During 15-28 May 2025, the Fang Lab had their 2nd retreat of 2025 in China. During this retreat, we attended a series of scientific events, including
1. 16th May 2025: Fang attended a symposium organised by Ji-Nan University on how to publish in Cell publication-related journals.
2. 17th May 2025: with Prof. Guobing Chen, the Fang Lab Co-hosted the 1st Ageing Research Symposium & 4th Geroscience Youth Forum in Guangzhou, China. Fang, Senior researcher Dr. Sofie Lautrup, and senior postdoc fellow associate Professor Janet Jian-ying Zhang gave invited talks.
3. 19th May 2025: Fang gave an invited talk in Zheng-Zhou University the 1st affiliated hospital (the world largest hospital), China.
4. 26th May 2025: the Fang lab visited Peking Union Medical College (the best medical school in China) and its Xie-He Hospital. Especially, they visited the Department of Geriatrics of Xie-He Hospital on how the clinicians diagnose and treat older patients. Fang gave an invited talk in the afternoon to more than 100 students and colleagues in Peking Union Medical College.
During this period, we also visited historical and natural sites in different cities, including in Guang-Zhou (Canton Tower), Zheng-Zhou (Henan Museum), Luo-Yang (Longmen Grottoes and the old town), and Bei-Jing (The Great Wall and the Forbidden City).
We thank all the local hosts in taking care of us, including Prof. Guo-Bing CHEN (Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Ji-Nan University), Associate Prof. Guang LU (Sun Yat-Sen University), Dr. Qian WANG (Head of the Department of Geriatrics, the 1st Affiliated hospital of Zheng-Zhou University), as well as Profs. Sofie Lin KANG, Jun WU, and Hou-Zao CHEN (Peking Union Medical College).
We are already very looking forward to the next retreat!
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