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March 24, 2025
March 24, 2025
Science! SDU Researchers Identified the Membrane Receptor for Ceramide in Adipocytes
Recently, Professor Sun Jinpeng’s team at Shandong University and collaborators published a research paper titled “Metabolic signaling of ceramides through the FPR2 receptor inhibits adipocyte thermogenesis” in Science. This study employed high-throughput screening and animal models to identify FPR2, a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) expressed at the adipocyte plasma membrane, as a critica...
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March 17, 2025
March 17, 2025
Nature! Researchers of Peking University and Shandong University Uncover Key Receptors Driving Atherosclerosis, Paving the Way for Targeted Therapies
A groundbreaking study led by Professor Kong Wei of Peking University and Professor Sun Jinpeng of Shandong University, published in Nature on March 7, reveals CYSLTR2 and P2RY6 as endogenous receptors for ceramide C16:0, a lipid molecule directly linked to atherosclerotic plaque formation. This discovery identifies a novel mechanism by which ceramides exacerbate vascular inflammation and accel...
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March 11, 2025
March 11, 2025
Shandong University and University of Michigan Researchers Publish Comprehensive Review on Fungal Bicyclo[2.2.2]diazaoctane Indole Alkaloids in Chemical Reviews
Researchers from Shandong University, led by Professors Li Shengying, in collaboration with Professor David H. Sherman from the University of Michigan, has published a comprehensive review article titled "The Mutually Inspiring Biological and Chemical Synthesis of Fungal Bicyclo[2.2.2]diazaoctane Indole Alkaloids" in the prestigious journal Chemical Reviews (Impact Factor: 51.4). This review hi...
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March 7, 2025
March 7, 2025
Professor Yuan Xianzheng’s Research Group Achieves Breakthrough in Biohybrid Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation
The research team led by Professor Yuan Xianzheng from the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Shandong University has recently achieved a significant breakthrough in biohybrid catalytic nitrogen fixation. Their relevant study, "Light-Independent Fe3O4-Methanosarcina acetivorans Biohybrid Enhances Nitrogen Fixation and Methanogenesis", has been published in Journal of the America...
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March 3, 2025
March 3, 2025
Opening a New Era! SDU Researchers Identified the Receptor for Equilibration
Recently, Professor Sun Jinpeng’s team at Shandong University and collaborators published a research paper titled “A force-sensitive adhesion GPCR is required for equilibrioception” in Cell Research. This study employed high-throughput screening combined with animal models and electrophysiological recordings to identify LPHN2, a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) expressed at the apical membr...
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February 27, 2025
February 27, 2025
Professor Li Peizhou’s Group Made Significant Progress in Fabrication of Photoactive Covalent Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Oxidations
Recently, a research paper titled "Integrating Two Photochromics into One Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework for Synergistically Enhancing Multiple Photocatalytic Oxidations" was published in the internationally renowned journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition by Professor Li Peizhou's group from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Shandong University.Nowadays,...
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February 20, 2025
February 20, 2025
The Group of Shandong University–Central China Normal University Made New Progress in Jet Theory of High-Energy Nuclear Physics
Recently, Dr. Xing Wenjing, a specially funded postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science of Shandong University, has made significant progress in the theoretical study of jets in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. For the first time, the energy-energy correlators (EEC) of particles within light and heavy flavor jets through the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) w...
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January 20, 2025
January 20, 2025
Professor Xie E’s Team Made Significant Progress in Smart Elderly Health Care Research
Recently, a research paper titled “Smart Elderly Health Care and Medical Expenses: Evidence from Smart Elderly Health Care Demonstration Sites” by Professor Xie E and doctoral candidate Yang Yuqi from the School of Economics at Shandong University was published in the first issue of 2025 in the prestigious Chinese journal Management World.As China’s aging population continues to escalate hea...