As a high-level scientific research institution of SUSTech, the Center for Biostatistics aims to build a comprehensive scientific research base with domestic and international influence, integrating basic research, interdisciplinary integration, consulting, professional personnel training, and industrial transformation.

Based on hydrogen bonding and ion-pairing interactions, Prof. Xumu Zhang’s team developed a series of noncovalent interaction-assisted chiral ferrocenyl phosphine ligands. This catalytic mode can achieve transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation and other transformations with remarkable reactivity and selectivity.

Recently, a group led by Prof. Kedong Wang(Associate Professor, Department of Physics, SUSTech) cooperated with Prof. Fangfei Ming (Sun Yat-sen University) and Prof. Hanno H. Weitering (The University of Tennessee), have made significant progress in the field of superconductivity.

Sugar plays an important role in human body. During the talk, prof. CHEN introduced the progress of his research group in the field of glycobiology, especially the use of chemical tools to clarify the biological functions of glycosylation, as well as its labeling and visualization in vivo.

On September 25th, 2020, Dr. Liyuan ZHANG, a Professor from the Department of Physics at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), became one of the 50 winners of XPLORER PRIZE for his contribution in Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies.

With the opportunities arising in Shenzhen and across the Greater Bay Area, how can the Department of Biology further promote itself as a first-class discipline that trains world-class talents? The department head, Wei CHEN, provided an insight into the Department of Biology, the development of its academic discipline, its talent training modes, and its global outlook.