The 16th "WuXi Kant Life Chemistry Research Award" was unveiled in "Cloud"

Shanghai, December 17, 2022 - Today, the 16th "WuXi Kant Life Chemistry Research Award" award ceremony was successfully held in "Cloud".



Zhou Bin, the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Molecular Cell Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lv Zhimin, the Institute of Translational Medicine of Zhejiang University, and Rao 燏, the School of Pharmacy of Tsinghua University were awarded the "Outstanding Achievement Award"; Liang Tingbo, the First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Zhejiang University, was awarded the "Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Award"; Eighteen people including Wang Yifeng, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, were awarded the "Scholar Award". The group photo of "Cloud", the winner of the 2022 WuXi Kant Biochemistry Research Award, this year, the research results of many winners have promoted the development of important basic and original work related to diseases, and achieved breakthroughs in the field of clinical research and transformation of refractory tumors, which is expected to bring more to patients Better treatment plan: Researcher Zhou Bin developed and used genetic lineage tracing technology to reveal the origin and fate of coronary artery and myocardial cells in vivo, and on this basis, he looked for technical means to promote coronary angiogenesis and myocardial cell proliferation, providing new research ideas and methods for the treatment of clinical myocardial infarction and heart repair and regeneration;



Professor Lv Zhimin has systematically studied the energy metabolism of tumor cells, discovered and clarified the characteristics of protein kinase or protein phosphatase activity of many important metabolic enzymes, and clarified its molecular mechanism and regulatory function in tumor cell activity, providing important biological targets for tumor treatment; Professor Rao Xuan is committed to the research and development direction of new chemical drugs, especially the research of dual-target and dual-mechanism degradation agents, and has constructed and developed a variety of selective new protein degradation agent molecules, providing a differentiation treatment scheme for hematomas;



Professor Liang Tingbo has been committed to the clinical work, basic and transformation research of pancreatic cancer, liver cancer and liver transplantation for a long time. He has explored, summarized and promoted new chemotherapy schemes for pancreatic cancer, created a new paradigm for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer, significantly improving the surgical resection rate and prolonging the survival time of patients. "Congratulations to the winners of this year, who have made outstanding achievements in many scientific research fields and made important contributions to breakthroughs in basic and clinical research.



”Chen Kaixian, member of the standing evaluation committee of the award, researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said, "In the future, WuXi AppTec Life Chemistry Research Award will continue to provide support for more scientific researchers, promote medical innovation and achievement transformation, and promote more scientific research achievements meaningful to human health.



”Established in 2007, the "WuXi Kant Life Chemistry Research Award" aims to reward young and middle-aged scientific and technological talents who are engaged in research in life chemistry and related fields and have made outstanding achievements in scientific research innovation, achievement promotion and high-tech industrialization.



Up to now, 287 outstanding scientific researchers have won awards, of which 27 have been selected as members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the CAE Member. The youngest winner is 29 years old.



Attachment: List of winners of the 2022 WuXi Kant Life Chemistry Research Award



Outstanding Achievement Award: Zhou Bin, Center for Excellence and Innovation in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences



Lv Zhimin School of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University



Rao Yan School of Pharmacy, Tsinghua University



Award for transformation of scientific and technological achievements: Liang Tingbo, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College



Scholar Award: Wang Yifeng School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China



Han Wei, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University



Wang Sheng Innovation Center for Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences



Huang Zhiwei, School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology



Lv Hua School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University



Chen Chong State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University



Xue Yuanchao Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences



Zhou Qianghui School of Chemistry and Molecular Science of Wuhan University/Taikang Life Medicine Center of Wuhan University



Zeng Xiaofeng Beijing Union Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences



Song Qiuling Institute of New Generation Material Transformation, Huaqiao University



Li Chao Beijing Institute of Life Sciences



Xu Jing, Department of Chemistry, South University of Science and Technology



Zhang Zheng Shenzhen Third People's Hospital



Mei Tiansheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry



Lanlefu Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica



Wang Zheng Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology



Nie Zhou School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Hunan University/State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biosensors and Metrology



Tang Yun School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology