ShanghaiTech’s first NanoTemper Forum of Tumor Immunotherapy attracted nearly 200 attendees from academia, clinical practice and industry. The forum was jointly sponsored by the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology, Shanghai Society of Biophysics and ShanghaiTech’s School of Life Science and Technology.An opening ceremony was held on June 27 with a welcome from vice president and prov...

Recently, Dr. Wei L. Shen’s group from ShanghaiTech University has published a research article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled with “A hypothalamic circuit that controls body temperature.” They have elucidated a neural mechanism responsible for heat defensive behavior.Thermal homeostasis is essential for survival in mammals. Significant deviation of body temperat...