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International Symposium on Artificial Joint Held by Zhongshan Hospital
On March 15, International Symposium on Artificial Joint was held at Fudan University Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital. Doctors, Specialists and Scholars from both home and abroad had heated discussions with regards to total hip arthoplasty.
The symposium happened to take place at the 25th anniversary of adoption of French Corail Stem, one million of which have been transplanted into human body. Scholars and Doctors from Zhongshan Hospital made critical contributions to the symposium, actively partaking of interpretation, presentation and discussion.
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China's First Sino-US Student Exchange Base Inaugurated at Fudan High School
The first Sino-US Student Exchange Base in China was inaugurated at Fudan University on the afternoon of April 13. This U.S. student exchange base project in Shanghai is a long-term exchange base for the 26 American secondary schools, which is supported by the State of Illinois, where the City of Chicago lies as one of Shanghai sister cities.
In the future, the high school students from both China and the United States will be able to learn together at this base. Within this partnership, the United States and Aesthetic Foundation will provide American high school textbooks, teaching management and teachers, Fudan University High School will provide the base with Chinese characteristics and culture courses. During their stay in the base, American students continue to accept U.S. high school curriculum, and the qualified students will receive high school credits.
At the opening ceremony, party secretary Wang Deyao of Fudan High School said that the establishment of the base was a very good educational opportunity for cultural communication with the Aesthetic Education Foundation and sister city. The program was also a high-quality cultural program, through which introduced American high school textbooks and teaching faculty, and Chinese students also have the opportunity to experience American high school curriculum, Chinese teachers are also able to improve joint teaching.
With the completion of the base, the educational and cultural exchange of the Sino-US high school students will embark on a new platform in the future and there will be more similar Sino-US learning exchange bases in China.
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Biomedical Statistics Center Jointly Built up by Fudan and Ohio State University
On the morning of April 11, 2012, the inauguration ceremony for Biomedical Statistics Center was held at Fudan University School of Public Health. Professor William Brustein, Vice-Chancellor of the Ohio State University, Professor Stanley Lemeshow, Dean of School of Public Health and well-known statistician of Ohio State University, Mr. You Chao, Director of Rep Office of Ohio State University in Shanghai, Dr. Zhu Chouwen, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Fudan University, Professor Jiang Qingwu, Dean of School of Public Health, Professor Qian Xu, Vice Dean of School of Public Health attended the ceremony.
Fudan School of Public Health and School of Public Health of Ohio State University signed a memorandum of cooperation in February 2012. The two sides agreed to establish Biomedical Statistics Center on the basis of mutual benefit and win-win strategy. "The center" is based on Medical Informatics and Medical Statistics platform, which is one of the 985 construction platforms at Fudan University. By the exchanges and cooperation with School of Public Health of Ohio State University in the fields of biostatistics, the Center will contribute to improve the discipline of the Medical Statistics at Fudan University, and to further reinforce the leading position in the field of biostatistics in China and to better support medical research.
Professor Jiang Qingwu addressed at the inauguration ceremony and unveiled the plaque for the Center together with Professor William Brustein, Professor Stanley Lemeshow, and Dr. Zhu Chouwen
The Academic Seminar was presided by Prof. Zhao Naiqing. Prof. Stanley Lemeshow lectured on the topic of “Estimating the Probability of Mortality of ICU Patients” and Dr. Ma Weiping talked about “The impact of gene-environment interactions on childhood growth trajectories”.
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Outstanding Results in Cultivation of Doctoral Students Achieved by Queen’s Univeristy and Fudan
Under the support by CSC funding，Jin Huan，a doctoral student in the School of Public Health of Fudan University made his visit at Queen’s University in Canada in 2009-2011. During his study in Canada，he has firstly published the electronic edition in October 31, 2011 then a paper edition in March 1, 2012 the article“Longer-Term Outcomes of Letrozole Versus Placebo After 5 Years of Tamoxifen in the NCIC MA. 17 Trial: Analyses Adjusting for Treatment Crossover”in Journal of Clinical Oncology. This article was accomplished under the guidance of Tu Dongsheng, a professor in the Department of Medical Statistics of Queen’s University and Zhao Naiqing, a professor in the School of Public Health of Fudan University.
Journal of Clinical Oncology is a top magazine in the field of clinical oncology, and its impact factor is 18.97. Because this study has evaluated the intervention of long-term prognosis of early cancer patients in a beneficial way, oncology researchers attached great importance to it and JCO also published the comments from other experts towards this research in the meanwhile. This is a great opportunity for instructors in two schools to further the cooperation in doctoral students’ training and collaborative research.
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Fudan Professors Contribute to GM Cotton Project
On March 20, 2012, press conference on GM (genetically modified) cotton project, which is a major project on the development of new GM crops, was held by expert panel in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Expert panel officially announced the breakthrough China has made in the field of second generation of GM cotton fiber improvement. Under the financial support of GM major project, GM cotton fiber research has reached a world leading level and owned the independent intellectual properties such as international patent of invention, solving the long-term problem that all high-end cotton used in China was imported from other countries. GM cotton fiber is another milestone scientific and technological achievement which has been made in the field of hi-tech cotton after GM anti-insect cotton.
The research team led by Prof. Yang Jinshui from National Laboratory of Genetic Studies, School of Life Science actively joined the project of Second Generation of GM Cotton Fiber Improvement and greatly promoted its development. From the year 2005, making full use of its advantage in functional genetic research, Prof. Yang’s team carried out cotton fiber improvement research together with Chinese Cotton Institute.
