Source: Office of International Cooperation & Exchange
Written by: Office of International Cooperation & Exchange
Translated by: Wang Hui
Edited by: Wang Dongmei
On the morning of April 17, a three-member group led by Ronald Quinn, Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and Professor of Griffith University, visited Sun Yat-sen University. Assistant President Zhu Xiping met with the guests in the VIP Lounge of Zhongshan Building, accompanied by Xu Yao, Deputy Director of the Office of International Cooperation & Exchange, Professor Zhang Yan, Assistant Dean of the School of Life Sciences, and Associate Professor Yin Sheng from the School of Pharmaceutical Science.
Assistant President Zhu Xiping meeting with Professor Ronald Quinn
Assistant President Zhu Xiping welcomed Professor Quinn and his group and introduced the history of cooperation between Sun Yat-sen University and Griffith University. He hoped that both sides could continue to expand exchange and cooperation. Professor Quinn introduced the collaboration process and research results between the Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies at Griffith University and SYSU. He was also impressed by SYSU’s international cooperation and research strength.
Professor Quinn joined Griffith University in 1982 and was appointed Professor in 1994. He was appointed Director of Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies in 2003, and in the same year he was elected Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering. He received the RACI Adrien Albert Award in 2004. This was his first visit to Sun Yat-sen University.
Griffith University is a public research university in Australia founded in 1971. Sun Yat-sen University has established a good relationship with Griffith University since the 1980s, with close collaborations in teacher and student exchange, joint cultivation and scientific research.
