• New High-Res Map Explains spCas9- DNA Interplay
    Research teams led by Professor Sun Bo from SLST and Professor Shen Bin from Nanjing Medical University have completed a high-resolution quantitative map of Cas9/sgRNA/DNA interactions (Figure 1). On November 13, 2019, their study was published as a research article entitled, “The post-PAM interaction of RNA-guided spCas9 with DNA dictates its target binding and dissociation," in the journal...
    2019-11-14
  • Six Nobel Laureates Convene at ShanghaiTech
    On October 30th, a group of six Nobel laureates visited ShanghaiTech during their trip to Shanghai for the World Laureates Association Forum. They were: Michel Mayor (recipient of 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery with Swiss astronomer Didier Queloz of the first known extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star), Randy Schekman (2013 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awardee for h...
    2019-11-07
  • Nature’s Editor-in-Chief Visits ShanghaiTech
    On October 29th, Editor-in-Chief of Nature and Chief Editorial Advisor for Nature Research Dr. Magdalena Skipper visited ShanghaiTech, along with Dr. Yang Xiaohong, Scientific Director of Springer Nature for Greater China and Executive Editor for the Nature Research journals and Ms. Teng Liyan, Editorial Project Specialist, Nature Research.Dr. Skipper’s first stops were at Shanghai...
    2019-11-06
  • New Research Results Unveil Structure of African Swine Fever Virus
    SIAIS Principal Investigator Dr. Rao Zihe and his team recently unveiled the 3-dimensional structure of the African swine fever (ASF) virus, a giant and complex virus which causes a contagious and lethal swine disease all over the world. The study, entitled ‘Architecture of African swine fever virus and implications for viral assembly,’ was published in Science on Oct 17th.  Since...
    2019-11-02
  • Structural Biologists Attend Macromolecular Crystallography Workshop
    From Oct 12th to Oct 21th, the CCP4/Shanghai School in Macromolecular Crystallography: From Data Collection to Structure Refinement and Beyond was held at National Facility for Protein Science Shanghai (NFPS) and ShanghaiTech University. Jointly organized by Collaborative Computational Project No. 4 Software for Macromolecule X-Ray Crystallography (CCP4), NFPS, iHuman Institute of ShanghaiTech and...
    2019-10-31
  • Autonomous Driving Summit Highlights Work on Vision-Based Perception and Fog Computing
    On October 26th, SIST Professor Yang Yang and Assistant Professor Laurent Kneip were to speak at the Global Autonomous Driving Summit in Suzhou. The event was organized by the local government of Suzhou’s Xiangcheng district, who released an exhaustive and well-coordinated plan on urban development and attraction of emerging high-tech industries focusing on intelligent transportation. The ev...
    2019-10-31
  • Improved Battery Equalization Scheme Promises Higher Efficiency
    Recently, SIST professor Wang Haoyu’s group from CiPES proposed a novel LLC-based, highly efficient hybrid hierarchical equalization structure for series-connected battery strings. The paper, titled “An LLC Based Highly Efficient S2M and C2C Hybrid Hierarchical Battery Equalizer,” was published in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.  Compared with traditional equalization techniques, t...
    2019-10-25
  • CAR T-Cell Therapy Pioneer Delivers ShanghaiTech Lecture
    On October 21th, the CAR T-cell therapy pioneer Dr. Carl H. June delivered the ShanghaiTech Lecture, entitled “The Development of CAR T Cell Immunotherapy,” to a packed auditorium. ShanghaiTech president Dr. Jiang Mianheng thanked Dr. Carl H. June on behalf of ShanghaiTech University and presented him with the ShanghaiTech Lecture plaque as a token of appreciation.Before the lecture, ShanghaiTec...
    2019-10-25
  • ShanghaiTech Hosts BSR13 Conference
    On September 24, the 13th International Conferenceon Biology and Synchrotron Radiation successfully concluded at ShanghaiTech University. Jointly organized by iHuman Institute, Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Biophysical Society of China, Chinese Crystallographic Society and Shanghai Society of Biophysics, it was co-...
    2019-10-23
  • Novel ANOVA Based Bayesian Inference for High Dimensional Inverse Problems Proposed
    SIST Assistant Professor Liao Qifeng’s group recently proposed a novel ANOVA based model reduction method for high-dimensional Bayesian inferences, which was published in Journal of Computational Physics with the title of “An adaptive reduced basis ANOVA method for high-dimensional Bayesian inverse problems.” This work provides an efficient method for the challenging high-dimensional Bayes...
    2019-10-18
  • Breakthrough Leads to Discovery of Magnetic Weyl Semimetal
    Recently, a team of international researchers led by SPST Professor Chen Yulin made a breakthrough in the search for new topological quantum materials and discovered a magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a ferromagnetic compound Co3Sn2S2. Their work titled “Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal” was published online in Science on Friday, Sept 20.The past decade has been witness to...
    2019-10-14
  • Zhangjiang Bridges Industry and Academia
    A university’s surroundings are often a magnet for incoming students and faculty. Stanford’s position near the business center of Silicon Valley, NYU’s central location in one of the world’s exciting cities, Harvard’s historic campus near to downtown Boston- they all make for attractive calling cards that attract top talents. ShanghaiTech University is no exception. Its location, not jus...
    2019-10-11
  • Shanghai Honors iHuman Founding Director
    iHuman Institute Founding Director Dr. Raymond C. Stevens received the 2019 Magnolia Golden Award in recognition of his great contributions to scientific research achievement and for nurturing and mentoring Chinese young scientists.The Magnolia Golden Award has been awarded annually since 1993, and was established to recognize foreign experts and partners for their outstanding contributions to Sha...
    2019-10-10
  • iHuman Researcher Wins Young Scientist Award
    iHuman Research Assistant Professor Dr. Chen Ming was awarded the 2019 Yangtze River Delta Neuroscience Young Scientist Award on August 15, 2019. Jointly established by Shanghai Society of Neuroscience, Anhui Society for Neuroscience, Zhejiang Society for Neuroscience and Jiangsu Society for Neuroscience, the award is given each year to six young scientists in the research field of neuroscience fo...
    2019-10-09