On May 12, the International Masters Frontier Forum at Sun Yat-sen University was held at the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University. During this forum, the unveiling ceremony of Edmond H. Fischer Translational?Medical Research Laboratory, be it addressed “Nobel Prize Winner Laboratory” in China, is witnessed as well. The lab is titled with an honorary professor to Edmond Fischer, of which lab his student Professor Zhao Zhizhuang is one of the core members.
Professor Edmond Fischer, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992, is dedicated to the study of protein phosphorylation, particularly the process of cellular regulation by tyrosine phosphorylation. He is the discoverer of tyrosine kinase and the founder of targeted drug therapy.
Professor Zhao Zhizhuang is an international authority in the field of transformational medicine and stem cells. He is also a member of the "Thousand People Program" of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC, who has joined the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University.
Based on the discovery of protein phosphorylation by Professor Edmond Fischer, the laboratory will put a high emphasis on developing personalized precision medicine and targeted therapy. To be specific, the lab will focus on studying the mechanisms of cell regeneration, proliferation and differentiation that are associated with diseases, thereby resolving difficulties in treatment for blood, gastrointestinal, breast and nervous system diseases.