Global Lecture Series.ZJU President DU Jiangfeng warmly welcomed Dr. Spence and his delegation, briefing them on ZJU’s latest development. He emphasized the significance of UCL as an important partner of Zhejiang University, highlighting the strong foundation of cooperation between the two institutions. He expressed the hope that Dr. Spence's visit would...

On April 22, the 18th edition of the Chinese Young Women in Science Awards unfolded in Beijing. Prof. XU Wenyuan at the College of Electrical Engineering won the Chinese Young Women in Science Award, the team led by Prof. HU Xinyang, vice president of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU), won the Team Award, and Dr. CHANG Dan, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering (DPSE) , was selected for the 2021 Fu...

On May 7-13,  a delegation of Zhejiang University paid a visit to Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands, Université Paris-Saclay and Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) in France to promote cooperation in talent cultivation and scientific research.On May 8, the delegation visited TU/e and was warmly received. Directors of the Joint Research Institute of Design, Optoelectronic and Sensing (IDEAS), Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems ...

On May 10, the research team led by Prof. GAO Zhihua at the Zhejiang University School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine published an open-access article titled “Microglia modulate general anesthesia through P2Y12 receptor” in the journal Current Biology. It is the first time that scientists have uncovered the function of microglia in regulating general anesthesia via the P2Y12 receptor.General anesthesia, which can induce reversible unconsciousness, is extensively used i...

It is a revolutionary practice to promote eco-friendly production modes and low-carbon lifestyles. Lighting accounts for approximately 20% of global energy consumption and plays a paramount role in researching into the sustainable use of energy for mankind. As biotechnology is burgeoning today, the luminous “fantasy forest” no longer exists in the realm of science fiction, and plant luminescence, as an ideal way of sustainable resource utilization, has inched towards the reality, opening the d...

Students from the College of Civil Engineering and Architecture (CCEA) had a strong showing in the 2023 MidPac ASCE Student Symposium organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) from April 20 to April 22. MidPac is an annual student symposium where students from more than 16 universities participate in various civil engineering competitions addressing challenges in the field.  After nearly four months of arduous preparation, students from CCEA won the first prize i...

Recently the research team led by HU Yulan and ZHANG Bingjian at the Zhejiang University Department of Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Museology published a research article entitled “Dynamics of microbial community composition during degradation of silks in burial environment” in Science of the Total Environment.Silk residues in the soil form a unique niche termed as “silksphere.” HU Yulan and ZHANG Bingjian put forward a hypothesis that microbiota in the silksphere are of imme...

Diseases have been an inevitable facet of the human experience. Everyone has been at least once in their life. Yet, this ubiquitous experience does not motivate some people to take proper precautions and health recommendations. The mindset that one will not fall ill except for an occasional seasonal flu, even in the face of a severe health crisis, not only endangers the individual but also puts the community at risk.This is particularly true for novel diseases like CRIA syndrome or rare conditio...

On April 24, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (WHZJU) and Center for Cancer Biology (CCB) of Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the establishment of a single-cell multi-omics joint center, cultivate clinical scientists and medical experts with international perspectives and outstanding innovation capabilities, incubate and produce high-level scientific research achievements. The collaborative achievements will reall...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease stemming from the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β-islet cells. The incidence of T1D is on the rise worldwide, with about 5 out of every 100 diabetes patients having T1D. Among children and adolescents, this proportion hits a staggering 80%-90%. Major efforts have focused on insulin and associated neoantigens as a putative autoantigen, which may, however, trigger frustratingly elusive and complex results. Therefore, there is a compelli...