On June 11, 2015, the Biomaterials Lecture Series jointly organized by the CAS Key Lab of Soft Matter Chemistry and USTC Medical Center was held in the Lecture Hall of Environmental Resources Building on East Campus of USTC. Distinguished scholars from home and abroad in the field of biomaterials and nanomedicine have given a series of excellent lectures. Among them, Professor GU Zhongwei from Sichuan University, director of National Biomedical Materials Engineering Technology Research Center, chief scientist in the Biomaterial Field of National 973 Program, made a presentation entitled "Polymer-mediated nano-delivery system based on bio-sensing and bio-mimetic molecular engineering technology”; Professor JIANG Xiqun, director of Department of Polymer Science and Engineering in Nanjing University, winner of National Outstanding Youth Fund, gave a talk on“Establishment of the polymer-based drug delivery system and assessment of its antitumor effects”; Professor SHI Linqi, directors of Polymer Chemistry Institute in Nankai University and Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, leading member of Changjiang Scholars Innovative Team and winner of National Outstanding Youth Fund, made a speech on “The structure and function of controlled and simulated self-assembled molecular chaperones”; Professor CHEN Xuesi, deputy director of Academic Committee of CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Ecological Environment, and winner of National Outstanding Youth Fund, made a report entitled “Application of biodegradable polymer materials in recycled plastics and clinical medicine”; and Professor CHENG Jianjun from Department of Materials Science and Engineering in University of Illinois, chair professor of Functional Nano and Soft Matter Research Institute in Suzhou University, lectured on “Transforming conventional materials through rational design and controlled synthesis”. Topics within these outstanding lectures widely ranged from the cutting-edge basic studies on biomaterial science to translational research in clinical applications of novel biodegradable nano-materials, and posed extensive and profound interests among audience. Students, teachers and researchers from School of Chemistry and Materials Science of USTC, and Medical Center in USTC, attended the Lecture Series, and enthusiastically participated in the discussions during each lecture. This joint event was co-chaired by Professor LIU Shiyong with Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, and Professor WANG Jun with Medical Center in USTC.
