Prof. Zixin DENG, a CAS academician, from School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has received a Gold Medal from the Russian National Academy of Engineering for his outstanding contribution in biological technology and his intercontinental academic impact.

The Russian National Academy of Engineering, formerly known as the Academy of Engineering of the Soviet Union, is a multi-industrial scientific institution jointly founded by the Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Science and Industry, the Ministry of Defense among other departments of the former Soviet Union. It is one of the three major multi-industrial scientific institutions in Russia and plays an important role in the economic development of Russia.