On September 4, 2023, Dr. Tony Hu from Tulane University, USA, was invited to our institute and gave a lecture entitled "Life in a Bubble-EV-based Omics Analysis Enabling Personalized Diagnosis".Prof. Tie Wang, Vice President of Tianjin University of Technology and Dean of the Life and Health Intelligent Research Institute, chaired the presentation, The students and faculty of the institute attended the presentation.

Before the presentation, Prof. Tie Wang, on behalf of all the teachers and students of the Institute, warmly welcomed the arrival of Dr. Hu and briefly introduced Dr. Hu's academic background, research direction and scientific research achievements to the audience.

Dr. Hu spread out the report slowly in the form of a scroll, and introduced the research history of the group in the past ten years through a unique perspective.First of all, Dr. Hu recounted his own experience of seeing HIV-positive children in Italy, from which he was determined to make his own contribution to TB detection and let scientific research really solve the actual clinical problems. Taking into account the history of tuberculosis and the challenges faced by modern tuberculosis detection technology, Dr. Hu proposed the idea of finding active tuberculosis antigens in the blood, taking the first step towards clinical detection. Then, Dr. Hu introduced the research on exosome capture detection, and told how the group improved the sensitivity and specificity of the detection through step-by-step development of hardware and software, and finally realized the efficient scanning technology, and became the first group to make high-throughput automated scanning technology for exosomes.With the advancement of research in Dr. Ye Hu 's group, they have positioned modern TB detection in the most difficult cohort in the TB community - the cohort of children co-infected with HIV TB - and through collaboration with relevant companies, developed an integrated all-in-one machine for the detection, including sample processing to signal processing to data output.Finally, Dr. Hu pointed out that the detection and treatment of tuberculosis still face many problems, and our researchers should focus on solving the actual needs of doctors and patients, constantly innovate the scientific research ideas, expand the academic horizons, carry out international cooperation, and truly translate the laboratory results into the clinic.

After the presentation, the teachers and students benefited a lot, and they actively asked Dr. Hu questions about their interests, and Dr. Hu answered their doubts and questions in a detailed and comprehensive way.Meanwhile, Prof. Tie Wang also shared his own personal experience, saying that hard work and down-to-earth efforts are indispensable for successful experiments, and that one should actively cultivate one's innovative spirit and the courage to question.