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Professor Kuang Ming was awarded the title of "Academician of the Royal Academy of Surgery in England"

On July 9th, Professor Kuang Ming—Vice President of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Academic Leader of the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Center, and Dean of the College of Basic Surgery—officially received the "Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS)" certif

Only in the world! Students of our college were elected as interns at the International Atomic Energy Agency!

Recently, Cai Yiquan, a 2024-level doctoral student of our college (supervisor: Professor Li Ming), stood out from multiple rounds of selections involving 33 universities and research institutions with her solid professional skills and international perspective, successfully winning the internshi

How to fill out the college entrance examination application? Zhongshan Medical School has everything you want

When the crimson glow of kapok dyes the morning light along the Pearl River,When the century-old bell awakens the midsummer of the North Campus.With the warmest anticipation,

Congratulations! The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Popular Science Base of Sun Yat-sen University has been recognized as a popular science education base in Guangdong Province.

    Recently, the Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology and the Provincial Department of Science and Technology issued a notice on the naming of the "Guangdong Provincial Science Education Base" (2025-2029), and 333 units were rated as Guangdong Provincial Science

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Academic Activity

Trends in Genetics | The Yao Chengguo research group of our hospital proposed the universal theory of splicing inhibition of premature mRNA3’ terminal processing and transcription termination

The classic molecular biological function of the five pre-mRNA splicing core snRNP complexes (U1, U2, U4, U5, U6) is the eukaryotic pre-mRNA splicing function described in biochemistry textbooks.

NAT COMMUN | Wang Jinkai's research team cooperates with Philadelphia Children's Hospital to reveal the mechanism of m6A mediating novel RNA quality control through single-cell nanopore sequencing

Eukaryotic cells rely on the classical RNA quality control mechanism, nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD), to detect premature termination codons. Consequently, 95.4% of normal termination codons are located in the last exon.

Cell Mol Immunol| Cao Yingjiao's team reveals new targets for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by antinuclear antibodies, immune complex deposition, and chronic inflammation.

Science Immunology|Chen Jun’s team reports on the novel macrophage phagocytosis checkpoint PSGL-1

On June 13, 2025, the team led by Professor Chen Jun from our institute published a research paper entitled "PSGL-1 is a phagocytosis checkpoint that enables tumor escape from macrophage clearance" online in Science Immunology.

Molecular Cell | Jinkai Wang's group developed a single-molecule m6A detection algorithm based on endogenous labeling to reveal the complexity of m6A on isomers

Eukaryotic pre-mRNA can be selectively processed to form different RNA isomers, which include variable splicing and variable caudation. In addition, the same gene also has variable promoters, thus producing RNA isomers with different 5 'ends.

Molecular Biology and Evolution | The team led by Chen Xiaoshu from the Zhongshan School of Medicine has put forward additional evidence supporting the hypothesis of X chromosome insensitivity.

A well-known controversy in evolutionary genetics is whether dosage compensation is required to address the gene dosage (X:AA) imbalance between the X chromosome and autosomes. ScRNA-seq data can provide in-depth insights into this issue at the single-cell level.

3National teaching platform
3853students
6Doctoral degree program
163Full-time teacher
762MScientific research funds in the past five years
8Department of Basic Medical Sciences
2National first-class discipline construction point
16Master’s degree program
 
 

Numbers

Department of Basic Medical Sciences
8

National first-class discipline construction point
2

Master’s degree program
16

Full-time teacher
163

Scientific research funds in the past five years
762M

students
3853

Doctoral degree program
6

National teaching platform
3

History

In 1866
American missionary physician John Glasgow Kerr established the first modern Western medical school in China at the Boji Hospital, which later evolved into the Medical College of Lingnan University.

In 1908
The Guangdong Guanghua Medical School was founded, which later developed into the Guangdong Guanghua Medical College.

In 1909
The Guangdong Public Medical School was established, which later became the Medical College of Sun Yat-sen University.

In 1953
The Medical College of Sun Yat-sen University and the Medical College of Lingnan University officially merged to form the South China Medical College.
In 1954
The Guangdong Guanghua Medical College was incorporated into the South China Medical College. In 1956, the South China Medical College was renamed Guangzhou Medical College.
 

In 1956
The South China Medical College was renamed Guangzhou Medical College.
In 1957
Guangzhou Medical College was renamed Sun Yat-sen Medical College.
In 1985
It was renamed Sun Yat-sen Medical University .

In 2001
The original Sun Yat-sen University and Sun Yat-sen Medical University merged to form the new Sun Yat-sen University, and the Zhongshan School of Medicine at Sun Yat-sen University was established.

1866 to 1952

Phase One: From the establishment of the Boji Medical School in 1866 to the period before the institutional adjustments in the early years of the Liberation.

1953 to 2001

Phase Two: From the institutional adjustments in the early years of the Liberation to the period before the merger of the two institutions in 2001.

2001 to Present

Phase Three: From the merger of the two institutions in 2001 to the present day.