A research collaboration between the laboratories of Yang Guang and Richard Lerner of SIAIS in ShanghaiTech University and the laboratory of Xu Tianle in Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has led to an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on July 25th. The article, “Selection of an ASIC1a-blocking combina...

Nature Microbiology recently made available as an Advance Online Publication the research findings of a collaboration between SIAIS Research Associate Professor Liu Jia from the Laboratory of ADC Chemistry and Professor Xu Jianqin from Fudan University Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center on new progress on Zika virus, elucidating the role of AXL in promoting Zika virus (ZIKV) infection.ZIK...

ShanghaiTech University and Jing Medicine Technology (Shanghai) Ltd. announced an over $100 million USD strategic collaboration to discover and develop novel small molecule anti-cancer drugs. Under the terms of the agreement, Jing Medicine will receive global development and commercialization rights of anti-cancer molecules resulting from the collaboration with ShanghaiTech University. ShanghaiTec...

In a recent study, Research Associate Professor Liu Jia from SIAIS and Professor Ma Da from Fudan University developed an acid-labile acyclic cucurbit[n]uril (CB[n]) molecular containers for controlled drug release. Their study was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.Pathological conditions such as tumors often lead to acidic microenvironment, making acid-labile drug carriers attr...