As students flocked back to Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) after the National Day Holiday, one visitor stood out among the rest.

Last week, the Department of Biology at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) hosted the 3rd Symposium on Ubiquitin and Proteostasis in Cellular Control (Symposium). The Symposium was co-sponsored by SUSTech and the Chinese Society of Cell Biology. More than 30 internationally renowned experts joined over 200 scholars at the conference, in which experts discussed a wide range of topics.

In late June, fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor of physics Patrick Lee came to Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech).

In late May, the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) hosted the launch meeting of the Solid Geophysics and China Earthquake Science Development Strategy research projects.

From May 25 to 26, 2019, the 237th Shuangqing Forum of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) was held in Shenzhen. The theme of this forum was “Chemistry research in the era of artificial intelligence (AI)”. The forum was co-sponsored by the College of Science, the Office of Research of SUSTech, and organized by the NSFC.

Last weekend saw the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) host a seminar on Space Geodesy and Global Changes in Applied Science. More than 60 experts from across mainland China and around the world travelled to SUSTech to attend the conference.