Carl and Charl ran the Bristol 10k race on Sunday, the 20th of May. They both finished the race under 1h! Here a photo of the two of them – Charl is looking tired and angry, Carl is looking happy and full of energy!
Bristol 10k!
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Paper published!
A paper was very recently published from a collaboration with bone biologists and clinicians from Bristol Southmead Hospital’s Avon Orthopaedic Centre. Authors on the paper were Judith Brown (previous PhD student from the Faul Research Group), Jon Knapp (who did his undergraduate research project on this topic), and Charl.
The paper discusses a newly developed method for the functionalisation of Ti (implant) surfaces for enhanced bone cell growth, a new area of activity for the Faul Research Group. Congrats to Judith, Jon, and the other authors.
See the full paper in the open access journal eCells & Materials here.
Beijing Institute of Technology
In the last lecture of Charl’s lecture, he spoke at at the Beijing Institute of Technology’s School of Materials and Engineering (hosted by professors Zhong and Zou), on Wednesday the 16th of May. As this was Charl’s last day in China, it was the perfect end to a very successful and fruitful stay!
Nankai University, Tianjin
Charl’s penultimate presentation of his extended lecture tour of China was giving at the Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers at Nankai University, Tianjin, on Monday the 14th of May. Prof Ying Guan was the perfect host! Here he is talking about Bristol during his presentation. More details about the University of Bristol on the chinese website Weibo.
Charl also enjoyed a lovely boat trip in Tianjin with husband-and-wife team professors Guan and Zhang, and their children Michael and Max!
Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl Tower!
Charl, with a student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ascended into the clouds over Shanghai, and enjoyed the city from a slightly different (and rather alarming!) perspective … from 250m up!
USST
Charl also took the opportunity to give a talk at the University of Shanghai Science and Technology on Wednesday the 9th of May, invited by Dr. Yaozu Liao. Yaozu spent two years in prof Ric Kaner’s labs at UCLA (where Charl recently visited).
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Zhixiang and Charl enjoyed a very interesting visit and scientific discussions at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, hosted by prof Yongfeng Zhou. Here a photo with Prof Xinyuan Zhu, Zhixiang, Academician Prof Yan, Charl and Yongfeng, after scientific presentations from Zhixiang and Charl, and just before a delicious lunch!
Hangzhou – fish, tea and lectures!
Zhixiang and Charl enjoyed a relaxing day on Sunday, walking along the famous West Lake in Hangzhou and enjoyed some local fish for lunch. After lunch and a boat trip across the lake, they headed up to Longjin village, famous for it’s excellent tea! We sampled some of the local produce and Zhixiang bargained with the owner of the tea shop about the price of various teas. Finally, after a deal was struck, the lady took us out into the woods and up the hills to their farm! Fascinating stuff! On Monday both Zhixiang and Charl give a lecture at the Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhijiang University in Hangzhou (host: Prof Gao Chao) before heading off to Shanghai Jiaotong University.
China lecture tour – Harbin
Charl is currently on a short lecture tour in China, with his first stop at the Harbin Institute of Technology (host – prof. Shaoqin Liu). He also had the chance to enjoy the interesting multi-cultural city of Harbin (with lots of influence from Russia), as well as some rather hungry looking Siberian tigers!
USA!
Charl visited the US last week to briefly meet up with UoB undergraduate students on the year-in-industry degree programme. He used this opportunity to stop in Los Angeles and visit Ric Kaner’s group at UCLA (and gave a talk in Ric’s research group meeting), before moving on to DuPont’s central research site in Wilmington (close to Philadelphia) and Argonne National Laboratory (close to Chicago)! The photo was taken in a small town called Newcastle, close to Wilmington.
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