Manchester venue for collaboration with China
Chinese UK Regional Group annual conference
 The 13th SCI Chinese UK
regional group 2006 annual conference,
‘Interdisciplinary research
and development into bioscience
and biotechnology’, organised
jointly with the Chinese Society of
Chemical Science and Technology
in UK (CSCST), took place on 14
October 2006 at the University of
Manchester. Over 140 people attended
the conference with delegates
from both the UK and China
including academics, PhD students
and industrial researchers and recruiters.
The programme was opened by
Zhouhua Cao, representative of
the Chinese Embassy, who explained
current collaboration
programs between the UK and
Chinese governments, and
Chinese policies on the development
of science and technology.
The presentation gave a good
background to the kind of roles
group members can play in the
development of such collaborations.
SCI chief executive Andrew
Ladds and director of business
development and assistant chief
executive Jon Poole addressed the
strategy and potential work of SCI
towards the establishment of SCI
China and invited contributions
from group members.
Keynote speakers were Nigel
Slater from the University of
Cambridge and Guoping Lian of
Unilever Research. Slater gave a
talk on environment responsive
polymers, covering the chemical
and optical properties of polymers,
in particular the potential
of their application for drug delivery
and biodiagnostics. Lian
discussed the effect of complex
product-substrate interaction on
controlled delivery of functionality
in foods and home and personal
care products.
| Chao Li presented his work on imaging living biological cells using modern scanning ion conductance microscope, a novel technique that makes it possible to study biological cells in their natural environment. |
Other oral presentations covered
a broad range of bioscience
and biotechnology topics. For example,
Henggui Zhang from the
University of Manchester presented
his work on computer modelling
on virtual tissue engineering
of the mammalian heart. PhD
student Chao Li from the
University of Cambridge presented
his work on imaging living biological
cells using modern scanning
ion conductance microscope,
a novel technique that makes it
possible to study biological cells
in their natural environment.
Other topics included bioprocessing,
catalysis and biodegradable
plastics production.
The conference was supported
and sponsored by SCI, the Chinese
Embassy and the Biological
Physics Group of the University of
Manchester, with contributions
from local organisers Jianren Lu
and Xiubo Zhao, and chairman of
CSCST Dongsheng Wen and its
committee members. Samples of
SCI journals were provided to delegates
by Wiley.
Cigang Xu,
Chairman,
SCI Chinese UK
Regional Group
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