Recently, David Williams, fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering of U.K. and chief editor of Biological Material, an authoritative journal in the field of biomedical engineering, visited WHU together with his wife to discuss high-level and comprehensive research cooperation with WHU.
Mr. Williams was warmly welcomed by Zhou Chuangbing, Vice President of WHU, Zhou Yunfeng, Director of WHU’s affiliated Zhongnan Hospital, Lu Jiangbin, Director of the WHU International Office, Professor Pang Daiwen from the WHU College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, and Professor Li Yan from the Oncology Department of Zhongnan Hospital.
During his stay, Mr. Williams visited the Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, which is co-founded by WHU, and discussed the application of new biological material technology to the field of biomedicine with the experts from WHU. Analyzing development trends of biotechnology in the new century, Mr. Williams presented new approaches to the classification and application of biological material. He also provided guidance to WHU on how to promote and share research achievements with the international community. Afterwards, Professor Pang Daiwen introduced to him the development history of Quantum Dot Mark Probe technology in WHU, its relevance to the biotechnology industry and its future potential. Later, Professor Li Yan gave an introduction to the application of the technology in clinical research, indicating that this technology has contributed greatly to the study of tumors. It was reported that this technology would be developed into a brand new technological platform.
Biological material, a multi-disciplinary area involving chemistry, biology, medicine, physics, computer and information science, represents one of the emerging high technologies in the 21st century. It is a strategic area for WHU to construct a inter-disciplinary platform. In recent years, WHU has demonstrated continual success in biological material studies, evidenced by various research achievements published in authoritative journals such as Biological Material. WHU studies in this area have won the support of national key scientific research projects like the National 973 Plan and the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). WHU plans on further developing its program, which has already drawn significant attention both at home and abroad.
