2023.10.29-31
Flavellians reunion in the 2023 Cell Research Symposium
2023 Cell Research Symposium was recently held in Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, focusing on the topic of Immunity and Inflammation: Mechanism and Therapeutics. Four Flavellians Dr. Chen Dong, Dr. Hongbo Chi, Dr. Ming Li, and Dr. Shu Zhu shared their research progresses on the topics of inflammation and tumor immunology.
Professor Zhu Shu gave a presentation entitled The Intestinal Immune Responses towards Microbes and Food. He shared the latest progresses of the lab in the innate immune recognition of pathogenic microorganisms, symbiotic microorganisms, and food antigens in the intestine, which advance our understanding on how intestinal immune recognizes the environmental cues, and establish the immunity or tolerance accordingly.
The Flavellians also visited Guoqing temple and Baohua temple in Tiantai, learning buddhist spirituality from a scientist’s point of view.
2023.10.25-28
Innate Immune Group Members Attend 2023 2nd Annual Conference on Cell Death
The 2nd Annual Conference of Cell Death Research Branch was recently held in Xiamen, Fujian, with the theme of Cell Death and Homeostatic Regulation. This meeting brought together many leading scholars to discuss the latest research progresses and frontier technologies in the field of cell death.
Seven members of the innate immune group and Professor Zhu Shu attended the meeting.
Over the years, Chinese scientists have made a series of internationally recognized significant research progresses in the field of cell death, including the regulation mechanism and important biological significance of cell apoptosis, necroptosis, pyroptosis, ferroptosis, etc.
During the meeting, Professor Zhu gave a talk entitled The Intestinal immune responses toward microbes and food, sharing recent progresses of the lab in gut innate immune recognition of pathogenic microorganisms, symbiotic microorganisms, and food antigen. He also showed that how the gut immune system regulates cell death to adapt the environmental stimuli to maintain homeostasis.
The lab member Decai wang asked a couple of nice questions.
The lab members really enjoyed the talks in the symposium, as well as food and environment in Xia’men.
2023.09.25
Congratulations to Zhang Guorong for receiving funding from the 2023 Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program
2023.09.13
The double session ceremony of Zhongyuan Xiehe Life Medical Award with the theme Science Without Boundaries, Collaborative Innovation was held in Beijing. Professor Zhu Shu was honored with the 7th Zhongyuan Xiehe Life Medical Breakthrough Innovation Award.
实验室承办2023“肠道科学与艺术”科普插画展
——艺术让肠道科学更有趣
Art Meets Science: GUT SCIENCE ART Science Popularization Illustration Exhibition 2023
2023“肠道科学与艺术”科普插画巡展于4月22-23号在中国科学技术大学拉开序幕，巡展已在全国各地百家机构陆续启动，掀起了艺术科普新浪潮，为5月29日第19个世界肠道健康日预热。
The GUT SCIENCE ART Science Popularization Illustration Exhibition 2023 Tour began at the University of Science and Technology of China on April 22-23, 2023 and has since been launched in hundreds of institutions across China. This has created a new trend of art science popularization, and serves as a prelude to the 19th World GUT Health Day on May 29th.
Illustration art endows USTC Science and Technology Activity Week with new energy and charm
本次画展恰逢中国科大一年一度的“科技活动周”，“肠道科学与艺术”科普插画巡展作为“科技活动周”的子活动在中国科大生命与医学科普点展出，本次画展为来自全国各地的科普爱好者、幼儿园小朋友、小学生、中学生、大学生创造了一场全面普及肠道健康的跨界之旅。
The GUT SCIENCE ART Science Popularization Illustration Exhibition was held as a sub-activity during the annual Science and Technology Week at the University of Science and Technology of China. It was showcased at the life and medicine science popularization display area, providing a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary journey promoting gut health for science enthusiasts, kindergarten children, primary, secondary, and university students from across China.
来自合肥高新中加国际幼儿园的老师告诉笔者：“这次画展极好地呈现了科学与艺术的结合。科学本身给人的感觉十分高深莫测，吸引的受众群体非常少；但与艺术相结合，哪怕是三岁儿童也能够从中领悟到知识。因此，我和孩子都十分喜欢科大所举办的这次画展。你看，孩子们自己拿着画板在临摹插画呢。”
A teacher from Sino-Canada Concord Kindergarten of Hefei High-tech Zone, remarked, This exhibition presents an excellent combination of science and art. Science itself can often seem esoteric and may attract only a limited audience.However, when merged with art, even a three-year-old child can learn from it. Thus, both the students and I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition hosted by USTC. You see, the children are holding their own drawing boards and copying the illustrations.
