The 1st Sino-Japanese Young Scientists Workshop held in Shanghai

The 1st Sino-Japanese Young Scientists Workshop on Organic Chemistry was successfully held on Sept.17-19, 2002 in Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS.

Most of Japanese participants are well-known young scientists or principal investigators from the University of Tokyo, Osaka University, Nagoya University and Chiba University. Chinese speakers invited are from famous Chinese universities and institutions.

The Workshop mainly focused attention on the academic area of natural products of organic chemistry and its related subjects, combined with such cutting-edge interdisciplinary courses as pharmaceutical chemistry, drug design, new materials, bionics, chemical ecology and organic methodology, etc. -15

Sino-French Cooperative Agreement for Life Science Signed

On October 28, 2002, eight life science institutions from China and France signed the "General Agreement of Cooperation between Sino-French Life Science and Genome Research Centers" in Shanghai. The cooperative parties are: French National Center for Scientific Research, French Institute of Health and Medical Research, the Pasteur Institute, China National Centre for Biotechnology Development, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences CAS, Shanghai Second Medical University (SSMU), SSMU Ruijin Hospital and Southern China National Human Genome Research Center.

According to the agreement, the cooperation will be carried out in various forms, inclusive of strengthening collaboration in publications, promoting mutual understanding between Sino-French scientists, facilitating common development of cooperative research programs, organizing bilateral lectures, symposia and workshops, as well as establishing joint laboratories.-21

ICO Vice President Visited CIOMP

Prof. Giancarlo C. Righini, Vice President of International Commission for Optics (ICO) recently was invited for a 4-day visit to Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), CAS. As President of Italian Association of Optics and Director of Research Institute for Electromagnetic Waves of the National Research Council of Italy, he introduced in detail the development of optics in Italy and delivered a speech on "Technology of Er-doped Glass Waveguide Amplifier". -22

Sino-American Glaciologists Completed the Investigation to the Southeast of Tibet

After 30 days field expedition, Sino-American joint glaciological investigation concluded on Oct. 22. During this expedition, scientists have extracted a firn core of around 20m from the summit of the Zuoqiupu Glacier, Yalong glacierized area in the Southeast Tibet, and collected over 140 snow/firn samples in several snowpits on the glacier. Future field investigations in this region and further comprehensive analysis will focus on the climatic and environmental changes.
The Sino-American Joint Glaciological Investigation on the Yalong Glacierized region in Basu County, southeast Tibet was initiated and organized by the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI), CAS and the University of Idaho, USA. Led by Dr. Shiyin LIU, from CAREERI. -4