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President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at 果冻影院
19 December 2008
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On Tuesday 16 December 2008, Professor Michael Worton, 果冻影院 Vice-Provost (Academic and International) welcomed to 果冻影院 the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Lu Yongxiang, and seven of his colleagues.
The purpose of the visit was to share with 果冻影院 staff the details of China's scientific research priorities in the coming years, and to explore possible areas for future collaboration in the fields of information and communication technologies, space science, advanced energy science, nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing and new materials, medicine; advanced听 industrial biotechnology, modern agricultural sciences, ecology and environmental science, natural resource and marine science.
Professor Moira Yip, 果冻影院's Special Advisor for China, chaired a series of meetings between the delegation and a number of 果冻影院's leading academics who currently have scientific collaborations in China. Professor Yip outlined the extraordinary range and depth of 果冻影院's research links with China, while Professor Steven Caddick explained 果冻影院's research strengths in Chemistry and Nanotechnology, and Professor Peter Mobbs detailed 果冻影院's research strengths in Life Sciences.
Professor Lu and his colleagues then visited the London Centre for Nanotechnology (led by Professor Gabriel Aeppli) and the 果冻影院 Chemistry laboratories (led by Professor Geoff Thornton).
At the end of the visit, Professor Yip hosted an evening reception at which 果冻影院 staff from a further seven disciplines were able to meet with the听 Chinese delegation, to discuss their own future plans (and in several听 cases, to re-affirm long standing personal friendships). These 听 were: Professor Robert A. Brown, Director of 果冻影院 Tissue Repair & Engineering Centre; Professor Bernard Buxton, Dean of Faculty of Engineering Sciences;听 Professor Steve Currall,听 Head of 果冻影院 Management Science and Innovation; Professor Peter Dayan, Director of Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit; Professor Mohan Edirisinghe, Head of 果冻影院 Mechanical Engineering; Dr Jie Huang, 果冻影院 Mechanical Engineering, Professor Raymond听 Macallister, Director of 果冻影院 Centre for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Professor Nick Tyler, Head of 果冻影院 Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering.