Professor of Nagoya University, Japan, Associate Editor of Analytical Chemistry, Dr. Yoshinobu Baba visited the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua Universy at Dec. 3, 2012. Both vice chairmen of Chemistry Department, Prof. Jin-Ming Lin, who invited Prof. Yoshinobu Baba, and Prof. Dongsheng Liu joined in the welcome meeting and introduced the faculty, research and teaching of the department. Prof Yoshinobu Baba gave an academic lecture titled "Nanobiodevices-Based Single Biomolecule and Single Cell Analysis for Cancer Diagnosis/Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy", before what he also gave a brief introduction of Analytical Chemistry. 

Nagoya University began its history in 1871 with its temporary hospital and temporary medical school standing on a site where the former Nagoya clan once stood. Thereafter, many transitions took place. In 1939, the Nagoya Imperial University was established with the addition of the School of Science and Engineering and the School of Medicine, thus absorbing the Nagoya Medical College. It is now a composed of 9 schools, 13 graduate schools and 3 subsidiary research institutes. It is one of the best university in Japan, and was famous for educating four Nobel Prize winners: Ryoji Noyori, Osamu Shimomura, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Masukawa.