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Professor James Stirling Joins the College in the New Role of Provost → Centre Pages Issue 263 ▸ 1 August 2013 reporterSharing stories of Imperial’s community Meet our first Provost Professor James Stirling joins the College in the new role of Provost → centre pages MYSTERIOUS THE SILWOOD MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE MESSENGERS CIRCLE Imperial students Neutrino The top hone their skills particles may ecologists who at new medical show the way made their name school in to new physics at the campus Singapore PAGE 5 PAGE 8 PAGE 3 2 >> newsupdate www.imperial.ac.uk/reporter | reporter | 1 August 2013 • issue 263 Imperial launches Alumni Visitor Centre Mr Koh Boon Hwee, Imperial alum- developing these activities. Impe- nus (Mechanical Engineering, 1972) rial has alumni all over the world and EDITOR’S CORNER and Chairman of Nanyang Techno- London is probably the most cosmo- logical University, joined members politan city. Alumni will pop by and of the College’s Council and other the Alumni Visitor Centre provides a Wanderlust prominent alumni to formally open very good point of contact.” the new Alumni Visitor Centre on Anne Blake, alumnus (Mechani- With all the great work the South Kensington Campus last cal Engineering, 1974) and a mem- that goes on across our month. ber of Imperial’s Court, said: “Alumni campuses in the UK, it coming to Imperial can wander round can sometimes be easy to The Alumni Visitor Centre provides an Mr Koh noted how much the Col- campus, reminiscing about their time forget that Imperial has a exclusive space on campus for visit- lege had changed since he was a stu- here, but it’s invaluable that they now truly global reach. In this ing Imperial alumni and their guests dent, with iconic campus buildings have a space specifically for them, issue alone we report on to relax, work, meet friends and col- now facing onto Exhibition Road. where they feel welcome.” Yoshi Uchida and Morgan leagues, and catch up with the latest He said: “It’s important to engage — CAROLINE DAVIS, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC Wascko’s research at the developments at the College. alumni and it’s great to see Imperial AFFAIRS T2K particle experiment in Japan (page 5); Sunday Popo-Ola’s work with the United Arab Emirates using Major grants for date palms as sustainable New centre building materials (page future technologies 10); and Imperial medics will reap on elective at the new Storing energy from sustainable sources and Lee Kong Chian School rewards of improving surgical robotic technology are two of Medicine in Singapore Imperial-led projects receiving major funding from (page 3). The School – the government. established by Nanyang synthetic Technological University The projects received a combined total of £18.3 and Imperial in October biology million from the Engineering and Physical Sci- 2010 – will admit its first ences Research Council and were announced this students on 5 August A £24 million cash injection will help realise the UK’s goal week by David Willetts, Minister for Universities after three years of careful of commercialising synthetic biology into a range of new and Science. Imperial is one of 20 UK universities planning. industries. to receive funds for research that has been Perhaps our most exciting identified by the government as a future driver adventures happen in The Imperial-led SynbiCITE Centre will be a national resource, of UK growth. outer space, with Imperial involving researchers from a further 17 universities and aca- Professor Nigel Brandon, Director of Impe- technology having been demic institutions across the UK, as well as 13 industrial rial’s Energy Futures Lab, has been awarded a used on interplanetary partners including the research arms of Microsoft, Shell and £14.3 million project to develop new technolo- missions over the years. GlaxoSmithKline. gies for storing energy captured from low carbon That expertise was called The main aim of the Centre will be to provide a bridge sources, such as wind farms and nuclear reac- upon for a recent BBC between academia and industry to speed up the develop- tors, so that it can be used more effectively by interactive series, How to ment of new technologies in synthetic biology. This is a field the National Grid. He will lead a group of 10 uni- put a human on Mars, to of science where researchers re-engineer cells to develop versities in the project. which academics across microscopic devices that can be used to address a range of Professor Guang-Zhong Yang, co-director of the Faculties of Natural global challenges such as producing low-carbon fuel, reduc- the College’s Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Sciences, Engineering ing the cost of industrial raw materials and producing new will take the helm of a £4 million project that will and Medicine contributed pharmaceuticals. establish new engineering facilities for developing (page 4). The Centre will be led by Professors Richard Kitney (Bio- miniaturised robots for surgery