The inaugural Global Challenges public lecture series organized by the ZJU-UoE Institute has come to an end this week. Professor Lap Chee Tusi concluded the series with a lecture on the global challenges and opportunities in the field of genomics. He delighted the audience with his extensive knowledge and experience in the field and his optimism and enthusiasm for the future of humanity.
The Global Challenges series is both a course at ZJU-UoE Institute for first year students, as well as a public lecture series, open to anyone to join.
Global Challenges has broadened our students’ horizons beyond biomedical science and has also equipped them to think critically on many different aspects of the topic, for example, economics and politics, rather than simply focusing on science and technology.
Global Challenges as a public series has allowed the local communities to engage with both the Institute and the International Campus. Many members of the public have attended these lectures. People attend for different reasons; some are working in the same field as the lecturers, e.g., solar panels, manufacturing and education, and some are just interested to learn. Most visit to experience what it is like to be a ‘student’ at the International Campus. We are proud to have given people from all walks of life an opportunity to be a part of the bigger ZJE community - that is exactly what we wanted to achieve by holding this series of public lectures.
Here is a recap of the exciting topics that were covered in this year’s Global Challenges lectures.
Week 2 | Professor Philip Krein | Solar Energy |
Week 3 | Professor Susan Welburn | Infectious Disease Control |
Week 4 | Professor Gao Chao | Graphene |
Week 5 | Professor Kuan Chong Ting | Global Food Safety |
Week 7 | Professor Benito Marinas | Water Resources |
Week 8 | Dr. Xu Han | Neuroscience |
Week 9 | Dr Poppy Lamberton | Neglected Tropical Dieseases |
Week 10 | Professor Abha Ahuja | The transforming education landscape |
Week 11 | Professor Lap Chee Tusi | Genomic Challenge |
We thank everyone for coming and we hope to see you next year!
