Dr. Xu Chen currently works in the Department of Laboratory Medicine in Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital. He got MD degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and completed his PhD training and served as a visiting scholar at the University of Louisville. He has accomplished a series of programs, including the Shanghai Pujiang Program, Shanghai Sailing Program, and the Shanghai “Rising Stars of Medical Talents” Youth Development Program. He currently holds academic positions such as vice-director member of the Youth Committee, Laboratory Medicine Branch of Shanghai Medical Association. His research interests include microbiological and immunological crosstalk in human diseases especially cancers. His findings have been published in international journals including Science Advances, Bioactive Materials, Journal of Infection and Frontiers in Immunology. He has also co-authored academic books such as Medical Immunology and Immunological Diagnosis (2nd Edition) and Diagnostic Molecular Microbiology.