UK-CHINA PARTNERING in BIOREGENERATIVE ENGINEERING: Establishing Gateways For

UK-CHINA PARTNERING IN BIOREGENERATIVE ENGINEERING: Establishing Gateways for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration.

Network Launch Meeting, Regents College, Regents Park Inner Circle, London. 4th September 2007

Session Programme

Welcome Session and Opening

Chairperson: Professor Jian R. Lu

8:30-8:35 Opening Welcome from Professor Robert Brown

8:35-8:45 Welcome Address from the Ambassador of the Chinese Embassy London or Consul Wang, Science and Technology Section, the Chinese Embassy London

8:45-8:55 Welcome from Professor Honghong Shan, the President of China University of Petroleum

Partnership Session 1: Biotechnology and Bio-processing

Chairperson: Professor Jian R. Lu

9:00-9:15 Biotechnology and Biomaterials Research at the Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, Professors Zhiguo Su and Guanghu Ma, the National Key Lab for Biotechnology, CAS.

9:15-9:30 Bio-processing and Bio-refinery,

Professor Colin Webb, University of Manchester

9:30-9:45 Therapeutic Bio-processing,

Nigel K.H. Slater, University of Cambridge

9:45-10:00 Protein Bio-separation and Purification,

Professor Z. F. Cui, University of Oxford

10:00-10:30 Break for tea and coffee

Partnership Session 2: Biomaterials and Bio-processing

Chairperson: Professor Robert Brown

10:30-10:45 The UK’s Leading Position in Biomaterials Research and Development,

Professor Pankj Vadgama, Director of Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary University London

10:45-11:00 Materials Research and Processing at Chengdu,

Professor Zhongwei Gu and Professor XD Zhang, National Key Lab for Materials Processing, Sichuan University

11:00-11:15 Biomaterials Research at UPC,

Professors Hai Xu and Daohong Xia, Centre for Bioengineering & Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum

11:15-11:30 Oxford Biomaterials Research,

Professor George Smith, Department of Materials, University of Oxford

Partnership Session 3: Tissue Engineering

Chair person: Professor Robert Brown

11:30-11:45 Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering,

Professor Julian B Chaudhuri, University of Bath

11:45-12:00 Stem Cell Tissue Engineering,

Professors Tianqing Liu and Xuehu Ma, Dalian University of Technology

12:00-12:15 Stem Cell Bio-processing,

Dr Sakis Mantalaris, Imperial College London

12:15-12:30 Tissue Engineering,

Professor Wei Liu, Shanghai Ninth Hospital & Shanghai Jiaotong University.

12:30- 12:40 Summary & Opening of the Gateway Network Activities,

Professor Jian Lu, University of Manchester.

12:40. CLOSE OF MEETING