赋予肠道科学故事的概念展示科学的魅力
Unveiling the Fascinating World of Gut Science Through Storytelling: Showcasing the Charm of Science
本次画展展出了72幅美轮美奂的插画作品，全国30余名一线插画师以9种画风历时半年创作绘制而成，设立了万物皆生态、人体母亲河、护肠第一关、黏液保卫战、免疫城市、大美微生物等18大主题。
This exhibition showcases 72 exquisite illustrations created by more than 30 top illustrators in China over a period of six months, each representing one of the 18 major themes such as Everything is ecology, The Mother River of the Human Body, The First Line of Defense for Intestinal Protection, The Mucous Defense War, The Immune City, and The Beauty of Microorganisms.
每个主题都将肠道健康科学知识嵌入画作的主题中。参展的画作有的采用生动的拟物手法，融入宏大的故事概念，比如：肠道菌群是“肠城”上的守护兵团，他们时刻保卫着这座城，抵御外来的入侵；“肠安城”里各种免疫细胞化身装甲勇士上演剿灭致病菌的故事等，将肠道科学以艺术方式惟妙惟肖地呈现，全方位展现了最新的科学肠识给观展者留下了深刻的印象。
Each theme incorporates scientific knowledge about gut health into the artwork in a vivid and creative way. Some illustrations use realistic depictions to convey a grand story concept, such as depicting the gut microbiome as a guardian army on the Great Intestinal Wall that constantly defends against foreign invaders, or portraying various immune cells as armored warriors fighting against pathogenic bacteria in Intestinal Safety City. Through these artistic expressions, the latest scientific gut knowledge is presented in a stunning and captivating way, leaving a deep impression on the exhibition's visitors.
以艺术的方式传播科学呼吁大众关注肠道健康
Spreading Science through Art: Advocating for Public Awareness of Gut Health
肠道是人体最大的免疫器官，也被称为人体的第二大脑，对人体健康至关重要。肠道内栖息着人体最大的微生物群落——肠道菌群，它们组成了人体内最大的微生态系统——肠道微生态系统。肠道菌群在机体的能量代谢、免疫系统的形成和功能调控等多个方面发挥着重要作用。
The gut is the body's largest immune organ, also known as the second brain of the body, and is crucial to overall health. Inhabiting the gut is the body's largest microbial community - the gut microbiota - which forms the largest micro-ecosystem in the body, the gut microbiome. The gut microbiota plays an important role in various aspects of the body's energy metabolism, the formation of the immune system, and the regulation of its functions.
为呼吁大众关注肠道健康，传递更多靠谱的科学知识，知名科普机构热心肠研究院创新中心发起2023“肠道科学与艺术”科普插画巡展，朱书教授作为热心肠智库专家，作为热心肠智库专家所在学术机构，中国科学技术大学获得此次宝贵的落展机会。
To raise public awareness about the importance of gut health and to spread more reliable scientific knowledge, the renowned science popularization organization, the MR GUT Innovation Center, initiated the GUT SCIENCE ART Popularization science illustration exhibition tour in 2023. Professor Zhu Shu is a member of the MR GUT think tank. As the academic institution where a member of the MR GUT think tank works, the University of Science and Technology of China was able to secure this valuable opportunity to host the exhibition.
2023.04.16
We held a colorful team building
2023.01.16-17
The annual meeting of the laboratory was successfully finished
2023.10.25
Congratulations to Hu Taidou,Wang Decai and Chen chen for their successful doctoral graduation!!!
2022.01.24-25
We held lab retreat and had an animated discussion at the meeting.After the meeting, we awarded the Best Scientific Discovery Award, the Best Experimental Record Award and the Best Public Service Award.
Best Scientific Discovery Award: Guo Meng; Hu Ji; Wang Decai; Zhang Weiqiao; Hu Taidou; Zhou Tingyue
Best Experimental Record Award: Zhang Guorong; Guo Meng; Zhang Weiqiao
Best Public Service Award: Wang Jingyuan; Zhang Guorong; Hu Taidou
2021.10.20
Lei Dai, a Principal Investigator at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, is visiting us and gave a talk with the title of "Understanding the heterogeneity of host-associated microbial communities".
2021.10.19
Congratulations to Zhang Weiqiao and Zhang Guorong for their successful doctoral graduation!!!
2021.7.11
We held the farewell party for Jingjing
2021.5.16
We held the farewell party for Dan Huang
2021.5.9
We held the farewell party for Jinghao
