应我室纳米材料与化学研究部俞书宏教授的邀请，4月21日，德国Institute for Physiological Chemistry，University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg，University of Mainz的Prof. Dr. Heinz C. Schroder前来我室进行学术交流与访问，并为我室师生做“Sponge biosilica: a new material for nanotechnology and nanomedicine”的学术报告。

　　The focus of research of H.C. Schroder and his team is on the elucidation and characterization of genes and proteins involved in biomineralization and their potential biomedical and biotechnological application. He has a long-term experience in molecular and cell biology of aquatic invertebrates and the investigation of the mechanism of biomineralization, in particular biosilicification in sponges. This group has discovered several cDNAs/genes involved in biomineralization in frame of a sponge genome project. H.C. Schroder is Professor at the Department for Applied Molecular Biology. This Department is in the lead within the University with respect to an internal ranking of research grants. H.C. Schroder is member of the German Center of Excellence on Marine Molecular Biotechnology “BIOTECmarin”.
　　此次报告简明摘要：The emerging important sponge biosilica found in recent years have attracted a lot of attention. This lecture will overview and highlight some research achievement on sponge biosilica in biomineralization and biomedical research fields and their potential applications for nanotechnology and nanomedicine.