Date: November 22, 2021

Location: Room B6-207, University Town Campus, South China University of Technology

BioGenous held the "Developing Organoids, Benefiting the Country" event--a special symposium on organoid technology and its applications at South China University of Technology. During the event, BioGenous Chief Scientist and Fudan University Professor ZHAO Bing delivered a keynote speech titled "Human Organoids Growth Simulation and Disease." Dr. NI Chao, CTO of BioGenous, also gave a presentation titled "Applications of Organoids in Drug Development and Clinical Translation." The attending experts engaged in in-depth discussions on organoid technology research and its applications. At the event, BioGenous signed a strategic cooperation agreement with South China University of Technology regarding organoid culture and scientific research.

The South China University of Technology (SCUT) is a leading educational institution in China. It is a public research-intensive university directly governed by the Chinese Ministry of Education. Located in the city of Guangzhou, a thriving metropolis in South China, the university today covers a total area of 391 hectares, consisting of three campuses: the Wushan Campus, the University Town Campus, and the Guangzhou International Campus. The university was formerly known as the South China Institute of Technology, which was first founded in 1952 by merging the engineering schools and departments of several major universities and polytechnic institutes from five provinces, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi. In 1960, eight years after the institute's establishment, it was selected by the state as a National Key University. In 1981, it was authorized by the State Council as one of the first institutions in the country to confer doctoral degrees and master degrees. In 1995, SCUT was listed in China's "Project 211", a national endeavor aiming at strengthening top institutions of higher learning as a priority for the 21st century. In 2001, SCUT was listed in "Project 985", which at the time was the country's most significant educational project for funding world-class universities. Then in 2017, it was chosen into China’s "Double World Class" project as a Category-A University.