On the 103rdanniversary of Nankai University, Huang Pei, President of Tianjin Education Press, donated a special collection of ancient books of treasured for many years to NKU Library. The donation has a total of 40 volumes in 23 kinds, including 30 volumes in 16 types of thread-bound books and 10 volumes in 7 types of paperback books from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China period. Among them, Yu Tang Zi Huiand Ci Sheng Pianare collected by NKU Library for the first time.Yu Tang Zi H
Recently, Professor Hu Xiangang, from Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria of the Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering of Nankai University, and Academician Li Jinghong, from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Tsinghua University, revealed the key environmental factors affecting the abundance and productivity of marine phytoplankton based on the combination of big data on environmental chemistry with artificial intelligence te
The second lecture of the second season of Frontiers and Challenges of Medicine, an general elective course of Nankai University, took place on October 10. Fan Daiming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, gave a lecture on integrated medicine for undergraduates of Nankai University.In the lecture, Fan Daiming extensively cited cases in life and clinical work and explain in a systematic and in-depth way the concept and significance of integrated medicine as well as its close rel
The International Astronomical Unions Committee for Small Body Nomenclature released its latest WGSBN Bulletinon October 3, which said that the asteroid 505906 was officially named Raozihe in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the research on tuberculosis pathogenic bacteria, virus pathogenic mechanism, etc. Academician Rao Zihe becomes another Nankai University scientist after whom an asteroid is named, following the world-renowned mathematician Shiing-shen Chern.Academician Rao Zi
Recently, Academician Cao Xuetao and Associate Professor Lou Hantao from the Institute of Immunology, College of Life Sciences of Nankai University, cooperated with the University of Oxford in publishing a paper entitled Deep learning-based rapid generation of broadly reactive antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and its Omicron variant in Cell Research(IF 46). The experimental team had built Cross B-Cell Receptor network (XBCR-net), an antibody discovery platform based on the Atrous Convolutional Neur
Recently, the Book Exhibition of 100 Classics of Traditional Chinese Culture, hosted by the National Library of China and the Library Society of China, and organized by Nankai University Library, opened at the Balitai Campus of Nankai University.This exhibition recommends cultural classics to readers by interpreting the traditional cultural connotations embodied in the quotes from classics such as The Book of Songs, Book of Documents, Analects, and Records of the Grand Historian, allowing reader
Recently, Contemporary Logistics in China: Revitalization Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemicwas officially released worldwide. It was edited by the Modern Logistics Research Center of Nankai University and published by Springer, a world-renowned technology publishing company. As Chinas first and only report on the development of Chinas logistics industry issued overseas, it has been published 12 times, with more than 100,000 downloads, serving as a key platform for the world to learn about
The second season of Nankai Universitys Medical Frontiers and Challenges, a general elective course taught by academicians, kicked off on September 29. Zhang Boli, a master of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and recipient of the national honorary title the Peoples Hero, gave the first lecture to the undergraduates of Nankai University online, with the theme of Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Cultural Confidence.Cao Xuetao
Recently, the research team led by professor Long Jiafu of the College of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Medical Chemical Biology of Nankai University, achieved important progress in the research of the function of PAF1C. The paper introducing the achievements was published in PANS, with the title of The Paf1 complex is required for RNA polymerase II removal in response to DNA damage.The paper revealed a very important multi-step route for RNAPII release regulated by PAF1C, i.e. after
Zhu Shoufei, a professor at the College of Chemistry of Nankai University, won the 4th Xplorer Prize on September 15.Zhu Shoufeis award-winning project belongs to the field of chemical new materials. He has been engaged in the research on organic catalysis and synthesis chemistry, with a focus on three types of important organic catalytic and synthesis reactions with hydrogen transfer as the key step. He advanced the concept of chiral proton-transfer shuttle, discovered the catalytic carbenes in
The 73rdAnnual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) was held online from September 12 to 16. At the invitation of the organizing committee, Chen Jun, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, fellow of the World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries and a professor of Nankai University, made a one-hour report entitled Organic Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries and Beyond. Professor Marc Koper, President of t
The finals of the China Undergraduate Life Sciences Contest (CULSC) (2022, Scientific Inquiry) was recently held online. Under the guidance of An Jun, a lecturer from the College of Life Sciences of NKU, the project “Implantation of Small-caliber Artificial Vascular Stent with Anticoagulant Properties in Animals and Its Performance Evaluation” completed by undergraduates Ouyang Han, Ma Jiawei, Cheng Tianyang and Qu Dazhi won the first prize. Under the guidance of Ruan Weibin, a researcher also f
The 23rdNational Symposium on Environmental Microbiology, co-hosted by Nankai University and the Environmental Microbiology Committee of the Chinese Society for Microbiology, was held in Tianjin from August 23 to 26.On behalf of Nankai University, Vice President Chen Jun extended a warm welcome to all the guests. He hoped that the participants could brainstorm new ideas at the conference to help promote scientific research and innovation and spearhead academic development. He also hoped that the
Recently, Professor Xiang Dong from the College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering of Nankai University, Professor Elke Scheer from University of Konstanz, Professor Christian A Nijhuis from University of Twente, Professor Takhee Lee from Seoul National University, along with other co-authors, were invited to jointly publish a cover paper titled Plasmonic Phenomena in Molecular Junctions: Principles and Applicationsin Nature Reviews Chemistry, which presented the latest research p
The results of the first and second national cryptography science popularization competitions were announced on August 25. After the preliminary, public comments, finals, publicity of entries, etc., the video entry What is Digital Certificate? (instructor: Professor Jia Chunfu) produced by Zhu Waner and Li Yuechan, undergraduates of Nankai University College of Cyber Science who were enrolled in 2020, stood out from the 254 entries to win the first prize at the Second National Cryptography Scien