Methamphetamine (METH), commonly known as crystal meth, is one of the most abused substances, posing a serious burden on human health and society. Currently, there are no approved drugs available for the treatment of METH addiction. METH addiction primarily operates by modulating dopamine release and reuptake, a widely known mechanism. Recent studies indicated that METH can directly bind to Trace ...

The global finals of the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) 2023 came to an end on November 5. The ShanghaiTech team, “ShanghaiTech-China”, won the Gold Award for their project—LAMPS (Luminous Algae Material Presenting System)—a sustainable light source with an advanced design. This project was also named as one of the Top 10 Undergrad (the world’s top 10 undergradu...

On the morning of November 12, a delegation led by Stephen Spinelli, President of Babson College, visited ShanghaiTech University. Spinelli and the delegation were welcomed by Jiang Mianheng, President of ShanghaiTech University, as well as Yin Jie, Executive Vice President and Provost, and Vice President Jiang Ge. Stephen Spinelli has been serving as the President of Babson College since Jul...

The event lasted for three days. iHuman hosted its 8th iHuman Forum from October 18 to 20 in the Conference Center. The Forum aims to be a platform for researchers to present and exchange their latest advances in the fields of structural biology, chemical biology, computational biology, medicinal chemistry and cryo-electron tomography. The opening of the forum was presided over by Raymond Stevens,...

On the morning of October 26, a delegation from Mahidol University led by President Banchong Mahaisavariya and Vice President Nopraenue Sajjarax Dhirathiti visited ShanghaiTech, accompanied by representatives of the Chinese  Academy of Sciences (CAS) Innovation Cooperation Center Bangkok. Jiang Ge, Vice  President of ShanghaiTech extended a warm welcome to them. Zhu Chouwen,  Direct...

The Design for Health & Wellbeing Forum, one of the forums of the World Design Cities Conference 2023 (WDCC), an international design conference hosted by Shanghai, with its goal to be the “City of Design”, was convened on September 29 at Shanghai Huangpu Riverside. This forum was organized by SCA, co-organized by Shanghai Industrial Design Association (SIDA), and supported by BME. Leading e...

At the 61st Annual Conference of the International Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), the paper submitted by Associate Professor Tu Kewei’s group, entitled “Do PLMs Know and Understand Ontological Knowledge?”, was honored with the Outstanding Paper Award. SIST graduated student Wu Weiqi ’23 is the first author, doctoral student Jiang Chengyue ’19 is the second author, and Prof. ...

Shi Yuanming, Associate Professor in SIST has been elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Back row, fifth from right, is Associate Professor Shi Yuanming IET is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution based in London, with a current worldwide membership of over 158,000 in 153 countries. A large number of outstanding scholars have emer...

Mitochondria and chloroplasts are organelles that include their own genomes, which encode key genes for ATP production and for carbon dioxide fixation, respectively (Fig. 1). Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can cause diverse genetic disorders and are also linked to aging and age-related diseases, including cancer. Targeted editing of organellar DNA should be useful for studying organellar g...

With the sound of the National Anthem, ShanghaiTech University opened the celebration of its 10th anniversary at the Athletic Center on the morning of September 28. Over 2,000 people attended the celebration on site, including officials of the state and Shanghai government, members of the University Governance Board, leaders of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), universities and...

To expand and enhance further collaboration between ShanghaiTech and Elsevier, a delegation led by Kumsal Bayazit, Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier, and Lynn Li (Li Lin), Managing Director of Elsevier Greater China, visited ShanghaiTech University on September 8. Vice President Jiang Ge, along with professors and a number of representatives from administrative offices, attended the reception.&n...

As an annual pitch conference and competition, the ShanghaiTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit (techIES) unites innovative minds from ShanghaiTech and beyond. It is a gathering to connect visionary entrepreneurs with angel investors, mentors, industry leaders, government representatives, and scientists. The primary goal of this event is to spotlight rapidly advancing entrepreneurial projec...

On the morning of September 10, Dr. Roger I. Glass, President of the China Medical Board (CMB), and Li Wenkai, Chief Representative, Beijing Representative Office of CMB, visited ShanghaiTech University. Zhu Chouwen, Director of Shanghai Clinical Research and Trial Center (SCRTC), along with Hu Peng, Executive Dean of BME, and Lei Ying, Research Director of SCRTC warmly welcomed and received the C...

As the current integrated circuit (IC) industry is fast developing, the IC disciplines and their relevant competitions are also booming. The National College Students IC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (CICIEC) for undergraduates, organized by the Talent Exchange Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, is the key discipline competition in the field of IC for coll...