From September 28 to 29, the 2024 Head of Shanghai River Regatta took place on Suzhou Creek, under the theme “Rowing Beyond Boundaries.” The event attracted 41 eights, 16 single sculls, and 11 coxed fours, with around 650 participants in total. 4.2 km Chase routine This marked the fourth year of participation for ShanghaiTech Boat Club. The 26-member ShanghaiTech team achieved a histor...

The baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) is widely utilized in laboratories and industry for delivering transgenes into insect cells. In addition, baculovirus has also emerged as a gene delivery vector in mammalian cells. Due to its large packaging capacity and its non-replicative and non-integrative nature in mammals, baculovirus has been proposed as a promising gene therapy vect...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic progressive disease and a common end-stage pathological manifestation of various chronic lung conditions, with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) being the most prevalent. The onset of IPF is characterized by repeated epithelial cell damage, leading to impaired epithelial regeneration and activation of lung fibroblasts into myofibroblasts. This process results in e...

The mid-infrared (MIR) band shows significant promise in various fields, including thermal imaging, spectroscopy sensing, infrared countermeasures, and free-space communication, due to its distinctive characteristics. Despite substantial efforts to develop on-chip photonic integrated circuits for MIR applications, which aim to miniaturize systems and expand their application scopes, the challenge ...

On September 10, a delegation from the China Medical Board (CMB), led by CMB Trustee and Board Chair Designate Harvey V. Fineberg, along with President Roger Glass and Executive Vice President Barbara J. Stoll, visited ShanghaiTech University. They were warmly received by Jiang Mianheng, Chair of the University Governing Board, President Feng Donglai and Vice President Jiang Ge. Group photo o...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a severe global public health issue, with China bearing one of the highest burdens of HBV infection worldwide. It is estimated that over 80 million people in China are currently HBV carriers, with approximately 30 million cases diagnosed as chronic hepatitis B. The surface antigen of the HBV, known as HBsAg, is a critical protein responsible for the invasi...

On September 10, in celebration of Teachers’ Day, ShanghaiTech University convened its second Faculty Conference of 2024 in the University Auditorium. The event, chaired by Vice President Jiang Ge, brought together university leadership, heads of schools and administrative offices, and a majority of professors. The conference featured a tenure appointment ceremony and an introduction of newly app...

On September 4, a delegation from Shell Group visited ShanghaiTech University. The delegation included Selda Gunsel, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President Technology; Alexander van der Made, Chief Scientist for Chemistry; Wen Hai, General Manager of Shell (Shanghai) Technology Centre; and Deng Qun, Academic Partnerships & Grants Manager. They were warmly welcomed by Vice Presid...

On September 3, a delegation led by Takuya Fukumoto, Deputy Director of the Innovation and Environment Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), visited ShanghaiTech University. Vice President Jiang Ge met with the guests.Takuya Fukumoto introduced the background and main functions of the METI Innovation and Environment Bureau, emphasizing its aims to promote industry-univ...

Over the past few years, the widespread application of brain organoid models in research has been accompanied by advancements in the methods to construct brain organoids, allowing for more accurate modeling of the human brain in a dish. Common strategies for building brain organoids include unguided and guided differentiation, each serving a crucial role depending on the specific research context....

Recently, the Annual ShanghaiTech Symposium on Information Science and Technology (ASSIST) 2024 concluded at the University Auditorium. The conference, themed “Information, Intelligence, and Sustainable Development,” spanned two days and featured speeches from five academicians and over 40 distinguished guests from top institutions such as the University of Hong Kong, University of Washington, P...

Recently, Associate Professor Liang Junrui at the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) has been elected as a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).ASME was founded in 1880. It is an engineering society, a standards organization, a research and development organization, an advocacy organization, a provider of training and education, and a nonprofit organization. F...

The recent Quantum Gravity and Cosmology 2024 international conference was convened at ShanghaiTech University, co-hosted by ShanghaiTech, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). Taking place at the School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) of ShanghaiTech, this conference marked a significant milestone in high-ener...

On July 16, Professor Shen Dinggang, founding dean of the School of Biomedical Engineering, was awarded the Technical Achievement Award for 2024 from the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS).IEEE EMBS is one of the most influential academic organizations in the field of biomedical engineering. The Technical Achievement Award is established to recognize individuals or teams ...