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Peking University, Apr. 10, 2012: Co-sponsored by Center for Life Sciences (CLS) and the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), a joint symposium of life sciences among Peking University (PKU), Tsinghua University (THU) and Kyoto University will be held from April 20 to 22 in Zhongguanyuan Global Village of PKU and Medical Science Building of THU.

Themed “Cross Boundaries: Stem cells, Materials, Mesoscopic Sciences and Beyond”, this symposium will bring scholars and experts of many varied disciplines from China and Japan together to discuss problems of their interest in life sciences, aiming to promote future opportunity for interdisciplinary cooperation and innovation, and to create novel approaches in the study of life sciences.

The website of the Joint Symposium

CLS was established in April, 2011 by THU and PKU. It is supported by the central government through the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance. The mission of the center is to reform education and research, to attract excellent scientists interested in education, to carry out cutting-edge research, and to nurture future generations of innovative scientists and educators.

The iCeMS at Kyoto University is one of the Japanese science ministry's World Premier International Research Center (WPI) Initiative centers. By merging materials science and cell biology, the iCeMS is creating a new cross-discipline between life sciences, chemistry, materials science, and physics, and is anticipated to lead to innovations in medicine, pharmaceuticals, the environment, and industry.

For detailed information and registration of the meeting, please visit:
http://meeting.ctb.pku.edu.cn/2012symposium/

Written by: Fang Runiu
Edited by: Chen Long
Source: PKU News (Chinese)