A LAB named after Nobel laureate Erwin Neher
will be set up in Nanshan District, according to a memorandum signed
with the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technologies (SIAT) under the
Chinese Academy of Sciences recently.
The Shenzhen Neher Neural Plasticity Nobel Laureate Lab is expected to be the seventh lab headed by Nobel laureates.
The research lab will focus on plasticity of neurons, the biological target of drugs and neurological diseases. It will also participate in national brain research programs and international cooperation in brain sciences, according to the memorandum.
At a meeting with Shenzhen Party chief Wang Weizhong on Saturday, Neher hoped the lab would make breakthroughs in neuroscience research through cooperation with this dynamic and innovative city, which is known for its scientific and technological achievements.
Neher is a German biophysicist who, along with Bert Sakmann, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991 for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
SIAT has established partnerships with the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and Broad Institute.
Neher said the innovative environment and atmosphere of Shenzhen lured him and that he hoped to participate in brain research in Shenzhen.
Thanks to favorable policies, an industrious environment, fair market mechanisms and abundant talent, an increasing number of global scientists, Nobel Prize winners in particular, have chosen Shenzhen to bring their academic ideas to life.
So far the city has six world-class research centers and labs named after and led by Nobel laureates such as Robert H. Grubbs, Shuji Nakamura and Barry Marshall, all pioneers in global science and technology trends in energy, materials, optics and medicine.
The Shenzhen Neher Neural Plasticity Nobel Laureate Lab is expected to be the seventh lab headed by Nobel laureates.
The research lab will focus on plasticity of neurons, the biological target of drugs and neurological diseases. It will also participate in national brain research programs and international cooperation in brain sciences, according to the memorandum.
At a meeting with Shenzhen Party chief Wang Weizhong on Saturday, Neher hoped the lab would make breakthroughs in neuroscience research through cooperation with this dynamic and innovative city, which is known for its scientific and technological achievements.
Neher is a German biophysicist who, along with Bert Sakmann, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991 for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
SIAT has established partnerships with the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and Broad Institute.
Neher said the innovative environment and atmosphere of Shenzhen lured him and that he hoped to participate in brain research in Shenzhen.
Thanks to favorable policies, an industrious environment, fair market mechanisms and abundant talent, an increasing number of global scientists, Nobel Prize winners in particular, have chosen Shenzhen to bring their academic ideas to life.
So far the city has six world-class research centers and labs named after and led by Nobel laureates such as Robert H. Grubbs, Shuji Nakamura and Barry Marshall, all pioneers in global science and technology trends in energy, materials, optics and medicine.
Source:Shenzhen Daily
No comments:
Post a Comment