On June 11, Jonathan Charles Howard, Fellow of the Royal Society and renowned cellular geneticist, visited Oujiang Lab. Wang Yi, Deputy Director of the lab, received the guest。
An internationally acclaimed cellular geneticist, Academician Howard has long been dedicated to immunogenetics research. During his visit, he focused on learning about the lab’s practices in talent recruitment and development, scientific research, industrialization of outcomes, and institutional innovation. He expressed admiration for the achievements of Zhejiang Province’s new-type R&D institution system and spoke highly of the lab’s development philosophy of "dual-drive by frontier exploration and industrial translation," as well as its interdisciplinary integration approach.
Academician Howard noted that this exchange deepened his understanding of Oujiang Lab and expressed his hope for future in-depth collaboration with the lab and its research teams to jointly advance progress in the field of life and health. Moving forward, Oujiang Lab will take this visit as an opportunity to expand its collaboration network with top global scientists, continue attracting world-class scholars, accelerate the translation of scientific achievements, and promote deeper integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation.
Biography
Professor Jonathan Howard is an internationally renowned cellular geneticist who has long been dedicated to research in immunogenetics. He has held positions at several world-leading research institutions, including the University of Oxford, the University of Pennsylvania, the Babraham Institute in the UK, the Institute of Genetics at the University of Cologne in Germany, and the Gulbenkian Institute in Portugal. He has been elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and is a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge.
His research has achieved significant breakthroughs in the assembly of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I molecules and the mechanisms of membrane protein transport, providing key scientific insights into the interaction between the immune system and genetics. His work has opened new directions in the study of membrane protein transport.
