Lab Leader: Jian Zhang

Lab Name: Center of Medicinal Chemistry and Bioinformatics

Lab Info：The Medicinal Chemistry and Bioinformatics Center is the main base for innovative drug research, teaching and foreign cooperation in our institute, with 19 employees, the director is Professor Zhang Jian, and the Party Secretary is Associate Professor Yao Liyun. The center focuses on the application of medicinal chemistry, bioinformatics, chemical biology and clinical drugs in diagnosis and treatment, and has an important influence in the world. In terms of scientific research, achievements in the direction of accurate target identification and First-in-class original drug pilot discovery have been published in international journals such as Nature and Nat Chem Biol. In the past five years, he has presided over more than 30 projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Science Fund and National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project for “Significant New Drugs Development”. In terms of teaching, the center undertakes about 1800 class hours of teaching work every year, and the teaching team has edited and participated in the editing of 24 textbooks, presided over more than 10 teaching projects, and published about 15 teaching papers. As the interdisciplinary innovation base of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the center undertakes the training of undergraduate scientific research innovation, and has won 5 national awards (2 of the highest awards for basic medical innovation research of college students in China) and 4 Shanghai municipal awards.