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Publishing papers in an authoritative, international journal like Bioinformatics did not come easy for anyone, even to many professors in this field, but the undergraduate students Nuo Xu, Dongfang Fu, Shi’ang Li, and Yuxuan Wang from Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) managed to do the impossible! GCPred Web Server In February, their research article – GCPred Web Server (http://gcpred.com) – was published online in the journal. The project was directed by Aloysius Wong, an associate professor in bi…

Recently, Wenzhou Science and Technology Bureau publicized that the Primary Exploration on A Mobile Application System for Smart Care of the Aged: Highly Customized and Individualized Cloud Computing Based Spatial Memory Training Mobile Application System to Improve Functional Independence of the Aged, a study project conducted by Dr. Pinata, a teacher of WKU Computer Engineering Department, and the Construction of the Chimera by Polypeptide K16ApoE and Lysosomal Enzyme TPP1 and Its Effect on Co…

Three computer science undergraduate researchers and their advisors, Drs. Pinata Winoto and Tiffany Tang attended the prestigious ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (known as ACM IDC’2017, http://idc2017.stanford.edu/) from June 27 to June 30 at Stanford University. Figure 1. Dr. Winoto was giving a presentation at ACM IDC’2017 The annual conference attracted researchers and graduate students from such universities as Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of T…

Recently, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Committee announced the sponsored projects in 2017.The project “Mechanism of a novel and efficient in-trans drug carrier K16ApoE across the blood-brain barrier” led by Dr. Meng Yu from Wenzhou-Kean University has been evaluated and funded 190,0000.NSFC, as one of the funding projects in China, plays an important role in China’s scientific research system. It is the first time that WKU received the NSFC for Youth Science Fund. The init…

Wenzhou Techweek was officially launched in the Century Plaza on May 20, 2017. Wenzhou Kean University faculty, staff, and students participated in the Techweek on the subject of Science and Technology Power, Dream-true Innovation, with the research and creative works. Local colleges and universities, research institutes presented their works and provide their services through display, information dissemination, consultancy service, technical services, medical clinic, exchange, etc. Our theme o…

In his lab at Wenzhou-Kean University, Dr. Aloysius Wong, Assistant Professor of Biology recently concluded and published a study on negative side-effects of probiotic bacteria that are widely used in a variety of “health foods.”  Benefiting from an institutional Students partnering with Faculty (SpF) research grant, Dr. Wong and two of his students, Min Zheng and Ruijia Zhang, embarked on a project to explore some of the undesirable side-effects that may occur. Probiotic bacteria are known to h…

Director LIU Huanbin, from Department of Science & Technology Cooperation, and Associate Director ZHANG Feng, from Department of Administrative Examination and Comprehensive Management, of Wenzhou Municipal Science & Technology Bureau, gave an attractive and content-rich research seminar on grant applications to more than 40 WKU faculty, staff and students on March 4 at Room GEH B302. Director ZHANG Feng shared the information of the development of science & technology in Wenzhou, as…

Global Lecture Series: “Changing Gender Roles among Young Adults: Understanding Dating, Mate Selection, and Fertility Preferences in China” Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM (Monday, November 7, 2016) Location: General Education Hall, B101 Dr. SAMPSON LEE BLAIR will deliver a lecture on Changing Gender Roles among Young Adults: Understanding Dating, Mate Selection, and Fertility Preferences in China.  Over recent decades, the respective gender roles of Chinese women and men have changed significantly.  As a…

Wenzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau released the official announcement on the annual science and technology plan a few days ago. Two faculty from WKU obtained the sponsorship. Wen-Rui Tang River Revitalization Assessment Project – Trophic System Modeling hosted by Dr. Toby Michelena received 150,000 by from the 2016 Water Pollution Control and Treatment Program; The Design of a Personalized and Configurable Intelligent Tutoring System for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder using…

During April 18 to 23, 2015, Computer Science professor Dr. Tiffany Y. Tang, Dr. Pinata Winoto and junior student Yongfu (Relic) Wang attended the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing (ACM CHI 2015)in Seoul, Korea. Yongfu Wang, Dr.Pinata Winto, and Dr.Tiffany Tang CHI is the premier international forum for human-computer interaction.This year, the conference attracted more than 2900 researchers around the world to exchange their latest research. The WKU poster (second from th…