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Chinese Research Organisation Opens Office at TU Delft


primarily LED lighting. Research into LED technology is at the cutting edge in both China and the Netherlands, so working together with complementary knowledge is interesting for both parties,” said Kees Beenakker, Director of the TU Delft research centre in Beijing. “Our cooperation in China gives us access to knowledge, scientific talent and funds. The establishment of a Chinese office in Delft gives them a gateway to interesting developments and investors in Europe.”


Mrs Wu Ling, Secretary General of the Chinese SSL Alliance


The Chinese State Key Laboratory has opened an office for research into Solid State Lighting (LED lighting) within TU Delft’s research institute DIMES. Together, SKL and TU Delft aim to expand knowledge and to attract more financing for research into solid state lighting or LED lighting. TU Delft opened its first research centre in China in 2011 followed by another three centres last November.


“With a view to saving energy, China earmarked 22 billion yuan (€2.8 billion) in 2011 for the promotion of ‘green lighting’,


SKL opted for the Netherlands owing to the excellent innovation ecosystem and for Delft in particular on account of the existing fruitful cooperation in Beijing, the know-how and expertise of research school DIMES (microsystems and nanoelectronics) and the proximity of TNO, which also carries out LED research. It is the first time that the organisation has opened a branch outside China.


The State Key Laboratory comprises two leading institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other LED research centres and is led by the Chinese Solid State Lighting Alliance with support from the Chinese Ministry of Sciences and Technology.


The establishment of SKL in Delft was also made possible through financial support from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and active mediation on the part of the Beijing embassy’s innovation council.


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Chinese-German Scientists Investigate Bio-Inspired Materials


Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, together with Tsinghua University in Beijing, the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai as well as other distinguished institutions in China.


The researchers will investigate substances that mimic structures and functions fabricated by nature. Lead investigator Professor Dr Werner E. G. Müller of the Institute of Physiological Chemistry at JGU explained: "The inorganic structures of certain deep-sea organisms, such as sponges, are based on genetic blueprints. We will use those blueprints to develop synthetic bone replacement materials. Specifically and together with our Chinese partners, we are looking to create bio-inspired scaffolds from biosilica in the laboratory that can function as a basis for bone repair."


Professor Dr Werner E. G. Müller (4th from left) and Professor Dr Heinz-Christoph Schröder together with the Chinese delegation (photo: Peter Pulkowski)


Researchers from Germany and China are collaborating in the study and development of Bio-Inspired Materials to ameliorate osteoporosis.


This Lighthouse project, initiated by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and supported with EU funding, is being carried out at a newly launched joint centre based both at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry at the


According to the molecular biologist, the potential of this research area is immense since such intelligent organic and inorganic materials have impressive properties, such as self-repair.


"Using 3D printing technology, we plan to develop tailor-made implants that make it possible to precisely correct a tissue defect and also to restore stability,"


For this purpose, a novel bio-inspired inorganic material will be used that is biocompatible and stimulates bone-forming cells. "This material gives the cells the ability to form new endogenous bone tissue," Professor Müller added.


Find out more info. 14 Scientists Celebrate Completion of ALMA


Scientists around the world have celebrated the monumental achievement of the completion of ALMA – the most complex ground-based telescope in existence. The telescope was officially opened during an inauguration ceremony in Chile, the result of two decades of work from institutions all over the world.


ALMA is a high-frequency radio telescope made up of 66 individual antennas; these are combined to create a telescope with an effective diameter of up to 16 kilometres. It will show us never-before seen details, in the millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths it sees, about the birth of stars and planets, and of infant galaxies in the early Universe. It will also discover and measure the distribution of molecules – many essential for life – that form in the space between stars.


Director of ALMA Thijs de Graauw expressed his expectations for the telescope: “Thanks to the efforts and countless hours of work by scientists and technicians in the ALMA community around the world, ALMA has already shown that it’s the most advanced millimetre/submillimetre telescope in existence, dwarfing anything else we had before. We are eager for astronomers to exploit the full power of this amazing tool.”


The observatory was conceived as three separate projects in Europe,


The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) by night, under the Magellanic Clouds (Credit: ESO)


USA and Japan in the 1980s, and merged to one in the 1990s. Construction started in 2003. The total construction cost of ALMA is approximately US$1.4 billion, of which ESO’s share is 37.5%.


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FORENSICS EUROPE EXPO, Olympia, London 24 – 25 April


The event to connect the entire forensics industry. A sold out, free to attend


exhibition with 70+ suppliers, workshop programme and interactive crime feature makes up the event. Please register your attendance on our website.


Tel: +44 (0) 20 7384 7777


Email: forensicseuropeexpo@clarionevents.com www.forensicseuropeexpo.com


ANALIZA 2013, Tel-Aviv, Israel 30 April – 2 May


The 12th International exhibition for technologies & equipment for Industrial Laboratories. Analiza 2013 will showcase technologies, equipment & instrument- ation for Industrial Laboratories. Display topics include: equipment and measuring instruments for laboratories for the heavy industries and the pharmaceutical industry, clean rooms, fume hoods & filters.


Stier Group Ltd, Tel: + 972 3 562 6090 Email: expo@stier-group.com www.stier-group.com


HPLC 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 16-20 June


International symposium focusing on the latest developments in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)


and complementary separation techniques such as capillary electrophoresis and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). Hyphenated techniques will be covered extensively, as well as the latest developments in microfluidic techniques.


Email: hplc2013@caos.nl www.hplc2013.org


11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MERCURY


AS A GLOBAL POLLUTANT, Edinburgh, Scotland


28 July – 2 August The International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant


(ICMGP), held periodically for over 18 years, has become the pre-eminent international forum for formal presentation and discussion of scientific advances concerning environmental mercury. The meeting gathers around 700-1200 experts for a five day conference and exhibition.


International Labmate, Tel: +44 (0) 1727 858840 Email: davidh@mercury2013.com www.mercury2013.com


13TH INTERNATIONAL


NUTRITION & DIAGNOSTICS, Olomouc, Czech Republic


26-29 August INDC 2013 is an important international conference and exhibition, covering sophisticated


food analytical methods.


Radanal Ltd, Tel: + 420 466 650 618, Email: info@indc.cz, www.indc.cz


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