Partner Institutions across China

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Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), China

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Dr. Madiha Saeed (Principal Investigator from IRCBM, Pakistan) and Prof. Dr. Haijun Yu (Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China) have been collaborating since January 2019. Their partnership has successfully secured several prestigious international and national collaborative research grants, including:

• The Collaborative Research Programme (CRP)-ICGEB (CRP/PAK24-04_EC, 2025-2026, Worth 30,000 Euro).
• The Competitive Research Programme (CRP) by PSF (PSF/CRP/7/Mat/SP/P-CUI/965, 2026, Worth 9.06 million PKR).
• The CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) for Visiting Scientists (2023VBC0027, 2023-2024, Worth 185,000 RMB).
• The Research Fund for International Young Scientists by NSFC (32050410287, 2021-2022, Worth 400,000 RMB).
• PIFI for Postdoctoral Researchers (2019PB0023, 2019-2021, Worth 505,000 RMB).

In collaboration, they have developed highly sophisticated polymeric and liposome-based nanobiomaterials/nanomedicines for combination cancer immunotherapy. Numerous joint research articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals, including Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, Nano Today, Accounts of Materials Research, Biomaterials, Small, Theranostics, Nano Letters, and Advanced Healthcare Materials.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yar's PIFI Fellowship

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yar's Pakistan–China collaboration was established through the President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) at SIMM, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The research focused on injectable hydrogel systems designed to reduce tumor recurrence following surgical resection, under the mentorship of Prof. Haijun Yu.

During his fellowship, Dr. Yar delivered lectures and research presentations at SIMM and other Chinese universities, visiting regional biomedical innovation hubs in Hangzhou, Linyi, Chongqing, and Haian to establish professional networks and discuss custom scale-up manufacturing opportunities.

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Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), USTC

Dr. Muhammad Azhar Hayat Nawaz has an established collaboration with Prof. Cong Yu at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), Chinese Academy of Sciences. This collaboration focuses on the design, synthesis, and application of advanced functional nanostructured materials for electrochemical, opto-electrochemical, and biosensing platforms.

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Southwest University of Science and Technology, China

Dr. Khuram Shahzad has an active research collaboration with Prof. Dr. Wangsheng Zhao from the College of Life Sciences and Agro-Forestry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, China. This collaboration focuses on the integration of advanced bioinformatics and multi-omics approaches to address key biological and agricultural challenges.

ShanghaiEast China University of Science and Technology

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IRCBM has very deep scientific collaboration with East China University of Science and Technology with track record of several funded projects (completed and ongoing PSF-NSFC funded projects of PI Prof. Muhammad Nasir and his Chinese counterparts). The collaboration has resulted several high impact papers by Prof. Nasir’s and Prof. Hasnain’s groups with the Chinese labs of School of Chemistry and School of Materials Science of ECUST. Several cross border scientific visits and joint conference organizations have been occurred. This collaboration has also resulted in placement of CUI graduates at ECUST state of the art labs as funded PhD candidates.

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ShanghaiUniversity of Shanghai Science and Technology

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Prof. Akhtar Hayat, Prof. Muhammad Nasir and Prof. Mian Hasnain Nawaz have active collaboration with School of Health Sciences and Engineering, University of Shanghai Science and Technology, and several visits and seminars have been conducted.

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ShanghaiEast China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science

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IRCBM has strong collaboration with Fisheries Research Institute, and both sides are involved in several Food Security and safety related joint students’ projects. Several high impact research papers have jointly been published via these collaborative efforts.

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GuangzhouGuangzhou University

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IRCBM has very strong collaboration with Guangzhou University of China and representatives of both the sides have visited each campus. The active scientific collaboration was formalized in the form of a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at CUI Lahore in August 2019 to further enhance the scientific and research collaboration between both universities. So far several joint publications and research proposals have been submitted and members of each university have participated in scientific events from both sides.

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GuangdongSun Yat-sen University

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Prof. Mian Hasnain Nawaz of IRCBM has strong collaboration with Sun Yat-sen University and has recently secured a joint research grant funded by PSF and NSFC. Both the collaborating groups are actively collaborating on materials design and characterization for sensors and energy applications.

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Xi’anShaanxi Normal University

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School of Materials Science and Engineering of Shaanxi Normal University has a strong grip of materials synthesis and characterization with special focus on the applied research. IRCBM and the Materials School are working together to design novel nanomaterials for applications in the field of sensors and energy. Both the sides are dedicatedly working to solving daily life civil as well as military problems in the field of hydrogels and sensing technology.