In the morning of March 21st, the opening ceremony of the 4th Life Science Festival organized by Life Science College was held in the Small Auditorium of the tenth teaching building in Ya'an Campus. In the ceremony, Dr. Jim Peacock, Dr. Liz Dennis and postdoctoral Dr. Li Wang all from CSIRO/UTS were invited to attend. Secretary of the party committee of the Rice Research Institute Dr. Wu Xianjun Institute, Dean of Life Science College Dr. Xianyin Zeng and Secretary of the party committee of Life Science College Dr. Chunbang Ding, attended the ceremony. The ceremony was chaired by Dr, Xianyin Zeng.
Dr. Li Wang did an academic report titled “HYBRIDS and HYBRID MIMICS: a new breeding technology for Rice”. In this report, Dr. Li Wang introduced the application of simulation of heterosis in rice breeding. Such new rice breeding technology is characterized by short cultivation time and genetically stable inheritance. The exciting content aroused great interest among teachers and students. The three experts conducted in-depth exchanges with teachers and students about scientific research work, personal interest, future goals, the whole life planning, as well as their relations with each other.
The Life Science Festival is a featured brand activity that was created and developed by the Life Science College. Totally, this time the Life Science Festival includes nine different thematic activities: “exploring the microscopic world”, “creating colorful life”, “appreciating biological movies”, “deciphering life password”, “conducting fun experiments”, “enjoying the biological environment”, “Talking with the returned teachers, “Listening to the stories of studying Abroad”. These activities will subsequently last for 10 months, including topics such as academic salons, technological innovations, and knowledge competitions. It has served as a platform for facilitating students’ interest development and skills upgrading, demonstrating the distinct education features of Life Science College.
Person Introduction:
Dr. Jim Peacock：Plant biologist. He is the member of the Australian Academy of Science, of the United States National Academy of Sciences and of the royal society of London. He is served in many international academic organizations and journals and was the President of the Australian Academy of Science from 2002 to 2006.
Dr. Liz Dennis：Plant molecular biologist. She is the member of the Australian Academy of Science, of the Australian engineering academy, and of the American academy of advanced sciences. She is served in many international academic organizations and journals. Particularly, she is one of the pioneers in the study of genomics and epigenetic regulation in Arabidopsis and rice, and was the chairman of the Australian Society for Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. She jointly received the inaugural Prime Minister's Science Prize together with Professor Jim Peacock in 2000 .
Dr. Li Wang：Dr. Li Wang achieved his Ph.D degree in China National Agriculture University in 2011. Then he started to as a postdoctoral researcher in CSIRO/UTS. He is mainly engaged in research on signal conditioning, simulation of heterosis and molecular mechanism of phytohormones, and has published more than 10 papers in journals such as PNAS.
