The first CLSS-UK north UK life science symposium was held in Edinburgh

The first CLSS-UK north UK life science symposium was held in the Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh on 28th June 2008. More than 30 people from Scotland, Northern Ireland and North England attended the meeting. The CLSS-UK president, Dr Xu Qihe, traveled from London to Edinburgh to support the organisation of the meeting. Professor Ke Youqiang from the University of Liverpool was invited to give a keynote lecture on “Identification of genes involved in malignant progression of prostate cancer cells”. Other invited speakers include: Dr Zhan Jiasui from Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dr Liu Junli from Durham University and Dr Song Bing from the University of Aberdeen. There was also a special career development session in the meeting. Dr Lu Zhiliang from the MRC human reproduction unit, Dr Xu Qihe, Prof Ke Youqiang and other senior members provided valuable suggestions on career development for young Postdocs and Ph. D students.

The meeting was organised by Dr Hongwu Ma, Dr Yu Bin from the University of Edinburgh and Dr Song Chengli from the University of Dundee. The Confucius Institute for Scotland provided a nice free venue for the meeting. CLSS-UK provided financial support and travel assistance for the participants.

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