Joint Research Centers
Austria- Central Asia Collaborating Centre for GIScience
Opening: May 15, 2008
Location: Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and Architecture
Partners: Eurasia- Pacific Uninet, Z_GIS (University of Salzburg), KSUCTA (Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transprtation and Architecture)
Homepage: http://www.aca-giscience.org
The GIScience Centre at the Kytgyz State University for Construction, Transportation and Architecture serves as a link between Austria and Central Asia for jointly developing capacities, fostering information exchange and facilitating education. It also plays a proactive role in promoting public awarness and operational capabilities in Central Asia.
The Centre serves as a link between Austria and Central Asia for information exchange, education, teaching, research and training activities. Further on, it plays a proactive role in promoting public awarness and extension services beneficial to both sides. It moreover encourages exchange activities between member institutions of the Eurasia-Pacific Uninet and it organizes academic activities to promote public understanding and research on Geoinformatics Science.
Austria-China Research Center for Biomarker Discovery
Opening: 2006
Location: Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing
Organizer: Eurasia-Pacific Uninet, University of Innsbruck, Peking University Health Science Center
Interdisciplinary science and technologies have converged in the last few years to create exciting chanllenges and opportunities in life science, involving novel analytical strategies in biomedical applications. Since the opening of the Sino-Austrian Biomarker Center in 2000, a strong and effective cooperation between the Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry at the University of Innsbruck and the Peking University Health Science Center has been built up.
The main aim of the Sino-Austrian collaboration is to expand the scope of novel innovative and high performance bio-analytical techniques in the fields of proteomics and genomics using high performance single- and multi-dimensional separation methods.
To ensure a maximum of scientific output and to furhter strengthen the fruitful cooperation, several meetings, conferences, scientific exchanges and opposite visits are in the planning process and will be periodically held to discuss with enthusiasm the progress of this collaboration.
Austria-China Research Center for Environment Protection
Opening: May 15-18, 2007
Location: Northwest Agrucitulture and Forestry University, Yangling
Organizer: Eurasia-Pacific Uninet, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling
The Austria-China Research Center for Environment Protection has as its main objectives the facilitation of joint research programs, the creation of educational, training and public awarness programs, and te encouragement of exchange activities (such as scholarships and short-term guest professorships) between Northwest A&F University and the member institutions of all member countries of Eurasia-Pacific Uninet. Another priority of the Center is the organization of conferences and workshops in the field of environment protection.
Sino-Austrian Collaborating Center for Chinese Medical Sciences
Opening: September 16-18, 2007
Location: China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing
Organizer: Eurasia-Pacific Uninet, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
The Sino-Austrian Collaborating Center for Chinese Medical Sciences was officially opened on October 16, 2007. Following the official opening, the 2007 Expert Forum on Traditional Chinese Medicine was held at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. The aim of this forum was to specify future cooperation plans in conjunction with the Sino-Austrian Collaborating Center for Chinese Medical Sciences. The research projects presented, had all TCM and age-diseases as ibe if the main topics.
The operational facilities for the Center, which include offices and scientific work stations, are provided bythe China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing. An office for organizational issues and laboratory facilities for scientific research is located there. The facilities are opem to all researchers involved in the Center. An administrative board, a committee and a scientific board have been set up for the coordination of projects.
Austrian-China Research Center on Tunnel and Underground Engineering
Opening: October 9, 2007
Location: Tongji University, Shanghai
Organizer: Eurasia-Pacific Uninet, Tongji University
The Center serves as a link between Austria and China in the field of tunneling and underground engineering. It provides information exchange and training programs, and plays an active role in promoting public interest and extention services beneficial to both sides. The Center also conducts research, develops scientific technology and tools, and introduces improved methods of achieving concordant development. A further goal of the Center is to involve industry in future projects in order to make work as practical as possible and to ensure that it is of benefit not only to the students and researchers but also to the public at large through the improvement of infrastructures in both contries.