In an era of global pandemic, there are raising alarms about the misuse and abuse of life science research. Governments and civil societies struggle to establish and implement appropriate oversight mechanisms to mitigate biorisks and maintain international biological arms control norms. On Nov. 29, 2022, a side event themed The Biological Weapons Convention and Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines fo...
A recent piece of news DNA Storage Technology Allows Dunhuang Grotto Murals to be Preserved for Thousands of Years hit the major media pages, featuring the synthetic biology team from Tianjin University. One year ago, Tianjin University made the running in the formulation of The Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct for Scientists which was listed as a global code of ethics for bi...
On an early morning, both campuses of Tianjin University was filled with the fragrance of sweet fruits. TJU’s Fruit Festival came as promised in this early winter.Each TJUer received a “winter fruit pack” from the school, which included pitayas from Natan Village in Guangxi Province, navel oranges from Tingliang Town in Guangxi Province, Huaniu apples from Li County in Gansu Province, and Ju...
Hi, I am a little happy duck on Tianjin University’s campus.As it gets colder and colder and yellow and red leaves start to float on water of my favorite river, I begin to worry about the coming cold winter. Looking at my friends swans, living in the beautiful villa designed by Professor Feng Jicai, I really envy them! Luckily, I heard that our new winter houses are completed. Before telling m...
Yang Ye is a novice teacher recruited this year at Tianjin University after he gained the doctoral degree from the university’s School of Earth System Science. He has a lot to share as a student “veteran” and a stella student who has won twice the National Scholarship as well as the title of “Merit Students” and “Excellent Graduates” of the university. His doctoral dissertation entitled ...
In the report to the 20th National Congress of CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that “A nation will prosper only when its young people thrive. China’s young people of today are living in a remarkable time. They have an incomparably broad stage on which to display their full talents and they have incomparably bright prospects of realizing their dreams.” It is our school that provide...