Prof. Gan was invited by Prof. Simon Mcqueen-Mason to visit Biology department of University of York from August 9th to August 30th, 2017 as the project collaborator.

During his visiting, Prof. Gan visited Prof. Ian Graham’ lab and discussed the future collaboration on plant hormone regulated seed germination project. Prof. Gan also visited Prof. Simon Mcqueen-Mason’s lab and discussed their previous project on rice biofuel project. He participated in the department staff and student’s seminar and give a short presentation once.

University of York is ranked at the top 15 university in the UK and is one of the world's top 100 university. Biological Science at York University ranked at the top 5 among all the UK Biology department.