Bulletin No. 2, 2009

50   Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2009 Activities and Events CUHK to Establish Lab with French Institutions T he University has entered into an agreement with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris of France to establish a joint laboratory in traditional medicine. The joint Laboratory of Molecules from Traditional Medicine aims to identify new potential compounds in Chinese medicine that can lead to the development of safe and effective drugs for the treatment of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Establishment of Radar Remote Sensing Application Research Centre A memorandum of understanding was signed to establish the Joint Research Centre for Radar Remote Sensing Application between the Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS), CUHK and the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Applications (CRESDA). The signing ceremony was attended by Prof. Michael Hui (right), Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Prof. Guo Jianning (centre), director of CRESDA; and Prof. Jiang Changzhong (left), Vice-President of Wuhan University. The agreement will ex tend and strengthen the conduct of cooperative activities between the two parties, which aim to promote wider application of radar and satellite and enhance data- quality. Prof. Lin Hui, director of ISEIS, was also appointed a committee member of the CRESDA.