Jointly established by Shanghai Municipal Government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ShanghaiTech is devoted to fostering the next generation of leading scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs and exploring cutting-edge research areas critical to national, economic and social development. During his visit, Li Qiang was given an introduction of ShanghaiTech and affirmed the progress achieved b...

The inauguration of Center for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy (ChEM) and international electron microscopy forum was successfully held in SPST from May 27th to 29th. After nearly three years of construction, under the coordination of the whole university's functional departments, an advanced electron microscopy research and teaching center with excellent equipment and service in the front...

In May, a ShanghaiTech delegation headed by President Jiang Mianheng visited a group of American institutions of higher education. President Jiang met with presidents from Yale University, MIT and Drexel University and exchanged ideas with leadership members from University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Berkeley. He met and talked with renowned scholars and professors from Universi...

In May, President Jiang attended the 4th International Universia Presidents Meeting in the University of Salamanca, Spain and visited the headquarter of Santander Bank. He met with Executive Chairman of Santander Bank Ana Botín, CEO of Santander Group Jose Antonio Alvarez and Senior Executive VP Victor Matarranz and discussed further cooperation with Santander Bank on the basis of existing p...

On May 24, 2018, Professor Eike Martin, Director of the International Affairs of German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), visited ShanghaiTech. A ShanghaiTech delegation, headed by President Jiang Mianheng, visited Europe last time in November 2017 and Professor Martin’s visit was to continue the discussion of a possible collaboration.Vice President Hua Renchang gave Professor Eike Martin a warm wel...

Zhong Chao’s Group in the Division of Materials and Physical Biology at ShanghaiTech’s School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) has recently reported an engineered bacterium, which could sense environmental signals (for example, light or small molecules) to produce biofilms and, and simultaneously direct the assembly of inorganic nano-objects with spatiotemporal control in a dynamic, rec...

The 2018 ASC World Supercomputer Contest (ASC18) ended on May 9th at Nanchang University with Tsinghua University successfully defending their championship. ShanghaiTech University, a first-time finalist, won Silver Medal and the e Prize award. National Tsing Hua University won the award for Highest Computing Performance. Russian St. Petersburg National University, Shanghai Jiao Tong Universi...

On May 11th, Dr. Eyal Propper, Consul General of Israel in Shanghai visited ShanghaiTech and met with President Jiang Mianheng.President Jiang welcomed Dr. Propper, and Vice Provost Jiang Ge presented the university’s latest developments. In the meeting, President Jiang asked that Consul General Propper help introduce outstanding Israeli scholars and scientists to ShanghaiTech. Dr. Propper agreed...

The prognosis of late stage cancer patients after traditional cancer treatments such as radiation, surgery and chemotherapy is always poor. Immunotherapy with antibodies targeting immune checkpoints represents a major breakthrough in cancer treatment. Some cases of patients previously consideredincurable are now able to be cured through immunotherapy. However, only a fraction of patients show...

On May 8, 2018, School of Entrepreneurship and Management held a Design Thinking Roadshow.The Roadshow displayed product prototypes developed by 21 ShanghaiTech student groups and visitors awarded them “investment coupons.” In the end, a “Cubot Game for the Blinds”, “Tianchaochao Quick Breakfast” and “White-Color-Friendly-Chair” won the most “investment.” The winning teams said that unde...

Andrej Sali, University of California-San Francisco professor and adjunct professor of iHuman Institute, was elected as a member of National Academy of Sciences on May 1st. Professor Andrej Sali has been collaborated with iHuman Institute and last year was appointed as an adjunct professor at ShanghaiTech. Professor Sali is one of the leading experts in integrative structural biology. His research...

On April 27th, the Opening Ceremony for “Hard X-Ray Free Electron Laser Facility Forum- Opportunities and Challenges” was held at ShanghaiTech. Bai Jingyu, Department Director of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC); Zhou Bo, Executive Vice Mayor of Shanghai; Zhang Tao, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS); Jiang Mianheng, President of ShanghaiTech University; Shi ...

Professor Shengjie Ling of School of Physical Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University, in collaboration with Professor David L. Kaplan of Tufts University and Markus J. Buehler of Massachusetts Institute of Technology published a review article of “Nanofibrils in nature and materials engineering” in Nature Reviews Materials on April 5th.Biopolymer nanofibrils, such as cellulose, c...

Lin Haifan, Founding Dean of School of Life Science and Technology (SLST) of ShanghaiTech, Yale University Professor of Cell Biology and Reproductive Sciences and Director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, was among 213 academics newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), which celebrates excellence in a wide range of disciplines.Professor Lin’s work focuses on the ...