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From November 22 to 25, 2025, Prof. Wei Cao attended the Polymer Congress in Guangzhou and delivered a talk at the Biomedical Symposium, sharing recent advances from his group in polymeric biomaterials. Four group members—Jian Wang, Yining Ou, Lixia Liu, and Wei Chen—presented their latest research through poster sessions, showcasing diverse progress across the lab’sContinue reading “Cao Group Presented at the 2025 Polymer Congress in Guangzhou”

From October 18 to 20, 2025, Prof. Wei Cao attended the International Symposium on Polymer Chemistry held in Changchun, China. He delivered an invited talk titled Selenomelanin Polymer Materials, presenting his group’s recent progress in developing selenium-containing polymeric biomaterials for biomedical applications. The presentation drew strong interest from attendees and sparked engaging discussions on theContinue reading “Prof. Cao Delivered an Invited Talk at the Polymer Chemistry 2025”

From August 26 to 29, 2025, Prof. Wei Cao attended the 16th International Conference on the Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium (ICCST-16), held in Halle, Germany. He delivered an lecture titled Selenomelanin Polymer Materials, sharing his group’s recent advances in the design and application of selenium-containing biomaterials. The talk sparked active discussions and drew greatContinue reading “Prof. Cao Delivered an Lecture at ICCST-16 in Germany”

On August 25th, 2025, Prof. Cao visited Freie Universität Berlin togther with Prof Huaping Xu from Tsinghua University and Hua Lu from Peking University. They were warmly hosted by Prof. Christian Hackenberger, Head of the Department of Chemical Biology. During the visit, Prof. Cao delivered a lecture on Polymer Materials for Chemo-Radiotherapies and Radiation ProtectionContinue reading “Prof Wei Cao Visited Freie Universität Berlin and Give a Talk”

On July 21, 2025, Professor Konstantin Motovilov from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology visited Beijing Normal University and delivered a talk entitled “A Pancake Bond Model to Capture the Diverse Zoo of Melanin Hydration-Dependent Properties.” Professor Motovilov introduced his theory of pancake bonding, and the structural, transport, and magnetic properties of melanins withContinue reading “Prof. K. Motovilov Gave a Talk on Melanin Hydration-Dependent Properties”

We are thrilled to announce that Silin Peng, an international student from the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China and a dedicated member of our research group, has earned admission to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- one of America’s top pharmaceutical universities, to study chemistry and pharmacy. During her timeContinue reading “Congratulations to Silin Peng on Admission to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! “

On June 11, we held the repechage round of the 2025 Cao Group Literature Presentation Championship! Topics ranged from protein chemistry and alternative polymerization to controlled depolymerization, hydrogen-evolving microdroplets, and responsive coacervates, photochemistry for organic semiconductors—plenty of cool science all around. Ruixin and Xinyue stood out with strong performances. Congrats to both! Can’t wait forContinue reading “Round 4 of the 2025 Cao Group Literature Presentation Championship”

Wei Cao joined the JCCC on June 1-5, 2025, in Macau SAR, China. The conference is the Joint 18th International Conference on Calixarenes (Calix 2025) and 8th International Conference on Cucurbiturils (ICCB 2025). Wei delivered a talk on “Polymeric Biomaterials for Combined Chemo-Radio-therapies“. He also chaired a session in the Biomedical Applications subsession. Great science and great conversations allContinue reading “Wei at JCCC 2025 in Macau”

Congratulations to Xinyue for her outstanding undergraduate thesis “Porous Selenomelanin for Radiation Protection”. This achievement highlights her innovative research in materials chemistry. We wish her continued success in her academic journey in our group.

Ruotong Deng and Lixia Liu delivered oral presentations at the 6th Graduate Academic Conference, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University. Prof. Cao chaired a session of the student talk. Ruotong’s excellent performance earned her the First Prize. Congratulations to both for representing our group so well!