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Warwick leads India-UK Newton Researcher Links Workshop with IIT Kanpur
Warwick leads India-UK Newton Researcher Links Workshop with IIT Kanpur
India-UK Newton Researcher Links Workshop : Translating New Chemical Discoveries into Medical Advances
The role of “Peptides, Proteins and Metals in Disease and Therapy” - a topic of critical importance to health and the treatment of disease – was discussed at a joint workshop at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, hosted by Indian and UK Early Career Researchers.
Taking place on 6-8 November 2017, the workshop was coordinated by Professor Peter Sadler ( Warwick) and Professor Sandeep Verma (IIT Kanpur) and is sponsored jointly by the Newton-Bhabha Fund of the British Council and The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Success in Newton Fund India-UK Water Quality call
Dr Jonathan Pearson, School of Engineering, has been awarded funding under the NERC - EPSRC - DST India - UK Water Quality call. Dr Pearson has been awarded the funding jointly with Professor Kapil Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Warwick's Coull Quartet visit to Brazil
The Coull Quartet – the University of Warwick’s Quartet-in-Residence – is to perform at some of Brazil’s most prestigious venues, alongside the distinguished Anglo-Brazilian pianist Clelia Iruzun.
Warwick success in FAPESP Sprint call
Two Warwick academics, Dr. Colm Connaughton and Dr. Manuela Tosin, have been successful in the recent SPRINT 2017 call for proposals to the joint FAPESP-Warwick Fund. SPRINT (São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration) is a strategy designed to encourage and promote the advancement of international research by funding researchers affiliated with institutions in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, and their academic partners abroad.
Professor Lorenzo Frigerio represents Warwick on a UK delegation to Colombia
Professor Lorenzo Frigerio (Life Sciences) represented Warwick on a UK delegation to Colombia led by Universities UK International (UUKi) in June. The visit aimed to identify and facilitate opportunities for cooperation in teaching, research, postgraduate training and mobility. Alongside a focus on peace-building and transitional justice, the delegation also explored fast-developing opportunities for cooperation in research across the life sciences, social sciences and the arts and humanities. The Colombian Embassy in London then hosted a follow-up meeting in July (photo above). You can see a short film about the visit produced by the British Council here.
UK-Mexico Visiting Chair 2017
Warwick is delighted to be participating in an innovative initiative bringing together 12 UK and 12 Mexican universities aimed at fostering academic mobility between the two countries. The call is now open for Warwick researchers to apply for mobility funding to support their visit to a Mexican partner institution in 2017-18.
Warwick delegation in China
An academic delegation led by Academic Vice-President, Prof. Lawrence Young, visited Shanghai on 18-19 May 2017 in order to broaden and deepen Warwick's research and teaching links with university partners.
Warwick welcomes the University of Malta
Warwick welcomed a delegation of 8 academics from the University of Malta on 22 and 23 May 2017. This visit was underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding between Warwick and Malta, which was recently signed by our Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Stuart Croft, and the Rector of the University of Malta, Prof Alfred J. Vella (who is also a Visiting Professor in Warwick’s Department of Chemistry).
Warwick researchers explore biomass collaboration in Indonesia
Prof. Richard Walton (Chemistry) and Dr. Volkan Degirmenci (Engineering) visited Indonesia in March 2017 to develop their existing collaboration with Universitas Indonesia in biomass research and explore possible new links with Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Warwick and UGM medics explore collaborative possibilities
A delegation led by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, visited Warwick Medical School on 8-9 March 2017 to explore collaborative research and teaching opportunities.