Tsinghua University

What does your dream interior look like? 🚗✨

’s “Automotive Interior Design” course, where students turn bold ideas into reality by exploring cutting-edge trends in and . Design the future from the inside out with Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University!

The team at the Institute for AI Industry Research reached a global milestone in —boosting both and training speed! With collaborators, they launched GS-Playground, uniting high-throughput physics simulation with high-fidelity rendering for the first time.

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“What matters is not what’s best, but what’s right for you,” says Xi Qiaoran (China), an Associate Professor from the School of Life Sciences. As the Director of Zhili College Biology Honors Program, she has spent years creating more pathways for students, providing them with resources, directions, and encouraging them to make their own choices in the vast world of life sciences.

Inspired by the belief that scientific thinking should begin earlier, Prof. Xi led the development of the “Interdisciplinary Innovation Challenges in Life Sciences” (X-idea) and “Research Training (H)” courses. By offering research training to freshmen and sophomores, she encourages students to engage with interdisciplinary science, believing that “with just a little push, students will start moving forward on their own.” Integrating perspectives from neuroscience, medicine, computational biology, and beyond, the courses broaden students’ understanding of life sciences before they choose their own direction.

Beyond curriculum reform, Prof. Xi is deeply valued for the trust and closeness she shares with her students. From academic choices to moments of uncertainty, she has accompanied students through weekly “lunch talks” — not as someone who decides their future for them, but as someone who listens, guides, and genuinely believes in their potential. To her, “education is not about putting everyone on the same track, but helping each student discover the path where they can truly grow.”

Can reprogram tumor immunity? 🧬

team led by Prof. Lan Xun from Tsinghua Medicine 清华大学医学院 found that MHC-II^high tumor-associated macrophages activate Tregs, driving tumor growth and resistance to . The study Cell identifies this immune-suppressive interaction as a promising therapeutic target.

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Better choices, safer projects! PhD student Li Wenqi in the School of Civil Engineering earned the IPMA Research Award (Outstanding Contribution) for her research on ethical risks in project management. Congrats to our , who help shape safer and more responsible worldwide!

’s -based study shows how IgG antibodies use bivalent binding to organize spike proteins on the viral surface. The findings from Assoc. Prof. Li Sai’s team at the School of Life Sciences, in collaboration with Zhejiang University, provide a structural basis for IgG avidity and offer insights for design.

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How does hijack nerves to spread?

At , Prof. D**g Jiahong’s team from the School of Clinical Medicine revealed that cancer cells release PGE2, reprogramming cells to aid tumor nerve invasion. Spatial transcriptomics combined with single-cell analysis highlights this mechanism as a potential new hope against pancreatic cancer.

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, , and friendship all aboard the China–U.S. Youth Friendship vessel! 🌊🚢 From collecting water samples and exploring marine life to sharing art and culture, connected across borders while contributing their efforts to a better world.