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ICUK Meeting with MoST 22nd November 2007 Kings College London: Collaborations with China About Kings One of the two founding Colleges of the University of London Kings College London is a major international University: 19,000


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ICUK Meeting with MoST

22nd November 2007

King’s College London: Collaborations with China

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School of Biomedical & Health Sciences

About King’s One of the two founding Colleges of the University of London King’s College London is a major international University: 19,000 students, > 6,000 postgraduate 3,000 academic researchers

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School of Biomedical & Health Sciences

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About King’s 9 schools of study: Biomedical & Health Sciences Dental Institute Medicine Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery Institute of Psychiatry Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Science & Public Policy Humanities Law

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School of Biomedical & Health Sciences

About King’s Health Schools with an annual research budget of £185 million (2005-6) Health Schools hold research grants to the value of nearly £350 million 17 interdisciplinary divisions over four campuses at Waterloo, Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College Hospital NHS hospitals serve a patient population in excess of 1 million King’s hosts 5 Medical Research Council Centres

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Research Links with China: Example 1: Traditional Chinese Medicine Example 2: Multi-layer Mirrors Example 3: Metamorphic mechanisms

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Research Links with China: Example 1: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Prof Peter Hylands Partners: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Professor Hualiang Jiang Technology: developing metabonomic approaches to the standardisation of TCM. Application of technology: Quality control procedures that will lead to improved safety and efficacy of TCM, accelerating their route to market by overcoming regulatory barriers.

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Research Links with China: Example 2: Multi-layer Mirrors

  • Prof. Alan Michette

Partners: Tongji University, Shanghai Prof Wang Zhan-shan Technology: designing, fabricating and characterization of optimized soft x-ray multi-layer mirrors. Application of technology: High-resolution x-ray microscopy and microprobing of biological material e.g. development of techniques for understanding radiation induced cancers.

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Research Links with China: Example 3: Metamorphic mechanisms Prof Jian Dai Partners: Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA). Prof Xilun Ding Technology: Reverse engineering of adaptive traits from biological species to create robotic mechanisms Application of technology: creation of a reconfigurable robot for maintenance of space station/satellites, removing need for direct intervention of astronauts.

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Benefits that ICUK will bring: Access to Proof of Concept Fund to develop move technologies like these closer to market Access to Partnership Grant for staff exchanges and new collaborations will drive innovation