On April 26, a delegation from Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), led by Elisabeth Crépon, vice-president for International Affairs and Dominique Rossin, vice-president for Education, visited Zhejiang University. HE Lianzhen, vice president of Zhejiang University met with the guests. HE Lianzhen extended her cordial welcome to the IP Paris delegation. She recalled the solid foundation of cooperation between the two sides and introduced the latest progress that Zhejiang University ...

On April 21, Prof. Prof. HE Lianzhen, vice president of Zhejiang University, met with Mr. Pit Heltmann, Consul-General of Germany in Shanghai.Prof. HE Lianzhen extended her warm welcome to Mr. Pit Heltmann and introduced the University’s cooperation with Germany as well as its global engagement strategy. She said that the University has long partnered with German universities and institutions and has achieved fruitful results in joint research, faculty and student exchanges, cultural communicat...

On April 19, a delegation of the Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai, including consul general Tiziana D’Angelo, commercial consul Alessandra Palumbo, and director of Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai Francesco D’Arelli, visited the College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University. ZHOU Tianhua, vice president of Zhejiang University, LI Min, director of the Office of Global Engagement and LUO Yaozhi, dean of the College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, met with ...

This spring saw the return after three years of international students and physicians to the campuses of the Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU).Louie Wang, a medical student at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), was the first medical student that registered for a medical elective at SAHZU. He swiftly booked a flight to Hangzhou.The Department of Emergency Medicine at SAHZU, which is ranked fourth in emergency medicine in China, is where Louie Wan...

On July 22, 2020, an earthquake with moment magnitude Mw 7.8 occurred off the Shumagin Islands at depths from 25 to 40 km, but no evident tsunami signals were observed from deep-water DART stations offshore Alaska. About three months later, a magnitude Mw 7.6 earthquake struck this region again at depths from 5 to 40 km with aftershocks concentrating within the Pacific plate but straddling the megathrust fault. Long-period seismic moment tensor for the Mw 7.6 event indicated unusual 50° eastwar...

Polyamines are the compounds containing two or more amino groups. They are vital for the viability and growth of cells, and their homeostasis depends largely on two systems: the metabolic system, which regulates the synthesis and degradation of polyamines, and the transport system, which determines the distribution of cellular polyamines. As an essential compartment in the polyamine transport system, lysosomes play a critical role in balancing polyamine concentrations. The lysosomal transporter ...

Green development and ecological civilization are the development strategies in the new era. How can we achieve the goals of respecting Nature, protecting it and following its laws as proposed in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China while ensuring national food security? ZHU Jinwen, an associate research fellow at the Rural Development Academy and the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, has led his team to develop an eco-friendl...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia in the elderly and poses a heavy health burden to the patients and the society. Women have a higher prevalence of AD than men, and a faster decline and deterioration of cognitive functions. The entorhinal cortex (EC) is one of the earliest structures affected in AD. In recent postmortem human brain research, the team led by Prof Ai-Min Bao, from the School of Brain Science and BrainMedicine of Zhejiang University in close coll...

With advanced infrastructure and policies in place, Zhejiang University is building itself into a model in water conservation through the following steps: (1) Strengthen leadership and improve the water-saving supervision system(2) Implement water-saving system standards and establish a long-term mechanism(3) Apply IoT technology to build a smart water monitoring platform(4) Make water-saving plans for the new campus and focus on water-saving renovations of old campuses(5) Cultivate young talent...

The mortality rate associated with suicide attempts involving ingestion of paraquat is alarmingly high, leading to its prohibition in China for production, sales, and use. As an alternative, diquat (DQ), a pyridine herbicide, has become prevalent in agriculture. However, despite efforts by the government to improve pesticide management and regulation, the number of cases of acute diquat poisoning caused by herbicides has continued to rise annually. The majority of patients suffering from DQ pois...