WCU Distinguished Lecture Series

The WCU Supporting Team would like to welcome everyone who is interested in the upcoming WCU Distinguished Lecture Series in September! Designed as a series of lectures led by renowned researchers and scholars worldwide, the program provides the audience dynamic opportunities to learn about various research studies. As visiting faculty members of the WCU (World Class University) project in Korean universities, the following speakers are about to share with you fascinating discoveries in their studies!

September 8, 2010
   - Title:"The Impact of Maternal Nutrition on the Health of the Offspring"
   - Speaker: Prof. Janet C. King
                  (Senior Scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute,
                   Research Professor of Nutrition and Internal Medicine at
                   University of California, Davis, USA;
                   WCU Professor of Public Health at Seoul National University)

September 15, 2010
   - Title:"Importance of Controlling Foodborne Pathogens for Food Safety"
   - Speaker: Prof. Dong-Hyun Kang
                   (Associate Professor of Food Science at Washington State University, USA;
                   WCU Professor of Food and Animal Biotechnology at Seoul National University)

September 29, 2010
   - Title:"How is the Sex Determined? ？C From Fish to Human"
   - Speaker: Prof. Kiyoshi Shimada
                   (Designated Professor of Avian Bioscience Research Center at 
                    Nagoya University, Japan;
                    WCU Professor of Biomodulation, Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology at
                    Seoul National University)

∽ Time: Wednesdays, 16:00~17:30

∽ Place: Center for Teaching & Learning (Bldg. 61), Rm 320
               at SNU’s Gwanak Campus (For exact location, please click here)

What is the World Class University (WCU) project?
The WCU project is one of the programs sponsored by the Korean government with a goal to enhance education and research standards in Korean universities. By inviting prominent researchers and scholars from overseas, the project allows local and foreign faculty members to interact with each other in order to promote advanced research activities. The project also seeks to establish new academic programs based on research done by faculty and staff members involved in the program. To find out more about the WCU project, please visit at http://wcu.nrf.go.kr/

Attached: Abstract of lecture and speaker's biography (Sept. 29)

For further information, please contact the WCU Supporting Team (02-880-5156).