The opening ceremony for the Chinese Biophysics Congress will be held in Tianjin on Aug 2. 

The following academics will deliver lectures at the ceremony: 

He Rongqiao

He Rongqiao [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]

Title of Lecture: From Diabetes to Age-related Cognitive Impairment

About the Lecturer: A group leader at the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Biophysics

Field of Research: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases

Liang Xingjie

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Title of Lecture: Developing Nanobiotechnology for Biophysics and Pharmaceutical Research

About the Lecturer: Chief professor at the School of Nanoscience and Technology of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Director of the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology

Field of Research: Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology

Hu Xiaoyu

Hu Xiaoyu [Photo/tsinghua.edu.cn]

Title of Lecture: Complexity of L-arginine Metabolism in Macrophages

About the Lecturer: Professor and doctoral supervisor at the Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University

Field of Research: Innate immunity

Huang Junjiu

Huang Junjiu [Photo/sysu.edu.cn]

Title of Lecture: Fix β-thalassemia with Gene Editing

About the Lecturer: Professor at the School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University

Field of Research: Regulatory mechanisms of cell aging and regeneration and research and application of gene editing technology

Ding Guangjin

Title of Lecture: On the Rise of New Media in Science Communication: A Case Study of BioArt