lecture time

august 29, 2025 9:40-12:20

lecture location

conference room 809, building 1, jinfeng laboratory

lecture topic 1: why should we focus on neutrophils?

introduction to the speaker

Lai Guan Nghe is currently a senior researcher at the shanghai institute of immunotherapy innovation and professor at west lake university. he has been a researcher at the institute of immunotherapy and science and technology of singapore. dr. garvan institute of medical research, sydney, australia, was selected into the national high-level talent introduction program in 2022. it mainly focuses on using in-body imaging technology, high-dimensional flow, multiomics and bioinformatics methods to explore the recruitment and development patterns of immune cells (especially granulocytes and monocytes) and its role in tissue homeostasis and diseases. it has published more than 60 papers in top international journals such as science, nature, immunity, and j exp med, and has been cited more than 30,000 times. it has reached 70+ h-index. it has been selected as the "global highly cited scientist" list for five consecutive years (2020-2024). it has been funded by the national natural science foundation of china's major research plan, key support projects, general projects and shanghai science and technology commission, and serves as the head of the key r&d program of the ministry of science and technology; was invited to cell, annu rev immunol, nat rev immunol, trends immunol, cancer cell and other journals published reviews and comments; he has served as the convener of the conference to host the 2019 blood and immunology seminar conference, the 2023 the granulocyte meeting, and the 2024 keystone symposia and other international conferences. he is currently the editorial board member of science immunology, senior editor-in-chief of discovery immunology, deputy editor-in-chief of journal of leukocyte biology and editor-in-chief of cellular immunology journal.

lecture introduction

professor lai guan ng's research team mainly focuses on studying the recruitment and development patterns of immune cells, especially granulocytes and monocytes, and their role in tissue homeostasis and diseases through in-body imaging technology, high-dimensional flow, multiomics and bioinformatics. the lecture will provide an in-depth demonstration of how professor lai guan ng's team decrypts neutrophils through multidisciplinary cross-cutting methods and explores its potential value in future translational medicine.

lecture topic 2: cellular drivers and molecular checkpoints of type 2 immunity

introduction to the speaker

hu xiaoyu, currently a professor and vice president of the school of medicine of west lake university, and was once the director of the institute of immunology at tsinghua university. graduated from the basic medicine department of beijing medical university (now the school of medicine of peking university), and later obtained a ph.d. in immunology from cornell university in the united states, and is a national outstanding youth. he has won many international academic honors including the international cytokine association young female scientist award and the royal society of newton senior scholar. in 2020, he was selected as one of the five representative female immunologists in the world by nature immunology; in 2024, he was selected as the "50 inspiring scientists" list of the 50th anniversary of the founding of cell press; he has accepted interviews with international journals such as journal of experimental medicine and international academic organizations such as society for leukocyte biology. he serves as an editorial board member of international journals such as immunity, trends in immunology, science advances, mucosal immunology and protein & cell, and has co-organized several international immunology conferences including cell symposia and cold spring harbor meetings.

lecture introduction

professor hu xiaoyu focuses on two major groups of macrophages and mast cells based on long-term research on the functions of tissue-resident myeloid immune cells. the myeloid cells in tissue resident tissue are widely distributed and are an important part of maintaining tissue homeostasis. the lecture will introduce in-depth the latest progress of professor hu xiaoyu's team in this field, reveal the interaction and regulatory mechanisms of resident myeloid cells and tissue microenvironment, and explore its important role in various physiological and pathological processes.

everyone is welcome to actively participate