Su Rina participated in the joint training program between Xiangya Hospital and Emory University from 2013 to 2015. Under the mentorship of Prof. Fu Haian, Associate Dean of Emory University School of Medicine and Director of the Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center, she got good training on scientific research. By utilizing high-throughput screening technology, she established the network of cancer-focused protein-protein interactions together with other members of the research group. She also researched the interaction mechanism between CDK4 and LKB1 in tumors independently and further verified the function of the specific CDK4 inhibitor palbociclib in tumor treatment, thus providing a new idea for tumor treatment. After two years’ persistent laboratory work and more than one year’s submission, the paper was finally published in the top journal.

The 8-year overseas exchange program not only provides a good scientific research training platform for students, but also builds a platform for cooperation between Xiangya Hospital and the world’s top laboratories. Over the years, under Prof. Chen Xiang’s leadership, Hunan Key Laboratory of Skin Tumor and Psoriasis of Xiangya Hospital has made a lot of achievements in the scientific research on skin tumor and psoriasis based around CD147 molecules. Xiangya Hospital and Prof. Fu Haian have reached a cooperative intention to combine numerous clinical resources of the Department of Dermatology of Xiangya Hospital with the high-throughput screening platform of Emory University, which can greatly promote the translation of basic research into clinical outcomes and further push scientific research forward.

Scientists have mapped a vast spider web of interactions between proteins in lung cancer cells, which reveals new ways to target cells carrying mutations in cancer-causing genes. The news is published on the home page of Emory University’s official website and their work gets high marks.

Central South University began to cooperate with the medical schools of some world’s top universities in 2012. Every year, Central South University sends 8-year program students to world-famous universities including Cornell University and Emory University for exchanges and training which covers scientific research and clinical observation. Up to now, Xiangya Hospital has sent nearly 90 8-year program students to further study in Yale University, Cornell University, Emory University, the University of Ottawa, etc. The 8-year overseas joint training program provides our students with an opportunity to receive systematic scientific research training in the world’s top universities and laboratories and to have access to the latest research trends in the world-famous experts’ laboratories. Meanwhile, the students can attend various international academic conferences to communicate with and learn from scholars from around the world. In this way, the scientific research quality of the 8-year program students is greatly improved and their global perspectives are broadened, thus laying a solid foundation for them to do a better job in scientific research after they return to China. So far over 70% of the 8-year program students in every grade have benefited from this program, and those who have finished their studies abroad have already published papers in various journals.