Professor Aaron Hsueh from Stanford University visited Tongji Medical College

Author:KANG Yafei Source: Date:October 20, 2021 Cilk Times:[]

From October 11thto 13th, Professor Aaron Hsueh, the former director of the Department of Reproductive Biology at Stanford University Medical Center, visited the Tongji Medical College and gave a series of lectures at the invitation of Professor Donghui Huang at the Institute of Reproductive Health.

On October 11th, Professor Aaron Hsueh gave a lecture entitled "Treatment of infertility with in vitro follicle activation" in the conference room of the Institute of Reproductive Health. The report focused on the in vitro activation (IVA) method established in his laboratory. Professor Aaron Hsueh described how this method could activate pre-ovarian follicles, which can be a treatment to obtain mature oocytes for patients with primary ovarian insufficiency and insufficient ovarian reserve. After the lecture, Professor Yuan raised his questions about Professor Aaron Hsueh's research based on the direction of gene relatedness, and Professor Zhou also put forward his views based on Professor Aaron Hsueh's research. In response to these questions raised by teachers and students, Professor Aaron Hsueh gave detailed answers and new ideas from basic research to clinical research.

On October 12, Professor Aaron Hsueh was invited to the 228thTongji Medical Forum and gave a talk entitled "Darwinian Evolution Theory and Medicine" in the Narrative Lecture Hall of Tongji Medical College. The main topic was about looking at the future of medicine and humans from the perspective of Darwinian evolution theory to truly understand biomedicine. Professor Aaron Hsueh introduced the relationship between genetic evolution and human diseases in a simple way and explained how evolutionary genomics promotes the development of medicine. The wonderful academic report broughtthe audience new insights on biomedicine and broadened everyone’s horizons. Issues related to civilization and development were also discussed based on evolution theory in the forum, making the audience have a deeper understanding of the relationship between evolutionary theory and medicine.

Following this talk, Professor Aaron Hsueh put forward questions to teachers and students from the perspective of evolution theory, which arouses the audience’s reflection. At the end of the forum, Professor Aaron Hsueh gave the book《Brave New World》translated by him and his wife to the students as a present and signed autographs for students.

On October 13, Professor Aaron Hsueh conducted academic exchanges in the conference room of the Institute of Reproductive Health. During this exchange, Professor Aaron Hsueh delivered a lecture entitled "Strategies in Reproduction Research and Publication". His report focused on how to design their research topics, conduct experiments and contribute as students. In the report, Professor Aaron Hsueh introduced the method of choosing appropriate topics, the strategy of searching the literature, and ways to deal with related problems encountered when submitting papers. After this lecture, all teachers and students in the institute said they had learned a lot from the report.

This academic exchange not only benefited the teachers and students a lot, but also lit a bright light for the students’ scientific research. It also created a good atmosphere for foreign exchange and learning in the Institute of Reproductive Health in the future.

Professor Aaron Hsueh is mainly engaged in reproductive medicine and bioinformatics research. He has published nearly 400 papers in Nature, Science, and other journals and has won the NIH Research Career Development Award, the American Society of Reproductive Research Award, etc,. His work was on the list of TIME Top Ten Medical Research in the World Progression 2013. (Reporter:KANG Yafei)

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