On the afternoon of November 10, 2025, a delegation from The Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo visited the University of Macau (Taipa Campus), where the two institutions held an academic exchange symposium. The meeting featured in-depth discussions on discipline construction, talent cultivation, and scientific research collaboration, laying a solid foundation for future practical cooperation between the two universities.
The delegation from The Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo was led by Chair Professor Jin Dayong, and included Researcher Wen Shihui, Research Assistant Professors Yang Feng and Liu Yajing, postdoctoral fellows Ye Haixia, Guan Yunpeng, Wang Mingkai, and Yao Jing from the Eastern Institute of Digital and Intelligent Biotechnology, as well as PhD candidates Xiao Bin and Wang Nannan from the university.
The session began with a welcome speech by Prof. Zhou Wanlei, Vice-Rector of the University of Macau and Dean of the Faculty of Data Science, who expressed a warm welcome to the visiting delegation. He emphasized the central role of data science as an important interdisciplinary field in driving technological innovation and industrial upgrading and shared his expectation to build a new ecosystem of collaboration through in-depth inter-university exchanges.
During the academic sharing session, members of the The Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo delegation delivered presentations on their cutting-edge research directions. Professor Jin Dayong, Researcher Wen Shihui, and other members shared topics such as "Investigating vesicular transport mechanisms: COPB1 specifically regulates insulin-like Growth Factor I Secretion" and "Learning and memory in multi-lineage brain assembloid with non-genetic neuromodulation," elaborating on the innovative value and development directions of their research in interdisciplinary fields such as biomedicine and neuroscience.
Vice-rector Zhou Wanlei listened attentively throughout the presentations and actively participated in the discussions. Drawing on his own research experience and the characteristics of the faculty’s disciplines, he raised several constructive questions and suggestions regarding technical pathways, mechanism exploration, and industry-academia-research translation. The on-site exchange was vibrant and further fostered consensus, building a bridge for potential future research collaboration.
This exchange not only promoted knowledge sharing and intellectual exchange between the two universities in interdisciplinary fields but also established a communication mechanism for long-term cooperation. Going forward, both sides will take this meeting as an opportunity to further promote resource complementarity and project implementation, continuously explore new models of inter-university collaboration, and jointly contribute to academic innovation and industrial upgrading.
