The Annual Meeting of the Nanozyme Academic Subgroup of the Biophysical Society of China (BSC) was held alongside the Fourth China Nanozyme Conference in Tianjin from April 18 to 21. 

Themed “Intelligence and Innovation”, this year’s event aimed to foster interdisciplinary integration across catalysis science, materials science, life science and medicine, and to promote the application of nanozymes in areas such as biology, medicine, agriculture and environmental governance.

Ming Dong, vice-president of Tianjin University, delivers an opening speech. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]

Qu Xiaogang, president of the BSC’s Nanozyme Academic Subgroup, delivers an opening speech. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]

The meeting featured eight thematic sub-forums, covering diverse topics such as the rational and intelligent design of nanozymes, novel activity and functionality in nanozymes, nanozyme-based medical science and biomaterials, cross-disciplinary research and applications of nanozymes, as well as nanozyme-based medical testing. It also included an Innovation and Translation Forum, a Young Scientists Forum and a Beiyang Intelligent Medicine Forum.

Across four days, the event hosted more than 400 academic presentations and showcased over 100 poster displays, facilitating discussions on the design principles, functional development and translational potential of nanozymes.

Experts and scholars give keynote speeches. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]

Yan Xiyun from the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Yuan Yingjin from Tianjin University; Qu Xiaogang from the BSC’s Nanozyme Academic Subgroup; Chen Chunying from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology; Dong Shaojun from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS; and Gu Ning from Nanjing University, were invited to deliver keynote speeches.

They spoke on the discovery, naming and applications of nanozymes, synthetic biology and its applications, the construction and applications of novel biomimetic catalytic systems, nano-bio interfaces and regulatory mechanisms of nanomedicine, design and mechanistic studies on highly selective antibacterial nanozymes, as well as technological innovation in vascular information and health engineering.

These thought-provoking keynotes, along with academic reports and poster sessions from many other experts, highlighted advances from basic research to technological innovation and clinical applications. Exchanges on the future development and industrialization prospects of nanozymes effectively promoted interdisciplinary integration and the translation of scientific innovation within the field.

At the closing ceremony, it was announced that the 2026 Annual Meeting of the BSC’s Nanozyme Academic Subgroup will be organized by Yanshan University.