Professor Huacheng University has won the "Tanjiayu Life Science Innovation Award"

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan Client September 19 (Reporter Chen Xiaotong Correspondent Gao Xiang) On September 18, a reporter from the Yangtze River Daily learned from Huazhong University of Science and Technology that Liu Jianfeng, Dean of the School of Life Sciences and Technology of the School, and others won "Tanjiayu Life Science Innovation Innovation The award is also the only Hubei scholar this year.

It is understood that Tanjia is one of the founders of the world -renowned geneticist and the founder of modern Chinese genetics. The Tanjiaxun Life Science Award has been selected for 14 sessions since 2008. It is known as the "Nobel Prize in Life Science" and has become one of the most influential awards in the field of life sciences in China.

Professor Liu Jianfeng is currently the dean of the School of Life Sciences and Technology of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, director of the Key Laboratory of some sub -biophysics in education, a special professor of the "Yangtze River Scholars Award Plan" of the Ministry of Education, and the winner of the National Natural Fund "National Outstanding Youth Science Fund". He has long been engaged in the structure and function of the membrane receptor including the G protein coupling body (GPCR) and the function of the ion channel, as well as the research of mediated cell physiology. Research on the regulation mechanism of aging and aging -related diseases of animal research.

It is reported that the G protein coupling body (GPCR) is a large type of membrane protein receptor, participating in many physiological processes, such as the adjustment of light sensation, smell, behavior and emotion, the regulation of the immune system, and the regulation of the autonomous nervous system. Playing an important role in communication is an important drug target.

Professor Liu Jianfeng systematically studied the important member of the G protein couplet (GPCR) of the C family, the Active-type B-type receptor, metabolic glutamate receptor and calcium-sensitive body activation mechanism, which clarified its activation The structural foundation has developed a series of new methods and new tools for researching GPCR, and solves multiple scientific research problems.

【Edit: Wang Rongfei】

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