Speaker: Professor Jinsong Yang, PhD Supervisor

West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University

Lecture Time: 10:00 AM, 19 September 2025

Location: Lecture Hall, 2nd Floor, Building 6, Zhangjiang Campus

Host: Associate Professor Feng Zhu

Abstract：

The speaker has long been dedicated to the development of key glycosylation methodologies and the synthesis of biologically active complex natural glycosides and bacterial surface glycoconjugate antigens. He has pioneered a quinoline-2-carbonyl-directed hydrogen-bond-mediated glycosylation strategy and developed a novel stereoselective approach for constructing the glycosidic bonds of 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (Kdo), a key component of bacterial polysaccharides. In this lecture, he will share his experience and insights in the development and application of synthetic carbohydrate methods.

Brief introduction:

Jinsong Yang is a Professor and PhD Supervisor at the West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Sichuan University in 1992 and his Master’s degree from Nankai University in 1995. He completed his PhD at West China University of Medical Sciences in 1998 and conducted postdoctoral research at Toho University, Japan from 1998 to 1999. Since 2000, he has served at the West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, as Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, and Head of the Department of Natural Medicines.

He is a member of the Chinese Chemical Society Carbohydrate Chemistry Professional Committee and the China Vaccine Industry Association Glycoconjugate Vaccine Committee. He also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry and the Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Sciences Edition). His research focuses on addressing key scientific challenges and technological bottlenecks in the efficient synthesis of carbohydrate chains, with an emphasis on both fundamental and applied studies of complex oligosaccharides.As a corresponding author, he has published over 40 papers in leading journals in the field, including JACS and Angewandte Chemie. He has applied for 5 patents, with 3 already granted. He has led 11 national and provincial-level research projects and participated in 4 initiatives, including the NSFC Innovative Research Group Project.Professor Yang was selected as a Ministry of Education New Century Excellent Talent, an Academic and Technical Leader of Sichuan Province, and a Health Leadership Talent of Sichuan Province. He has received awards including the inaugural Chinese Chemical Society Carbohydrate Chemistry Contribution Award and the Asian Core Program Lectureship Award. He was also awarded the Second Prize of Sichuan University’s 8th “Jiang Weiping Teaching Excellence Award” and the 2022 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award of Sichuan University.