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On January 9, 2025, the Gansu Provincial New Year Reception for Foreign Experts, hosted by Lanzhou University (LZU) and Science and Technology Department of Gansu Province, took place at the Great Wall Jianguo Hotel. Attendees exchanged their New Year wishes and discussed research fields, disciplinary orientation and lives in Lanzhou....

From December 22 to 26, a delegation led by Hu Wanjun, Party Secretary of the School of Public Health (SPH), visited Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TARUMT) in Malaysia. The delegation met with TARUMT President, Professor Dato’ Sze Wei Lee and his colleagues. Both sides engaged in friendly discussions regarding the cooperation and exchange in 2025, and inaugurated the international cooperation and exchange base, which is the first international base of the SPH. During...

Recently, the “Silk Road Together, Drawing the Future” International Camp commenced at Lanzhou University (LZU). The event is jointly organized by the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, LZU, and Northwest Minzu University, aiming at enhancing international friendships and broadening the global perspectives of youth through cultural exchange and interactions. During the event, associate Professor Chang Zhizhao, champion of the Asian Games in stick fighting, along with his student team...

The research team led by Dr. Wang Xiaojuan from the School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University (LZU), published a research review on Chemical Reviews in November 2024, entitled “The Chemistry of Phytoplankton” (Chem. Rev.2024, 124, 13099; DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00177; impact factor: 51.5.) This review not only summarizes the absorption of carbon dioxide by phytoplankton and their influence on the environment and climate, but also delves into the structural determination, activity analysis, and c...

On December 15th, the research team led by Professor Wang Weimin of College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University (LZU), published an online paper entitled “Comprehensive multi-tissue epigenome atlas in sheep: A resource for complex traits, domestication and breeding” in the international journal iMeta . Based on multi-dimensional (RNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq, CUTTag and Hi-C) data from nine major tissues of sheep, the team constructed the first multi-tissue epigenome atlas of...

Recently, a research team led by Professors Xue Desheng and Xi Li from the School of Physical Science and Technology at Lanzhou University (LZU) has achieved a remarkable enhancement of USMR at room temperature in FeNi/Pt/Bi2Se3 heterostructures. Based on this, the team developed high-performance USMR-MRAM devices. The research findings were published in Nature Communications under the title “Large unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance in FeNi/Pt/Bi2Se3 trilayers by Pt interfacial engineeri...

Two monographs titled Grassland Degradation, Restoration and Sustainable Management of Global Alpine Areas and Sustainable Ecological Restoration and Conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: A Comprehensive Review by Professor Shang Zhanhuan from the College of Ecology, Lanzhou University (LZU), were respectively published by Elsevier and CABI. The two books not only focus on the latest research progress in ecological degradation and restoration, but also include the knowledge of environ...

From October 12 to 15, the final of China International College Students’ Innovation Competition (CICSIC) 2024 was held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). Four projects of Lanzhou University (LZU) were selected to participate in the final round. The projects “Solving the Problems of N-Methylation: Research and Application of New Modified Zr(OH)4 Catalyst” and “Grassland Restoration: Beautician of Plateau Ecosystem” won gold awards in the Higher Education Main Track and the “Youth Red Dream...

On October 14, a delegation led by U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns visited Lanzhou University (LZU). Ma Xiaojie, Secretary of the CPC LZU Committee, and Yang Yongping, President of LZU and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) met with the delegates at Chengguan Campus. Zhang Baojun, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Gansu Province, and Wang Wei, Vice President of LZU, attended the meeting. Ma Xiaojie warmly welcomed Nicholas Burns and his dele...

Recently, Department of Human Resources and Social Security and Educational Department of Gansu Province issued an announcement on the “Recognition of the Advanced Collectives and Individuals for ‘Gardener Award’ in 2024”. The College of Earth and Environmental Sciences of Lanzhou University was honored as “Advanced Collective of Gansu Education System”. While Prof. Feng Huyuan of College of Life Sciences and Executive Director Wang Chaoping of the Institute of Science and Technology Development...