On the morning of December 21, a visiting professor appointment ceremony took place in Room 203 of the Qide Hall. Vice President Wang Kunjie, heads from the International Office, Laboratory Medicine Department and representatives of young talents, totaling more than 20 people, attended the ceremony.

Vice President Wang Kunjie read out the decision to appoint Professor Lorena Ruiz Perez as a visiting professor at West China Hospital and presented her with the letter of appointment. He expressed the hope that with the support and assistance of Professor Lorena Ruiz Perez, the Laboratory Medicine Department of West China Hospital could reach new heights in education, research, and international cooperation.

Professor Lorena Ruiz Perez expressed her willingness to establish closer ties with West China Hospital and the research team of the Laboratory Medicine Department, promoting academic exchanges, and generating more high-level research results together.

Before the appointment ceremony, an academic exchange meeting was held in the teaching room of the Translational Medicine Building. Professor Lorena Ruiz Perez gave a special report, engaged in in-depth discussions with the Laboratory Medicine Department about ongoing research projects, and outlined a preliminary framework for collaboration.

Professor Lorena Ruiz Perez is a doctoral supervisor and serves at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia. She is the Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Bionics. Her research primarily focuses on self-assembly systems of copolymers and proteins, as well as molecular imaging under liquid transmission electron microscopy. Her research areas include advanced materials, biophysics, nanotechnology, and more. She has published over 60 original research papers, including in journals such as Science Advances, Nano Today, and Advanced Materials.