CAR-T cell therapy is a tumor immunotherapy that activates the expression of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) on patients’ T cells, enabling them to recognize and kill tumor cells. CAR-T therapy has shown remarkable efficacy against blood cancers but poor efficacy against solid tumors. One of the primary reasons is that the tonic signal of CAR-T cells leads to their exhaustion. Recent studies...

The inspiration for the logo for the 10th anniversary of ShanghaiTech University comes from paper crane, which symbolizes the beauty of the modern folding architecture on ShanghaiTech campus and a solid academic foundation of the university.The logo is based on the aesthetics of Chinese paper folding crafts, and uses the most concise design language to form the image of a flying crane spreading it...

Synapse is the contact between neurons where information passes through. According to the types of information, there are excitatory and inhibitory synapses, and the inhibitory synaptic transmission plays a pivotal role in maintaining the excitatory and inhibitory balance. Disturbance of inhibitory synaptic transmission has been reported relevant to many neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorder...

The world’s first list of Chinese Young Female Scholars in AI, released by Baidu, was announced recently. A list of 80 top young Chinese female scholars from around the world, who have made outstanding contributions in the field of AI, were selected. Assistant Professor Wang Jingya of SIST is on the list. The list was formed through big data mining and automated assessment technology, based ...

On March 27, Gu Sai, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (China) of the University of Warwick and Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), visited ShanghaiTech University. ShanghaiTech Vice President Jiang Ge extended a warm welcome to him. Yu Jingyi, Vice Provost and Executive Dean of SIST, and Gao Lin, Chief of University Administrative Affairs and Director of the University Office, an...

 Yang Nan, Assistant Professor in SPST, was awarded the inaugural “Science, She Says!” Award by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI). The Award is established to recognize outstanding junior female scientists, with no Italian descent, who has remarkable contributions to the advancement of bilateral cooperation in science and technology. Candidates fr...

Recently, SynMeta bio, a startup founded by two senior undergraduate students in SLST of ShanghaiTech University, has completed seed and angel rounds of financing, totaling tens of millions RMB. Specifically, the seed round was led by Miracleplus, and the angel round was led by Linear Capital, with Miracleplus, Danen Capital and K2VC following up. Being...

On March 10, President Jiang Mianheng met with Professor Alister Jones, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato in New Zealand.   President Jiang extended a warm welcome to Professor Jones and his colleague Mulan Mu, Associate Director of Global Programs of the University of Waikato. The University of Waikato is one of the top universities in New Zealand, said Pre...

The upcoming 6G wireless network poses numerous challenges, including continuous space coverage, hybrid near-/far-field beamforming, multi-user positioning/sensing, and holographic multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO), and requires economical antenna solutions. Low-cost, high-gain beam-steerable antennas are therefore in high demand to overcome these difficulties. Compared to conventional microstrip ph...

The rosy clouds of dawn, the sunset glow, the hazy moonlight and the rainbow are all forms of light found in nature.From an optical point of view, natural light, which does not directly show polarization, is isotropic. When natural light passes through a linear polarizer, it becomes linearly polarized. Through a quarter-wave plate, the linearly polarized light then becomes circularly polarized. Ci...

In multicellular organisms, the centrosome plays a critical role in development and tissue homeostasis. In various early embryos and stem cells, the centrosome regulates their polarized or asymmetric cell division. Centrosome dysfunction is linked to various diseases including cancer, microcephaly and ciliopathy. APC/C (Anaphase-Promotion Complex/cyclosome) is an evolutionarily conserved ubiquitin...

Stress granules are membraneless condensates of RNA and RNA-binding proteins formed in response to cell stress. New evidence of the relationship between stress granules and neurodegenerative diseases highlights their physiological importance. Therefore, understanding the mechanism of this association and determining the key players that control stress granule homeostasis are crucial to t...

Recently, results of the 2022 University Physics Competition (UPC) were unveiled. SPST undergraduate students Zhao Yanzhi, Zhai Yizhou, and Feng Yibo, who are in "3+1" exchange at UC Berkeley, formed a team and won a Bronze Medal in the UPC. This was the first time ShanghaiTech students participated in this international competition and they won a medal. The award certific...

On February 12, a delegation from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) of Thailand visited ShanghaiTech University. Led by Prof. Pasit Lorterapong, Deputy Permanent Secretary of MHESI, a group of 13 Thai guests were warmly welcomed by Dr. Jiang Ge, Vice President of ShanghaiTech, as well as Prof. Jiang Biao, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Shanghai Institut...