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DIPLOMATIC VISIT TO THE CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY.
 

NEWS BULLETIN
FACULTY OF PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
June 22nd, 1999
   

During last week, the Ambassador of Great Britain, Glynne Evans and First Secretary, David Roberts visited our Faculty and especially the Centre for Excellence in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

The diplomats first had an interview with Dean Víctor Pérez, who was accompanied by the academics Juan Asenjo and Bárbara Andrews , he informed them about the activities carryed out in the Faculty in differents fields in particular the labour of the Centre for Excellence in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

The British Ambassador was interested in visiting this Center, as soon as she was informed by the First Secretary of its existence, as it was created and led by two people very closely linked to England.

The Ambassador Glynne Evans, expressed her satisfaction when she realized that the Center is not just a copy of the British Center, on the contrary, she noticed the development of investigations at high level similar to any European or United States University.

In fact, the Center has developed two new research lines. The first, Protein Engineering which resulted a Presidential Chair in Science. The second corresponds to technological aspects of the field of Gene Therapy (development and engineering of vectors), that will have a tremendous impact in Medicine in the next century in genetic diseases such, cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer.

Also, Juan Asenjo informed them that several doctoral students have the possibility of visiting European Universities through an Alfa Program and Universities in the United States through an agreement between Conicyt and NSF.

Juan Asenjo, showed the distinguished visitors the new laboratory for the development and engineering of vectors for Gene Therapy.

 

At the conclusion of their visit Embassador Evans and the First Secretary Roberts, expressed their pleasure at the great academic level of the research that is developed in this Center.