On December 23, Assistant Professor Xi Ying’s lab at the School of Life Science and Technology (SLST), in collaboration with Prof. Ren Tao from Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital and Prof. Zhao Jincun from Guangzhou Medical University/Guangzhou Laboratory, published a paper entitled “Dysplastic epithelial repair promotes the tissue-residence of lymphocytes to inhibit alveolar regeneration post vi...

On December 19, ShanghaiTech University held the first plenary meeting of the third session of the University Governing Board. The meeting was presided over by Jiang Mianheng, Chair of the University Governing Board. The meeting included a report on the university’s recent progress in key initiatives and an introduction of nominations for appointments and removals, followed by voting. T...

On December 12, Assistant Professor Xiang Yangfei’s lab at the School of Life Science and Technology (SLST) published a paper entitled “Human PSC-derived organoids model sympathetic ganglion development and its functional crosstalk with the heart” in the journal Cell Stem Cell. For the first time, this study reports the successful generation of human sympathetic ganglion organoids (hSGOs) from ...

On November 28, the Carnival Event of ShanghaiTech’s 7th Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit (techIES) was successfully held at the university’s Conference Center. This year’s event featured three dedicated competition tracks, attracting 341 participants from 38 universities, research institutes, and hospitals, with 97 innovative projects presented.At the beginning of the Carnival Event, V...

From capturing water from air and separating CO₂ from industrial waste gases to achieving higher-efficiency catalysis and precision drug delivery, emerging porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are tackling global challenges in unprecedented ways. Yet the structural possibilities offered by reticular chemistry are nearly infinite—how t...

Recently, ShanghaiTech held its 2nd Workshop on Interface Science and Catalysis (WISC-2025) which was jointly organized by the School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) and the Center for Transformative Science. The workshop was co-chaired by SPST Professors Liu Zhi, Hu Peijun, and Shen Wenjie. Executive Vice President Yin Jie delivered the opening address, noting that since its foundi...

On November 16, the School of Physical Science and Technology held the inauguration ceremony for the Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP), marking a significant step forward for ShanghaiTech in the field of fundamental physics research. The center will focus on cutting-edge directions such as high-energy physics, gravitational physics, and astronomy, aiming to build a fundamental physics research ...

On November 10, Professor Rosario Rizzuto, chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Padua (Unipd), and Professor Tito Cali visited ShanghaiTech University. Vice President Jiang Ge met with the guests. Both parties jointly renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of biomedical sciences, aiming to further promote faculty and student ex...

A joint research team led by Associate Professor Yu Yi from the School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) at ShanghaiTech University, in collaboration with the University of Antwerp and Purdue University, has achieved a major breakthrough in electron microscopy studies of radiation-sensitive materials. Using low-dose electron microscopy imaging, they succeeded in revealing the ato...

The 22nd International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) global finals concluded in Paris, France, on October 31. This year’s iGEM featured 421 participating teams globally. Amid fierce competition, the ShanghaiTech team “ShanghaiTech-China” excelled with outstanding innovation, rigorous scientific attitude, and seamless teamwork, ultimately clinching the Gold Medal and thr...

The Shaw Prize Award Presentation Ceremony 2025 was recently held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. In late May, Wolfgang Baumeister, director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility and distinguished adjunct professor at the iHuman Institute of ShanghaiTech University, and emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany, was awarded the Shaw Prize in Lif...

The Google PhD Fellowship Program announced its recipients for 2025 at the end of October. This fellowship primarily aims to support outstanding PhD students worldwide in computer science and frontier fields, with the goal of cultivating the next generation of scientists in key foundational research. This year’s fellowship listed 155 PhD students from 35 countries across 12 research areas. A...

On October 29, the award ceremony of the 2nd Shanghai International Computational Biology Challenge was held. The ShanghaiTech team “Quadra DrugInteli,” comprising undergraduate students from the School of Life Science and Technology (SLST) and the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST), secured the third prize with an overall fourth-place finish.  The challenge attracted ...

The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) of ShanghaiTech University won the Shanghai Intellectual Property Innovation Award (Utilization Category) at the Awarding Ceremony of the 22nd Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum. The award was jointly presented by Shanghai Vice Mayor Xie Dong and World Intellectual Property Organization Deputy Director General Wang Binying. Deputy Secret...