Red Net Moment, July 26 (Reporter Yang Yan Correspondent Chen Dan Xu Weiye) From July 19 to 24, the Hunan Provincial Graduate Summer School with the theme of "Cryobiology and Biological Sample Science" was held in the new campus of Xiangya Medical College.
Hosted by the Department of Education of Hunan Province and the Degree Commission of Hunan Province, and jointly organized by the Graduate School of Central South University, Xiangya Medical College and Basic Medical College, the summer school invited more than 30 well-known scholars such as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangtze River Scholars Distinguished Professor, National Outstanding Youth Fund winners, and leading talents of the 10,000 Talents Program. More than 200 students, young teachers, and corporate executives from 36 domestic and foreign institutions of higher learning and more than 10 companies, including Kyushu University in Japan, participated.
The opening ceremony of the summer school was presided over by Jiang Hong, dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences of Central South University, and Jiang Lizhong, dean of the Graduate School of Central South University, and Chen Lizhang, vice president of Central South University, delivered welcome speeches respectively. Chen Guoqiang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor of the School of Medicine of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, taught the first class of the summer school with the theme of "Sailing in Dreams, Zhiyuan in Passion", Academician Chen combined his own experience and through humorous and humorous language, encouraged graduate students to have dreams, maintain passion, seek truth and be pragmatic, and make contributions to the country. Subsequently, Professor Chen Xiang of Central South University, Professor Ouyang Hongwei of Zhejiang University and other scholars combined their respective research work to give wonderful lectures on the research background, scientific research topic selection, experimental design, research methods, research results and significance.
With the development of sequencing technology and transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and other omics technologies, the basic and clinical research of large sample sizes is unstoppable, cryobiology technology provides a solid guarantee for the scientific preservation of biological samples and the construction of biological sample banks, the development of bioinformatics technology allows researchers to plug in the wings across data time and space, and the development of stem cells, immune cells, organoids and other technologies makes biomedicine closer to the health of the people. The summer school's teaching experts presented one academic feast of knowledge and technology to the students from multiple disciplines such as cryogenic engineering technology, bioinformatics, health, big data, and artificial intelligence. The report of Professor Xia Kun, Professor Xiong Wei and other experts introduced the xiangya predecessors Academician Xia Jiahui and Academician Yao Kaitai, who have been preserving genetic disease lineages and nasopharyngeal carcinoma samples for the country since the 1970s and conducting research, and have produced a large number of scientific research achievements to serve the country; the "Chinese Group of Autism Patient Genetic Resources Library", one of the five recognized autism genetic resource banks in the world, established by the team led by Professor Xia Kun, has left a deep impression on the students; Professor Liu Zhaoqian and Professor Lingo have presented to the audience respectively. Academician Zhou Honghao's outstanding contributions such as "Pharmacogenomics" and "National Engineering Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cells Created by Professor Lu Guangxuan" are like guiding lights, lighting up the hope of the students to bravely climb the peak of science.
"After listening to the reports of Professor Jiang Hong and Professor Li Zhihong, we feel that Xiangya focuses on the exploration of the pathogenesis of hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia, bone tumors and other diseases, and has established a clinical sample bank for diseases. Dr. Huang Liuqi, a representative of offline students at Fudan University, said.
"In this summer school, in addition to carefully preparing courses for the students, we also prepared international learning materials for the students, and adopted an online mode for the attendance and homework submission of the students, which is very convenient for the students to complete." All registered students study very seriously and abide by discipline, which shows the courage and responsibility of contemporary young people who are diligent and inquisitive and determined to innovate. What touched me the most was that the three-month preparatory work of this summer school was fully volunteered by the 'Xiangya Biological Sample Bank Volunteer Service Club of Central South University', which ensured the smooth completion of all the work of the summer school. Speaking of these things, Huang Jufang, the project leader of this summer school, professor of the Basic Medical College, and dean of the School of Life Sciences, showed a satisfied smile on her face.