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Similar outcomes following NFD and FD donor haplo-HCT

Apr 21, 2023

On March 18, 2023, the global multicenter study on similar outcomes following non-first-degree and first-degree related donor haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute leukemia patients in complete remission, co-led by Professors HUANG He and Gorin, and published by Prof. HUANGs team in collaboration with the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, was published in t...

The Number of Chinese Elderlies is Projected to Exceed 400 Million by 2035” | ZHOU Xinyue and Team Address Its Implications on the Chinese Agricultural Landscape

Apr 07, 2023

On February 23, 2023, Professor ZHOU Xinyue, the Dean of Marketing in the School of Management, and REN Chenchen, a Ph.D. Student in the School of Public Administration/College of Environmental and Resource Science, Gu Baojing, Standing Professor of the College of Environmental and Resource Science at Zhejiang University, along with other scholars at home and abroad, jointly published their research...

ZJU holds Spring 2023 Graduation and Degree Conferral Ceremony for graduate students

Mar 31, 2023

On the afternoon of March 31, Zhejiang University held the Spring 2023 Graduation and Degree Conferral Ceremony for graduate students on Zijingang Campus. A cohort of 26 supervisors turned the tassel for about 2,000 graduates amid rapturous applause.Source: Zhejiang University

ZJU’s scientific achievement crowned as one of China’s top 10 scientific advances of 2022

Mar 24, 2023

The Ministry of Science and Technology’s High-Tech Research and Development Center unveiled China’s top 10 scientific advances on March 17. The groundbreaking research on femtosecond laser-induced nanophase separation and ion exchange by Prof.QIU Jianrong’s team at the Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Optical Science and Engineeringwas included on the list.Source: Global Communications

ZJU scientists establish the world’s first Geminiviridae-Plant-Insect database

Mar 17, 2023

Prof. ZHOU Xueping and Prof.LI Feifrom the Zhejiang UniversityCollege of Agriculture and Biotechnologyled their team to publish their latest work on the world’s first Geminiviridae-Plant-Insect database (GPIBase) in the journalMolecular Planton February 21. This database serves as a vast reservoir containing comprehensive information about geminivirus genes, plant hosts, insect vectors, and virus-p...

Herpesviridae reactivation in the lungs of critical care patients

Mar 10, 2023

In January 2023, Dr. FANG Xueling and Dr. CAI Hongliu fromthe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAHZU) co-published an article entitledViral reactivation in the lungs of patients with severe pneumonia is associated with increased mortality, a multicenter, retrospective studyin theJournal ofMedical Virology. This study investigated the landscape of viral reactivation ...

MPA Students from Zhejiang University perform well in 2023 NASPAA Simulation Competition

Mar 10, 2023

The 2023 Wildfire Student Simulation Competition was held at Fulbright University Vietnam on Feb 25. Xu Gaochen, Xu Mengran, Zhang Jiawei, Wang Xinyi and Wu Binshuai, the five MPA students from Zhejiang University, performed well in this competition. The group of Xu Gaochen and Xu Mengran won the champion of Asian Division.Source:School of Public Affairs

Label-free super-resolution approach to imaging living cells

Feb 26, 2023

The team led by Prof. ZHANG Delong at the Zhejiang University School of Physics developed a label-free super-resolution approach—photothermal relaxation localization (PEARL) microscopy—on the strength of “extracting spatial features from the frequency domain.” PEARL microscopy can extract sub-diffraction-limit features directly from the location-dependent modulation of the probe beam in phototherm...

Are people with high social status more prone to depression?

Feb 26, 2023

Social hierarchy is pervasive in humans and animals. To measure social hierarchy in mice, HU’s team developed the tube test by which the social rank of each mouse could be determined by the number of wins it gained when competing against other mice.Their findings were published in an article titled “Neural mechanism underlying depressive-like state associated with social status loss” in the journ...

Novel molecular imaging technology to detect vascular disease

Feb 26, 2023

Chair of SAHZU Nuclear Medicine Prof. ZHANG Hong and his team have developed a novel Near Infrared Region II fluorescence imaging technology that is able to conduct functional and morphological analysis of vessels, and quantitative and graded assessment of the peripheral vascular disease with molecular markers. The goal of the technology is to provide accurate examination and prognosis evaluation of...

ZJU scientists discover the positive buffering effect of forest edges on plant-pollinator networks in face of declining forest area

Feb 26, 2023

The study conducted by Prof. DING Ping’s team at the Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences found that in forest ecosystems, open sunny forest edges are able to support more floral resources and pollinators than the dark interior within closed-canopy forests, leading to the positive effect of forest edges. This stands in sharp contrast with the conventional narrative that edge effects often a...

Prof. FU Junfen elected president-elect of APPES

Jan 27, 2023

The 12th Scientific Meeting of Asia-Pacific Pediatric Endocrinology Societies (APPES 2022) was held in Seoul, South Korea in October. The conference was held online and offline, focusing on the latest progress of pediatric endocrinology, and gathered pediatric endocrinologists and experts from Asia-Pacific countries. At the annual meeting of the APPES Board of Governors, Prof. FU Junfen was elected ...

Happy Chinese New Year 2023

Jan 22, 2023

To the ZJU community and our international friends, Warmest greetings from the Office of Global Engagement for a Happy Chinese New Year! 2023 is the year of the Rabbit based on the Chinese zodiac, starting from Jan. 22, 2023 (Chinese New Year) and lasting to Feb. 9, 2024. As one of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, the rabbit is not only cute, but also holds many interesting implications. For Chine...

The first Digital Agriculture Bootcamp has concluded successfully

Jan 19, 2023

The Digital Agriculture Bootcamp was co-organized by Zhejiang University and FAO. The main purpose of our digital agriculture bootcamp is to enhance the digital agriculture innovation and entrepreneurship ability of young leaders, to share the dividends of high-quality development through the integration of the whole industrial chain of digital enabling agriculture through innovative digital agricul...