On April 22, 2024, Gai Feng, Chair Professor of Peking University, was invited to visit the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials, and gave a report titled “Study of Site Specificity of Protein Dynamics”.

Prof. Gai introduced three aspects of his work at the University of Pennsylvania and Peking University, explaining in detail the dynamics of protein conformational folding, the migration of the influenza virus proton channel, and the ultrafast dynamics of hydrogen bonding at protein-specific sites. Prof. Gai pointed out that the combination of ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy and specific vibrational probes can reveal important kinetic processes occurring on different time scales in biochemistry and biophysics.

The presentation was hosted by Prof. Bian Hongtao, and teachers and graduate students from the Institute and the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Prof. Zhang Wenkai from the Department of Physics of Beijing Normal University attended the report and had academic exchanges with Prof. Gai. After the meeting, Prof. Fang Yu briefed Prof. Gai about the research, teaching and industrial transformation of the Institute.