Calendar 2002–03

130 Part 3• ResearchUnits andUniversity Extensions Joint Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering Tel.:2609 8285/8459 Fax.:2603 5558 E-mail: jcbme@ee.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.ee.cuhk.edu.hk/~jcbme The Jo int Resear ch Centre for Biomedical Engineering (JCBME) is an inter- institutio nal research and development centre jo intly established b y Zhejiang University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong in August 1999. It is an open research and academic exchange environment that promotes collaboration amo ng r esear ch ers in eng in eer in g, med icine, and science to pr ov id e interdisciplinary insight into medical and life science problems. Th e research activities of the JCBME are focused on the following areas: • electronic info rmatio n tech nology for b iomedicine and health care: tele- medicine, tele-healthcare, e-medicine, and mobile medicine; • bioelectronics: medicaldevices and biosensors; • engineering in Chinese medicine; • biomedical measurements, processing, modelling, and simulation; • medical visualization, virtual reality, medical imaging and image processing; and • neural engineering. The Shanghai-Hong Kong-Anson Research Foundation for CAS and CUHK in Molecular Biosciences Tel.:2609 6793 Fax.:2603 5123 The Shanghai-Hong Kong-Anson Research Foundation (SHARF) was formed in the year 2000 to promote collaboration in molecular bioscien ce research between the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai (CAS) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). An initial funding was pledged by the three founding organizations, namely CAS,CUHK andAnson Biotechnology Co.Ltd. The foundation supports and manages multi-disciplinary research activities and resource development primarily within the field of molecular biosciences. This effort focuses on basic researchwith potentialfor application through biochemical, pharmacological and genomic studies. Based upon recent advances and future trends in molecular biosciences,the foundation intends to promote investigator- initiated research in the ar eas of h ealth and food. To facilitate collaboration between CAS and CUHK, two research centres have been formed, respectively at CAS and at CUHK. The two centres will serve as the coordinating bodies for submission, running and management of research projects. The Shanghai centre will have designated laboratories and personnel to undertake research projects funded by the foundation while theHong Kong centre willmake use of CUHK’s existing facilities and staff.