2015 Ray Wu Symposium

The Ray Wu Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that the 6th Ray Wu Symposium will be held at the Wuhan University from October 24 to 25, 2015.  This symposium series is dedicated to promoting the advancement of biological sciences in Asia and nurturing the careers of young scientists, two center pieces of Dr. Ray Wu’s life-long passion. Dr. Ray Wu was a true scholar and a strong advocate for life sciences throughout Asia. He developed the first method for DNA sequencing and pioneered recombinant DNA technology, and later devoted to genetic engineering of rice.

The Ray Wu Symposium is hosted annually by an institution in China or other parts of Asia. The symposium speakers include winners of the Ray Wu Prize, selected annually from graduate students in Asia, as well as world leaders in different fields of biological sciences.  In addition, the symposium will also present Gu Xiaocheng Lectures, which was established in memory of Professor Gu,who worked tirelessly to promote the advancement of biological sciences in China and the careers of young Chinese scientists.

Date:

October 24 to 25, 2015

Address:

The Lecture Hall (Second Floor), The College of Life Science at Wuhan University

Co-organizers:

The Ray Wu Memorial Fund, Inc.

The Wuhan University

OrganizingCommittee:

Baoliang Song, Xiang-Dong Fu, Kun-Liang Guan, Xiao-Hong Sun,Junying Yuan, Yimin Zou

Invited Speakers:

Xiao-Fan Wang        Duke University Medical Centor

Fuchu He                Academy of Military Medical Sciences

HongKui Deng        Peking University            

Ya-Ping Zhang        Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS

Peng Li                  Tsinghua University  

Feng Shao               NIBS

Xing-Wang Deng     Peking University 

Ruiping Xiao           Peking University