and new types of For those with sights closer engineering) and Paul Freemont (Life Sciences). targeted therapies for patients. to Earth this summer “One of the major challenges that industry and academia Imperial’s President & Rector Sir Keith O’Nions though, keep safe and face in synthetic biology is translating breakthroughs in said: “These two projects exemplify some of the have fun. research into new products. The aim of the new Centre is to technologies that could successfully power the ANDREW CZYZEWSKI, ACTING EDITOR break down roadblocks so that new industries can be devel- UK’s economy well into the future. Developing bet- oped that could ultimately help to safeguard the UK’s eco- ter surgical robots could pave the way for their Reporter is published every three weeks during term time in nomic future,” said Professor Kitney. wider use, which should mean better outcomes print and online. “The UK is a global leader in synthetic biology and we for patients, and creating better ways for storing Contact Andrew Czyzewski: hope the establishment of SynbiCITE will help us to capitalise green energy should put the UK on a much more [email protected] on our research success,” said Professor Freemont. sustainable path in terms of our power usage.” — COLIN SMITH, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS — COLIN SMITH, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 3 www.imperial.ac.uk/reporter | reporter | 1 August 2013 • issue 263 >> newsupdate Huawei and Imperial explore “Our clinicians gave good research collaboration feedback and I was Chinese networking and telecommunications company personally Huawei and Imperial have signed a memorandum of under- impressed by standing (MoU) to consider the development of a research and the students’ innovation centre focused on the next generation of big data bedside technologies. manner” Imperial and Huawei plan to collaborate on a joint R&D hub, enabling academic researchers and business experts to collec- tively develop innovations and applications in research areas including digital, energy, healthcare, future cities and life sci- Medics get unique ences. The proposed joint centre would be located on Imperial’s new research and translation campus, Imperial West, in White experience in Singapore City, west London. The MoU was signed by Imperial’s President & Rector, Sir Seventeen MBBS students from the College recently completed a clinical Keith O’Nions, and William Xu, Chief Executive of Huawei’s elective in Singapore – the first group of Imperial medics to undertake a Enterprise Business Group. placement there. Oliver Letwin MP, Minis- ter of State at the Cabinet The elective was offered by the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedi- Office, attended the sign- cine), Singapore’s newest medical school. Established by Nanyang Techno- ing ceremony at Imperial logical University and Imperial in October 2010, the School is awaiting its first and underlined the gov- intake of students in August this year. ernment’s support for the The Imperial medics, who are in their sixth year of study, undertook a partnership. three or six-week placement. Supported by the School, the students gained an Sir Keith said: “We are insight into the Singaporean healthcare system. excited to have taken the MBBS student, Anil Sunny Chopra, said: “I had always wanted to go to Sin- first step in what we hope will be a long-term collaboration with gapore because of what I had heard about the weather, culture and food. After Huawei, a company which plays a major role in the global ICT a one-week induction to Singapore’s healthcare system with visits to hospitals, industry. Imperial and Huawei share a commitment to translat- clinics and rehab centres, I spent the next three weeks in Tan Tock Seng Hospi- ing research, innovation and developing next generation data tal’s Emergency Department. I found it interesting how much more streamlined science technology for the benefit of society and the economy.” their admissions became as a result of their fully electronic medical record sys- Under the terms of the MoU, Imperial and Huawei have also tem – we could learn a few things from them.” agreed to spend a year exploring other opportunities for collabo- The LKCMedicine team also found the pilot a success. Associate Profes- ration over the next decade. Options being considered include sor Tham Kum Ying said: “The Imperial elective placements went well. The a Huawei-Imperial Joint Innovation Centre suite, which would students were friendly and got along well with the other trainee doctors. Our be used by Imperial researchers, students and Huawei staff as a clinicians gave good feedback and I was personally impressed by their bedside meeting and work space. The suite could also act as a state-of- manner and good interpersonal skills.” the-art demonstration centre where technology, including Hua- Following the successful pilot the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine elec- wei solutions, can be viewed by the public.
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