WHZJU and Center for Cancer Biology of VIB ink MoU for Science and Technology Cooperation

On April 24, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University (WHZJU) and Center for Cancer Biology (CCB) of Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the establishment of a single-cell multi-omics joint center, high-calibre talent cultivation and academic cooperation.

Prof. WANG Hui, president of WHZJU, and Prof. Diether Lambrechts represented each party to sign the MoU. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Mr. XI Lingping, director of Division of Cooperation of Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province, and WHZJU’s vice presidents, as well as the directors and representatives of the relevant departments and offices of the hospital.

On April 20, an appointment ceremony was also held at WHZJU to welcome Prof. Diether Lambrechts to join Zhejiang University as Kuang-piu Chair Professor. 

Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) is an internationally-renowned entrepreneurial non-profit research institute, with a clear focus on groundbreaking strategic basic research in life sciences, including on the molecular mechanisms that regulate the functions of the human body and translating scientific results into pharmaceutical and industrial applications. VIB’s Center for Cancer Biology (CCB)aims to identify novel biomarkers for the early detection, monitoring of cancer progression and therapy response and, ultimately, develop more effective anticancer therapies.