Aberdeen based researchers awarded share of £144,000 in funding
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RESEARCHERS from the University of Aberdeen have been awarded a share of £144,000 in funding.
The funding is aimed at promoting green economic growth and improving cancer treatment, among other benefits.
The researchers from the University of Aberdeen are among 17 recipients of the Scotland Asia Partnerships and Higher Education Fund which has been set up to promote collaboration between Scottish researchers and their Asian counterparts.
Dr Chunxia Jiang, of the university's Business School, will collaborate with Kanazawa University in Japan and the National University of Singapore to investigate how to finance environmentally-friendly projects.
Meanwhile, Dr Wenbo Zhan, School of Engineering, is set to work with the Inidan Institue of Technology and the National University of Singapore on a project that will focus on Glioblastoma, an aggressive type of cancer. The project will combine numerous techniques with the aim of providing a sustainable supply of drugs to effectively kill tumour cells.
Finally, Professor David McGloin, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, has been awarded funding to work on a project with the University of Technology Sydney which will develop 3D printing approaches with the aim of improving the use of radioactive beams in applications such as medical imaging and environmental sensing.
Professor Marion Campbell, Vice-Principal (Research) at the University, congratulated each of the recipients on their awards.
She said: “We are an international University whose interdisciplinary research crosses boundaries, and each of these projects is testament to the strength of our global collaborations in areas including engineering, medicine, economics, and the environment.
“My congratulations go to our researchers in Aberdeen as well as their international colleagues, and I look forward to hearing how each of these exciting projects develops.”
