Sunday, November 25, 2012

Go8 China-Australia Fellow

Matt Gilliham received one of 16 nationally awarded Go8 Fellowships to help facilitate collaboration with leading Chinese laboratories.

He visited Beijing. China from 16th-24th November, and it was a very enjoyable and productive visit. During his visit he gave presentations and discussed projects of mutual interest.

New collaborations with 3 laboratories have been establish and are likely to involve exchange of
students and staff between the China and Australia in the near future.

These collaborations are with:

Professor Lijuan Qiu, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Agricultural Academy of Sciences
(Salt tolerance in soybean)

Professor Lai-hua Liu, China Agricultural University
(Plant Glutamate Receptors)

Professor Wenhao Zhang, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(Plant aluminium tolerance)

He also snuck in a visit to the Great Wall...photos to follow.