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Two International Conferences Held by Fudan IRIA
From Feb 10 to 12, the 7th International Forum on Rheumatology and Immunology and the 2nd Symposium of International Network of Scleroderma Clinical Care and Research (InSCAR), hosted by Fudan Institute of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy (IRIA), took place in the city of Suzhou. Two conferences attracted over 150 attendees from home and abroad. Mr. Xu Jianguang, Director of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau and Prof. Jin Li, Vice President of Fudan University delivered opening remarks respectively. A signing ceremony of the Sistership between Fudan IRIA and Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (DRCI/UT-Houston) was also held.
After the conferences in Suzhou, InSCAR members and invited doctors attended a round table discussion of collaborations of InSCAR, which was held in Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai. Experts conducted case discussions on 6 Chinese scleroderma patients and worked out individualized treatment plans for them.
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Chinese Ambassador to Morocco Extends Regards to Fudan Aiding Medical Team to Morocco
On Jan. 6, Ms. Xu Jinghu, Chinese Ambassador to Morocco went to Sedat Medical Team Station and extended regards to Fudan Aiding Medical Team to Morocco.
Firstly Ambassador Xu consulted the details of accommodation of Fudan medical team, and listened carefully to the report of various work carried out by our medical team since arrival at Sedat. After knowing that our medical team got used to the new environment quickly and has completed many complicated surgeries and successfully rescued several severely ill patients within just two months, Ms. Xu smiled and nodded to express her approval and commendation to our medical team. When she learned that several team members got sick due to the frequent moving, Ambassador Xu asked the members of the team to take good care of themselves. Finally, Ms. Xu sang high praise for our medical team. She also encouraged team members to work closely to overcome various difficulties and successfully complete their missions as well as make positive contributions to strengthen the friendship between Morocco and China.
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Endoscopic Surgery Demonstrated By Doctors from Zhongshan Hospital Stirred the International Stage
On the morning of February 2, more than 1700 delegates from all over the world attended the 14th international Digestive Endoscopy Conference held in Dusseldorf, Germany. Doctors from Japan, the United States, Germany, China and the Netherlands attended the conference.
In the morning, there are 7 surgeries demonstrated successively in 5 operating room, among which a complicated surgery named POEM was made by Prof. Zhou Pinghong, Vice Director of Endoscopy Center of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University. The whole surgery was finished in 25 minutes, accompanied with Prof. Zhou’s illustration on operating skills. In the first five minutes, Prof. Zhou successfully constructed an esophageal submucosal tunnel up to 12 centimeters in 5 minutes, inviting warm applause from other attendees. In the following part of surgery, Prof. Zhou calmly dealt with arterial hemorrhage, a depressing obstacle for many doctors, winning a round of applause again.
The POEM demonstrated by Prof. Zhou was claimed by the chairman of conference the most successfully one in the morning session. The application of Haibo knife to resect the whole layer of the circular muscle and longitudinal muscle of esophagus is the first of its kind in the world, having the virtues of less bleeding and short operating time. This surgery was suggested to be named as POEM ZHOU. Totally Prof. Zhou did two surgeries in the 14th international Endoscopy Conference.
According to Prof. Zhou, Endoscopy Center of Zhongshan Hospital had more than 71,000 cases of endoscopic diagnosis last year. Most foreign attendees showed their willingness to attend the ESD conference and workshops held in Zhongshan Hospital in the future. It was the fifth time Prof. Zhou Pinghong attended the international conference on digestive endoscopy, winning honor and respect for Zhongshan Hospital. Prof. Zhou was invited to attend the 15th Digestive Endoscopy Conference which will be held in 2015.
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Fudan Gains an Overwhelming Victory at the National Men's Volleyball Championship (League B)
After defeated Henan Youth Volleyball Team three-nil, Fudan Men's Volleyball Team have done marvellous performance without one point lost in the overall six matches in the National Men's Volleyball Championship(league B) ended recently.
Fudan Men's Volleyball Team started their journey towards Zhangzhou, Fujian on December 26th, 2011. Considering 2012 as an Olympic year, the organizing committee shortened the schedule, and changed the tournament system. Also in order to train the talents, the top three teams in the National Youth Volleyball Championship were allowed to join the game too. Zhangzhou, "the Cradle of Chinese women volleyball players" was chosen as the site for this championship.
The first match was on December 29th with Hubei volleyball team, the one that had lots of experience in League A. In face of such a formidable opponent, Fudan players showed no fear. On the contrary, they played very well at the beginning, their effective attack and perfect defence helped them to take a lead with the score of two-nil. However, as an experienced team, after making a timely change on tactics, Hubei team regained their momentum and dragged the match to the decider with the score of two draw. In the fifth set, our players gave their opponents no opportunity. They launched initiative attacks, carried out well-arranged tactics and eventually beat the Hubei team won the match unexpectedly by three-two.
The second match was on the next day with the team from Tianjin Polytechnic University. At the beginning, our team's repeated faults caused either by poor first pass or failed attacks gave Tianjin team the opportunity of entering the third set with two-nil. In such a critical moment, our captain Liuting boosted the morale of the whole team by his quick kill and effective spikes. The lost initiative was then recovered in the process of our players' perfect attack, defence and service reception. The second victory was achieved with the score of three-two.
The third opponent is the team from Beihang University. Both teams made great efforts and were neck and neck in the first two sets. The third set began with a draw, and ended two-one with Beihang team's lead which owned to the skilled floating service from their captain. After changing ends, the coach on our side made a strategic shift which was then carried out in to full play through the excellent performance in both defense and blocking given by our players. Be well-cooperated and unassailable, our team ended the fifth set by a lopsided score.
What is worth mentioning is that the championship happened to be held the same time with the final examination of our school. Therefore, it's commendable that our players did such a good job under the academic stress.
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Fudan University Wins the Grand Award of the Nationwide Campus Culture Construction Project
According to Shanghai Education News, a project of Fudan University, known as “Cultivating Virtue and Aspiration for the Future—25 Years of Guanghua Independence Scholarship at Fudan University”, won Grand Award in the competition of outstanding campus culture construction projects issued by Ministry of Education in 2011.
“Guanghua Independence Scholarship” is regarded as “Nobel Prize at Fudan”. The award was initiated by the Center of the Work-Study Program of Fudan University in 1985. The scholarship is sponsored by the profits that students made in the Work-Study program. “Guanghua Independence Scholarship” is the only scholarship at Fudan University that is sponsored by students themselves. With “Innovation and Practice” as its basic principles, it has awarded numerous Fudan students who made notable accomplishment in social practice, theoretical exploration, scientific research, campus culture, and work-study programs during the past 25 years. Up to 2011, “Guanghua Independence Scholarship” has been successfully held for 24 years, becoming a unique evaluation system on campus.
In comparison with other scholarships on campus, a unique feature of “Guanghua Independence Scholarship” is that the scholarship is from the students and for the students. The diligent work of the students lays foundation for the scholarship, and the evaluation processes, from promotion, evaluation, to oral defense, are run by students only. The mode of “evaluated by students and awarded by students” has become a unique practice in campus culture.
During the past 25 years, “Guanghua Independence Scholarship” has advocated the campus culture of challenging oneself and yearning for innovation in academic activities and in life as well. The evaluation processes, with the well-organized work-study program as the basic system, have greatly promoted the prosperity of campus culture. “Guanghua Independence Scholarship” has inspired many Fudan students to be hardworking, innovative, and independent. The campus culture which encourages innovation and independence will continue to influence more and more students at Fudan.
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Fudan Students Win the Championship in Asian Track and Field Competition
As athletes from China, Fudan students Zhao Jing and Jin Yuan participated in the 2012 China Indoor Athletic Championships and 2012 Asian Indoor Athletic Championships that were held in Hangzhou, China, from February 18 to February 19. They achieved outstanding results.
On February 17th, they participated in 2012 China Indoor Athletic Championships and both got into the 1500-meter final. Yang Jing and Jin Yuan strictly abided by the tactics that were set by their coach Yang Jun, surpassed all other competitors in the last 200 meters and got the first prize and second prize separately.
On February 19th, Zhao Jing participated in the 800-meter run competition and Jin Yuan participated in the 1500-meter run competition. Zhao Jing got the first prize at his best indoor speed of 2:04.15. This is the only championship that China got in middle and long distance running events. Jin Yuan got the 5th at his best indoor speed of 9:07.
This is the first track and field competition that China took part in this year, which is also a test of the training in last winter. In order to get good results, members of Fudan track and field team gave up the chances to unite with their family and threw themselves in the closed training in Xinzhuang. Vice Mayor of Shanghai Zhao Wen ever visited them during the Spring Festival.
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Two Research Teams from Fudan Selected into PCSIRT 2011
Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) announced recently the annual list for 2011 of Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT) and two Fudan research teams made the cut, helping Fudan’s total listed number reached 11.
Led by Prof. Jin Guoxin, the Research Team “The Structure and Materials Of Function-oriented Molecular Self-Assembly” published over 600 high quality papers and had 25 national patents for inventions. In aim of building up as a research team of international influence, it conducts interdisciplinary research and gains original achievements. Led by Prof. Qin Lunxiu, the Research Team “The Mechanism and Prevention of Liver Cancer Recurrence and Metastasis” published over 200 SCI papers and won numerous grants from home and abroad. The team is dedicated to reveal the metastasis of HCC recurrence mechanism and establish effective predictor of diagnostic means and new prevention strategies to reduce liver cancer metastasis and recurrence rate after operation, further prolong patient survival.
Initiated by MOE in 2004, PCSIRT aims to enhance the investment efficiency of the Higher Education Innovation Platform and to form the team and equivalent effect of talents by supporting a number of outstanding innovative teams in key disciplines at top universities.
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Research Result Achieved by Prof. Ma Lan Selected Top 10 Science and Technology Progress 2011
China’s top ten science and technology progresses for the year 2011 were selected by academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering. A research result achieved by Prof. Ma Lan from Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University and her team ranks the fifth. It was also selected as one of Shanghai’s top ten science and technology progress in 2011.
After more than three years of study, the research team led by Ma Lan at Fudan University’s Institute of Brain Science recently found that the GRK5, a G protein-coupled receptor kinase widely distributed in human body, plays a crucial role in neural development.
One end of the GRK5 can be integrated into the brain's cytoskeleton and reframe the cytoskeleton. The other end of the GRK5 can connect the PIP2, a minor phospholipid component of membranes of neurons in the brain and then lead the reframed cytoskeleton to PIP2-rich cell membranes.
In this way, it can mediate the reframing of cytoskeleton dynamics and membranes and promote positive changes to neurons and the formation of neural connections. Related rat experiments have shown that the lack of GRK5 can cause abnormal neuronal development, cognitive defects as well as weakened memory and learning abilities.
The finding was recently published in the world-renowned Journal of Cell Science and the article was selected for "will read" papers by international medical and biological papers evaluation system "Faculty of 1000".
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The 1st Oriental Conference of Digestive Disease Successfully Held
The 1st Oriental Conference of Digestive Disease, a very important conference in the field of digestion, was successfully held in Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center from Dec.17-18, 2011. More than1,600 doctors participated in the conference. Three professors from FudanZhongshan Hospital, Prof. Qin Xinyu, Director of Department of General Surgery, Prof. Yao Liqing, Director of Endoscopy Center and Prof. Ye Shenglong from Department of Liver Cancerco-chaired the conference. Prof. QuJieming, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, attended the conference and delivered a speech.
As a part of academic conference series with brand of “Oriental” which was initiatedby Shanghai Medical Association, this conference was co-sponsored by Digestive Disease Branch of ShanghaiMedical Association, General Surgery Branch of Shanghai Medical Association, Digestive Endoscopy Branch of Shanghai Medical Association, Branch of Shanghai Liver Disease Branch of Shanghai Medical Association and Infectious Disease Branch of Shanghai Medical Association，aiming at providing an interdisciplinary academic exchange platform for clinical staffs and researchers in digestive field from Shanghai and other areas in China.
The conferenceconsisted of special reports, forum on gastrointestinal carcinoma, forumon hepatobiliary disease, forum on cholangio-pancreaticdisease, forum on inflammatory enteritis and inflammatory bowel disease, forum on the diagnosis of gastrointestinal hemorrhage, forum on new technology of digestive endoscopy, forum on functional gastrointestinal disorder and etc., introducing domestic and international new and forefront findings by wide and in-depth interdisciplinary discussionon basic and clinical research.
The reports on liver cancer research made by Prof. Tang Zhaoyou, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the development trend of gastrointestinal surgery made by Prof. Qin Xinyuwere highly praised by attendees. 12 minimally operationsof invasive surgical endoscopy, such as ESD、POEM、STER、ERCP, demonstrated by specialistsonendoscopy, FudanZhongshan Hospital, also won favorable comment. According to Prof. Yao Liqing, Zhongshan Hospital served as a pioneerin treating early stage alimentary tract tumor and its early lesions by using ESD in China in 2006. Thereafter，through constant technical innovation, the specialists carried out hi-tech operations such as all layer excision of alimentary tracttumor, providing new methods and strategies for diagnosing and treating gastrointestinal diseases.
In order to spread the new technologies of endoscopy therapy, Zhongshan Hospital has held 4 international conferences, 25 domestic workshops about ESD technology, benefiting more than 1200 doctors. About 50 articles have been published on domestic and international authoritative journals. Under the instruction of Zhongshan Hospital, more than 200 hospitals inChina successively carried out ESD technology, bringing benefit to patients with gastrointestinal diseases.
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Team from Zhongshan Hospital finds the Possibility of Treatment for AD
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a Neurodegenerative diseases related to age, with clinical symptoms of learning and cognitive handicaps. It is estimated that there are over 6 million patients of AD, who brings heavy emotional and economic burden for both families and society.
Prof. ZHONG Chunjiu, Deputy Director of Zhongshan Hospital Department of Internal Neurology, and his team are engaged in research on pathogenesis, pathogenic factors and treatment of AD. Recently Prof. ZHONG and his team found that Benfotiamine can improve the behavior of APPswe/PS1dE9 double transgenic mice and reduce pathological damage upon them. The result of the research was published on the journal Brain, which is issued by Oxford University Press with an influence factor of 9.49, ranking second among journals of clinical neurology.
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Fudan University Wins 10 MOE Awards
News came that Fudan University won a total of 10 MOE Awards for excellent scientific research achievements of higher education institutions in the year of 2011, among which 5 won first prize and another 5 won second prize. The awards went to research results in areas of medicine and health science, biology, mathematics, electronic communication, computer sciences and earth sciences. The 5 first-prize awards included 4 Natural Science Awards and 1 Scientific and Technological Progress Awards.
Apart from that, another 2 projects of which Fudan University was a partner won first prize, while another 3 such kind of projects won second prize.
The MOE Award is open to all higher education institutions in China on a yearly basis. It is divided into Natural Science Award, Technological Invention Award, Scientific and Technological Progress Award, Scientific and Technological Progress Award (For Application), and Patent Award.
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Chinese and Swedish Cardiologists Work Together on Heart Failure Project
At the invitation of Academician Prof. Ge Junbo (Director of Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Director of Zhongshan Hospital Cardiology Department) and Prof. Zhou Jingmin (Deputy Director of Zhongshan Hospital Cardiology Department), three Professors from Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research and Sahlgrenska Academy of Gothenburg University in Sweden visited the Cardiology Department of Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University. The three professors are Karl Swedberg, Micheal Fu and Inger Ekman.
The Chinese and Swedish cardiologists conducted an in-depth discussion and exchanges over the collaborative project of “The PCC Model and the Management of Heart Failure Patients”, and made a detailed plan for the implementation of the next stage research.
Prof. Karl Swedberg and Prof. Inger Ekman also made presentations on their own research to the Chinese partners, with the titles of “Progress in the Medical Treatment of Heart Failures” and “The Management of Heart Failure Patients – The Effect of PCC Model” respectively. Both presentations were warmly received.
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Fudan Scientists Make Important Breakthrough in The Key Technologies of Grid-connected Photovoltaic Power
The grid-connected Photovoltaic (PV) power generation pays a large portion of the new energy power generation as the national strategic emerging industry, and also the main application of the smart grid technologies. Our country schemes that the installed capacity of newly increased PV power stations shall be 20GW by 2020. Integrated MW-grade high power converter technologies and coordination control technology of large scale distributed grid power, which feature in high efficiency, high reliability , long lifetime and high penetrance into power grid, are the key technologies of grid-connected PV power generation, related to power electronics, automatic control , power system and micro-electronics, etc.
After years of research and development, the grid-connected inverter led by Fudan University with joint advantage disciplines of South China University of Technology and Shanghai Jiaotong University have achieved great disruptive technological achievements in the fields of “MW-grade inverter with high accuracy on-time control and circuit optimization technologies” and “smart grid access and new energy coordination control technology” by the commercialization of study and research, as well solved the core technical problems of high quality grid-connected PV power generation, of which mainly consists: 1) special high reliability power electronics design and manufacturing engineering technology;2) efficient power conversion and system effectiveness optimization technology ;3) the operation ,protection and control technologies of inverter matching the characteristics of power grid access and so on.
The products developed by Fudan University have obtained the power grid access licenses of 7 countries including Germany, British and Spain. They not only have been tested and certified by some international authoritative organizations like PHOTON, VED and BV, but given the “golden sun” certification by China Quality Certification Center(CQC). As the first selected inverters of China were applied in the large PV power station，which is in Tibet Shannan Area at an altitude of 3887meters and suffers the most extreme geography and climate environment. The distributed grid-connected inverter is honored “double A” in the open test of the international authoritative organization PHOTON in 2011, of which the key technical parameters rank NO.1 in Asia and tied for second in the world. The inverter also wined the second prize of “ 2011 Jiangsu Province Scientific and Technical Progress ”.
In the three years of research, the cumulative installed capacity and economic benefits of demonstration power stations exceeds 600MW and 900 million yuan respectively at home and abroad. Jiangsu Zhaofu New Energy company and Jiangsu Aisuo New Energy company, which both introduce the technical achievements of Fudan University, are in the list of key enterprises supported by “Program for Adjustment and Revitalization of the New Energy Industry of Jiangsu Province”. The results of the project will have remarkable significance in breaking the technical monopoly of foreign enterprises, enhancing theindependent supporting ability of the core devices in China PV industry chain, and realizing the large-scale industrialization of large-capacity grid-connected PV power stations.
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Three Major Projects of Zhongshan Hospital Won Fund from the Ministry of Science and Technology
The Ministry of Science and Technology has approved part of the major sci-tech projects for the “12th Five Years”Plan, among which there are 2 projects led by Prof. Fan Jia, Li Xuening and Ding Xiaoqiang that has won the“Significant New Drug Innovation”fund and another project led by Prof. Qin Lunxiu the “Major Infectious Diseases Incl. AIDS and Viral Hepatitis”fund, totally amounted to 60 million RMB.
The main objective of “Significant New Drug Innovation”fund is to build a national drug innovation system, and establish new models and mechanisms for R&D of innovative drugs to match the national conditions of China, so as to provide safe and effective, convenient and affordable health care for the people and to meet the growing health and medical needs of the people.
The main objective of “Major Infectious Diseases Incl. AIDS and Viral Hepatitis”fund is to reduce the morbidity and mortality of AIDS, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis and other major infectious diseases in China, and to improve surveillance and prevention of outbreaks of infectious diseases.
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Academician Jiang Ming Wins the Second Prize of National Natural Science Award
“Macromolecular Self-assembly of a New Route and its Application” project led by Jiang Ming won the second prize of National Natural Science Award in the State Science and Technology Awards Conference held on February 14.
Macromolecular Self-Assembly is the forefront of the development of today's chemistry and material science. Jiang Ming opens up new areas of research in this field, forming a system of original scientific results that obtain universal recognition and application of the international scientific community.
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Professor GE Jun-bo Wins the Second Prize of the State Technological Innovation Award
The National Science and Technology Awards Conference was held in Beijing on February 14, 2012. After 10 years of research and development in science and technology, the subject of novel biodegradable coated coronary drug-eluting stents led by Prof. GE Jun-bo, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of Cardiology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, won the second prize of the State Technological Invention Award for the year 2011.
According to the Ministry of Health statistics, the number of patients requiring cardiovascular surgery in China reached 400 million. The incidence of the disease is 4% -7% among the population over 40 years old. In the year 2008, the coronary intervention therapy has reached 180,000 cases in China. Obviously, the coronary stent market in China has great potentiality. However, most of the domestic market has long been occupied by expensive foreign products.
The success of “New type of biodegradable coated coronary stent” enhances the core competitiveness of coronary stents in China R & D and manufacturing technology. Since its listing in 2005 due to the excellent clinical efficacy and safety, the biodegradable coating of new coronary stent in the domestic market share has reached 25 percent. More than 900 medical institutions in the country for clinical application, an annual average of more than 8 000 patients with coronary heart disease benefit from this device. In addition, the biodegradable coating of new coronary stents significantly reduce the price of a stent, an effective solution to the problem of the high price of imported stents, save health care costs of 1.2 billion RMB annually for patients. It is reported that the stent has been exported to Russia, India, Singapore and other countries.
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Academecian Jin Yaqiu Wins 2nd Prize of National Award of Natural Science
Any scientific feats are inseparable from the profound theoretical support. China's "Chang'e 1" made the first full-moon microwave radiation detection, and successfully built up the quantitative research of “a microwave moon”, which was a milestone in the international lunar exploration activities. Working closely with the Center for Space Science Application, Professor Jin Yaqiu, Chinese Academecian of Sciences, has dedicated years of theoretical research for microwave lunar exploration.
On the Conference of National Science and Technology Awards held on February 14, the project led by Prof. Jin Yaqiu of “The Information Theory of Polarization of Electromagnetic Scattering Transmission and Space Microwave Remote Sensing for Earth Observation "won the 2nd Prize of National Natural Science Award 2011.
Space remote sensing physics is based on the interaction of electromagnetic waves and the scattered radiation transmission in natural environment. All-weather, all-time microwave remote sensing is a cutting-edge technology today. Prof. Jin led the Wave Scattering and Remote Sensing Information Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education at Fudan University. In the intersection of information science and earth sciences, the lab emphasized on the research of electromagnetic scattering radiative transfer in natural medium, trying to solveproblems in the microwave remote sensing development such as “scattering mechanisms, imaging simulation, classification and identification, inversion reconstruction,” and formed an independent theoretical results in the above-mentioned four aspects.
Remote sensing and imaging of high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is the most important advances of space remote sensing and earth observation technology in the past 20 years, Prof. Jin proposed the formation of information theory in polarimetric scattering and SAR remote sensing simulation and inversion and also proposed the formation of complex natural media vector radiative transfer (VRT) theory, which is the theoretical basis of China's Chang'e 1 lunar exploration project.
According to this theory, China gets the world's first microwave brightness temperature map for the full moon, and anti-performances that the moon lunar regolith thickness ranges from 4 to 6 meters, and more than 43% of the moon is above 5 meters. He also estimates the helium-3 resources on the moon is about 1.03 million tons.
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National Social Science Foundation Approves 13 Research Subjects from Fudan University
National Social Science Foundation selected 13 projects applied by Fudan University for the year 2011, among which, 3 are first-level projects, 8 are second- level projects and 2 are third- level projects. The total number ranks No.1 among all Higher Institutes in China.
“National Social Science Foundation Key Project” is the highest level national government supported project, mainly focus on three aspects: applied policy research, crucial basic theories research, cross-disciplinary research. Applied policy research includes strategic and prospective issues on politics, economics, culture and social development in our country. Crucial Basic Theories include enhancement and promotion of national spirits, culture, and all the important subjects related to the development and building of research and theories. Cross-disciplinary research focuses on solving complex, frontier and comprehensive problems of economic development, emphasizing more on the projects which combines arts and science (engineering, agriculture and medical).
Fudan University has already developed a mature procedure of selecting the potential projects school-wide, in order to guarantee the quality of the applications for “National Social Science Foundation Key Project”. Till 2011, Fudan has had 23 key projects approved, ranking No.1 among all institutes of higher education in China.
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Visit by President of Queen’s University
On Feb.14, a delegation from Queen’s University led by President Daniel Woolf visited Fudan University. The delegation includes Vice President Steven Liss, Vice Provost John Dixon, and Executive Director of Queen’s International Study Center Bruce Stanley, Director of Queen’s China Liaison Office (CLO) Dr. Zhang Zhiyao, and Officer Jonathan Kong.
Founded in 1841, Queen’s is one of Canada’s leading universities with celebrated international reputation. Located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Queen’s offers a range of programs in a number of schools and faculties, including Arts and Science, Engineering and Applied Science, Business, Health Sciences – Medicine, Nursing and Rehabilitation Therapy, Education, Lawand Graduate Studies, as well as strong traditional programs such as Global Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Health Studies and Neuroscience.
Fudan University and Queen’established cooperative relations since signing a MOU in 2000 including faculty visits, student exchanges, specialized study-abroad programs and joint research. In the beginning of 2005, Fudan University and Queen's University has developed a course named Development Studies, which was led by Prof. Yu Hai and Prof. Fan Lizhu from Fudan School of Social Development and Public Policy and taught in English. The course was awarded by Chinese Ministry of Education as an example of Outstanding Overseas Cooperation. In2008, two universities developed a project named “Policy Studies Semester in Shanghai” which was led by famous scholar Prof. Zhang Jun. In Nov.2007, Queen’s China Liaison Office was established to further expand cooperation between two universities. In 2008, Fudan-Queen’s Center for Environment and Sustainability Research opened at Fudan. In 2009, two sides signed CSC graduate study agreement and in 2011, a joint biological field internship course was carried out. The two universities will carry out extensive cooperation in more other fields, such as Law，Medical，Information Science.
Fudan President Yang Yuliang cordially met the delegation from Queen’s and renewed several agreements with Dr. Daniel Woolf for continuous and further cooperation. Prof. Feng Xiaoyuan, Fudan Vice President in charge of International Affairs, Prof. Peng Xizhe, Dean of Social Development and Public Affairs, Prof. Zhang Jun, Director of China Center for Economic Research, Prof. Zhong Yang，Director of Fudan-Queen’s Environment and Sustainable Development Center, Chen Yinzhang, Special Advisor to the President on Foreign Affairs, Dr. Zhu Chouwen, Director of Foreign Affairs were at present.
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Alumni He Peixin and Chen Xiaoming Donate to Support Infrastructure Construction at Fudan
On Jan. 5, the donation ceremony by Fudan Alumni He Peixin and Chen Xiaomin was held in GuangHua Tower. Alumni He Peixin and Chen Xiaomin, Vice-President Feng Xiaoyuan and Lu Fang, former Vice-President Qiang Lianqing attended the ceremony. The ceremony was chaired by Zhang Honglian, director of the Department of Liasion and Development.
Alumni He Peixin and Chen Xiaoming entered into department of Chemistry in 1973. After receiving B.S in 1977, they followed Prof. Deng Jiaqi to continue their post-undergraduate study and research. They founded CH Instrument, Inc. in Memphis in 1994, mainly engaging in research, development, production and sale of electrochemical analyzer/workstation. After hearing that their alma mater needs help, they generously donated $ 1 million to support the construction of Fudan University's Academy.
In the ceremony, Alumni He Peixin and Chen Xiaoming and representative of Fudan University Education Development Foundation signed denotation agreement. Vice-President Feng Xiaoyuan presented them donation plaque. Alumni He Peixin appreciated the help and support by alma mater in speech and honored their contribution to infrastructure construction at Fudanl.
Vice President Lu Fang thanked support and contribution by two alumni. He pointed out that Fudan has been consistent in focus on personnel training during the past 100 years. The construction of the Academy is practice of general education and strategy of implementing personnel training. To support Academy construction is the way to support personnel training.
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Harvard Yenching Institute Alumni Hold Gathering in Shanghai
On the evening of Jan.13, 2012, Alumni gathering for Harvard Yenching Institute was held in Crowne Plaza Fudan. Prof. Elizabeth J. Perry, Director of Harvard Yenching Institute, Prof. YANG Yuliang, President of Fudan University, attended the event. Ms. LI Ruohong, Program Coordinator for Harvard Yenching Institute, as well as alumni from Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai joined the gathering. President YANG thanked Harvard Yenching Institute for supporting the development of Humanity studies at Fudan University, at the same time he introduced the plan for cultural and social sciences research at Fudan. Ms. LI Ruohong gave a brief introduction of the supporting plan offered by Yenching Institute, such as publishing fund for alumni and inviting alumni to interview applicants. Yenching is going to building a more comprehensive system of alumni information, hoping to keep touch with the alumni. During the event, all attendees introduced themselves and the field they are working on right now.
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