On November 18, Carol Robinson, Dr. Lee’s Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and first Director of the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, was appointed an honorary professor at Tsinghua University. She also delivered the 263rd lecture in the Tsinghua Global Vision Lecture Series, titled Cell Surface Receptors and Transporters- New Insights from Mass Spectrometry. Wang Hongwei, vice president of Tsinghua University, attended the event and presented a letter of appointment to Carol Robinson.

Professor Carol Robinson at the Tsinghua Global Vision Lecture Series

Carol Robinson is recognized for establishing mass spectrometry as a viable technology for studying the structure and function of proteins. During her lecture, she traced the development of mass spectrometry technology and highlighted the inherent heterogeneity that must be confronted when shifting the study of recombinant proteins to more native-like environments.

Wang Hongwei presents the letter of appointment to Carol Robinson.

During the Q&A session, faculty members and students engaged in in-depth discussion with Carol Robinson on topics such as the application of mass spectrometry tools in membrane protein research and signal transduction mechanisms within natural membrane environments.

The Tsinghua Global Vision Lecture Series leverages the University's high-level international resources to provide a high-end, forward-looking, and serialized program of lectures by overseas speakers for the entire university community. Since its launch in 2007, the series has held 263 lectures to date. The speakers have included a diverse group of distinguished figures, such as Nobel laureates, renowned scholars, foreign dignitaries, university presidents, and senior executives from multinational corporations.

Editor: Li Han