For quite a long period, low-quality cotton fiber is a main constraint in cotton production. Therefore, how to improve the quality of cotton fiber is an important task for the researchers. The quality of cotton fiber involves many indexes including length, hardness, flexibility and fiber yield, among which length is the most important one. Based on former research, Prof. Yang modified csRRM gene which can regulate the size of plant cell and put it into cotton fiber, enlarging the cell volume by prolonging the cell circle, thus achieving the goal of improving the quality of fiber. After 6 years’ arduous work, many new species of cotton with high application value in breeding and production of cotton have been bred by Fudan University and Chinese Cotton Institute. For example, compared with traditional cotton varieties, new cotton material called high-quality large-size boll csRRM GM cotton improves a lot in the length of fiber, weight and Boll getting capability, having a large potential in high yield.
The big progress which has been made in in the field of second generation of GM cotton laid a solid foundation for the development of cotton plant in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). As it can be expected, more achievements will be made under the joint effort among universities, institutes and production sector.
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Board Member of Oklahoma State University Visits Fudan University
On Thursday, Mar.29, 2012, Mr. Jim Reese, Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture, board member of Oklahoma state university, visited Fudan University. Prof. FENG Xiaoyuan, Vice President of Fudan, received the delegation. Prof. Tim Huff, Director of International Cooperation, Ms. Vivian Wang, Director of China relations in OSU, joined the meeting. Prof. CHEN Yinzhang, Special Advisor to the President on International Affairs, and some others from Fudan attended the meeting.
Both sides exchanged the ideas of cooperation, recognizing the on-going programs in students’ management training. After the meeting, Mr. Jim Reese visited School of Biology and Jiangwan Campus. Prof. DONG Aiwu from School of Biology introduced plant lab to the secretary.
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President of Singapore Management University Visits Fudan
On the morning of Apr. 23rd, Prof. Arnoud De Meyer, President of Singapore Management University visited Fudan University . Prof. LU Fang, Vice President of Fudan, joined the meeting. Prof. PENG Xizhe, Dean of School of Social Development and Public Policy, Prof. SUN Yimin, Deputy Dean of Management School, Ms.LIU Li, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office, attended the meeting.
Prof. LU Fang warmly welcomed the delegation. Singapore Management University has cooperation with Fudan University for a couple of years. Prof. Meyer pointed out that SMU pays very much attention on interdisciplinary research.
During the meeting, professors from both sides show interests in the future cooperation. With the rapid development in 21st century, scholars from both universities agree with the idea that only with strong cooperation among universities, creative ideas in class designs and up-to-date thinking would provide most influential and practical suggestions for the government, and thus benefit the society.
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Visit by Delegation from Tokyo Foundation
On April 23, Mr. Haruo Shibazaki, the Executive Director of Tokyo Foundation, led a delegation of four attended the Sylff Steering Committee meeting at Fudan University. Prof. Feng Xiaoyuan, Vice President of Fudan, Prof. Zhu Chouwen, Director of Foreign Affairs Office, Prof. Lin Xue lei, Director of Financial Office, Prof. Luo Yinghua, Deputy Director, Graduate Students’ Affairs Office, and others attended the meeting.
Tokyo Foundation is the manager of the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF), which is a global scholarship program established in 1987 by Japan Foundation. SYLFF was designed to train young talents for the social sciences and humanities with outstanding leadership potential. Tokyo Foundation donated one million dollars for each university which established the fund. The income of the Fund is used to give away scholarships. The fund was established in 69 universities and institutions in 44 countries. The fund provides financial support for 10 universities in China (including Fudan University, Ji Lin University, Lan Zhou University, Nan Jing University, Peking University, Chong Qing University, Inner Mongolia University, Xin Jiang University, Yun Nan University, and SUN YAT-SEN University). More than ten thousand graduates have got the SYLFF scholarship around the world till now. Tokyo Foundation is the Management organizations of SYLFF and provides linkages and other opportunities for the global scholarship winners.
SYLFF was established at Fudan University in 1992, offering financial support for young teachers and liberal arts graduates initially. Later the fund was reduced, and SYLFF only support liberal arts graduates at present.
The guests briefed on the Tokyo Foundation, Sylff, and the New Sylff Operation Manual. Then Tokyo Foundation members listened to the introduction from Fudan University on Sylff Fellowship Program including the project report and financial report for 2009-2011, the Sylff scholarship selection program for 2012, the comparison between the Sylff scholarship and other scholarships at Fudan University. In the afternoon, Tokyo Foundation members met with the students who got the Sylff scholarship and encouraged members to engage in more academic exchange activities.
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All for Love: Stories of Helping Wondering Cats on Fudan Campus
As the bike bell rang, over ten cats cast timorous eyesight outside from under the bush, with several of them sticking out their expectant heads. A woman in black was approaching with a dark basket on the back seat of her bike. “Mimi…” as she murmured, a team of cats echoed “Miaow, miaow…” and gathered around her like babies. The woman, then, opened the basket and put cat meals and water in different plates. Like a tendering mom, she called each name of the cat, and told them to help themselves.
There are a large number of homeless cats on the campus of Fudan. They do not have adequate food and reliable shelter from rain and storm. The lady who served them food and water is one of volunteers who provide spontaneous and regular care for them. It is told that some volunteers adopt these cute creatures, some others send food and water for them, while some others build them shelters. With a mixture of joy and worry, the volunteers are persevering in providing possible help for those cats, exploring better means to take care of their vulnerable life.
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