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President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at 香港六合彩中特网
19 December 2008
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On Tuesday 16 December 2008, Professor Michael Worton, 香港六合彩中特网 Vice-Provost (Academic and International) welcomed to 香港六合彩中特网 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 香港六合彩中特网 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, 香港六合彩中特网's Special Advisor for China, chaired a series of meetings between the delegation and a number of 香港六合彩中特网's leading academics who currently have scientific collaborations in China. Professor Yip outlined the extraordinary range and depth of 香港六合彩中特网's research links with China, while Professor Steven Caddick explained 香港六合彩中特网's research strengths in Chemistry and Nanotechnology, and Professor Peter Mobbs detailed 香港六合彩中特网'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 香港六合彩中特网 Chemistry laboratories (led by Professor Geoff Thornton).
At the end of the visit, Professor Yip hosted an evening reception at which 香港六合彩中特网 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 香港六合彩中特网 Tissue Repair & Engineering Centre; Professor Bernard Buxton, Dean of Faculty of Engineering Sciences;听 Professor Steve Currall,听 Head of 香港六合彩中特网 Management Science and Innovation; Professor Peter Dayan, Director of Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit; Professor Mohan Edirisinghe, Head of 香港六合彩中特网 Mechanical Engineering; Dr Jie Huang, 香港六合彩中特网 Mechanical Engineering, Professor Raymond听 Macallister, Director of 香港六合彩中特网 Centre for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Professor Nick Tyler, Head of 香港六合彩中特网 Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering.