MOU between Department of Biological Sciences (DBS), NUS and School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University signed on 18 January 2007

On 18 January 2007, a general MOU for cooperation and collaboration was signed between the Department of Biological Sciences, NUS and the School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University at the Office of the Provost. Signatories were Prof. Hew Choy Leong, Head, Department of Biological Sciences, NUS and Prof. Xiao Heng, CPC Secretary for the School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University.

This MOU ceremony was held in conjunction with a 4-day visit by a 5-member delegation from Yunnan University led by the Vice-President of Yunnan University, Prof. Zhang Keqin. Other members of the delegation included Vice-Deans of School of Life Sciences Prof. Prof. Xiao Chunjie and Prof. Duan Changqun , CPC Secretary Prof. Xiao Heng and Head of Department of Biotechnology Prof. Zheng Bingrong.

This MOU would mark the start of closer ties between the two departments in student training and research collaboration. In academic programmes, the two departments have sufficient areas of overlap for exchange programmes in education and also specialized areas in which they would complement each other. This MOU would serve ideally in offering opportunities for complementary training and research.

Yunnan University is located in the fauna and flora species-rich area of south-west sub-tropical China. NUS looks forward to ties with Yunnan University which will firstly promote links between NUS and Universities in South-western China, and secondly provide opportunities to embark with Yunnan University on research projects in biodiversity, ecology, environmental management. In return, DBS will complement with training programmes in Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Proteomics and Protein Sciences, among others.