Newsletter No. 288

第二八八期　二零零六年十二月四日 No. 288 4th December 2006 1 第二八八期　二零零六年十二月四日 No. 288 4th December 2006 中大設立華南腫瘤學國家重點實驗室 State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China Opens at CUHK formally approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China in October 2006, and was built on the foundation of the University’s long- established partnership with Sun Yat-sen University in cancer research, and with the support of the Education and Manpower Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government. The Laboratory is backed by a strong clinical base, made possible by the support of the Hospital Authority and the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government. Its strategic location at CUHK promotes the translation of research output into clinical solutions bringing hope to patients. The research focus of the Laboratory will be cancers which are especially threatening to the Guangdong population, such as nasopharyngeal and lung cancers. Capitalizing on the strengths of the Faculty of Medicine, research at the Laboratory spans the major aspects of oncology, from cancer biology, early detection, to novel therapeutics for cancers of high prevalence in Asia. The national standing granted to the Laboratory represents the State’s recognition of the University’s unremittingefforts andacademic excellence inmedical research, while at the same time serves as an important platform for extending its scientific achievements to benefit the wider Chinese community. The State Key Laboratory will further consolidate the University’s presence in the global research arena and anchor its role in spearheading international collaborations in medical research as well as promoting scientific development of the nation. (左起) 劉遵義校長、醫院管理局主席胡定旭先生、國家科學 技術部部長徐冠華院士、衛生福利及食物局局長周一嶽醫生 及中山大學校長黃達人教授 (From left) Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, Mr. Anthony T.Y. Wu, Chairman of the Hospital Authority; Prof. Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology; Dr. York Y.N. Chow, SBS, JP, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food; and Prof. Huang Daren, President of Sun Yat-sen University 實驗室的研究將得到大量臨床病例的實證支持，其策略 性的位置更有助研究人員把研究成果轉化成醫療用途， 造福社會。由於與中山大學的夥伴關係，實驗室將會大 大加強廣東省常見癌症的研究，如肺癌和鼻咽癌。 實驗室薈萃中大醫學院的科研人才，將繼續發揮該院的 學術優勢，針對多種亞洲常見的癌病，致力尋求準確有 效的診治方案。研究重點將集中在尋找新的癌病診斷標 誌和檢測技術，制定更先進的分子分期方案，以及研發 抗腫瘤新藥。 過去十載，中大癌症中心的綜合癌症治療試驗單位，先 後完成了一百多項研究計劃，為本港首個及目前唯一獲 美國國家癌病研究所認可，成為新藥測試基地的腫瘤學 研究單位。最近更獲中國國家食品藥品監督管理局批 准，作為其註冊藥品研究的試驗基地。 T he State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) officially opened on 16th November. Prof. Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. YorkY.N. Chow, SBS, JP, Secretary forHealth,Welfare and Food of the HKSAR Government, Prof. Huang Daren, President of Sun Yat-sen University, and Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong officiated at the opening ceremony. Located at the Sir Y.K. Pao Centre for Cancer of the Prince of Wales Hospital, the State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China is a scientific research centre of national level focusing on cancers of high prevalence in Asia. It is the only State Key Laboratory in Hong Kong for cancer. Its establishment was 余英時教授榮獲人文學科最高殊榮 Prof. Yu Ying-shih Named Senior Distinguished Scholar at John W. Kluge Center 華 南腫瘤學國家重點實驗室（香港中文大學）開幕 典禮於上月十六日在威爾斯親王醫院舉行，由國 家科學技術部部長徐冠華院士、香港特別行政區衛生福 利及食物局局長周一嶽醫生、中山大學校長黃達人教授 及中文大學校長劉遵義教授主持。 實驗室位於威爾斯親王醫院包玉剛癌症中心大樓，是香 港唯一專研亞洲常見癌病的國家級癌症科研單位。中大 和中山大學在腫瘤研究上合作已久，而且關係緊密，復 得特區政府教育統籌局的支持，以及醫院管理局和衛生 福利及食物局多年來的協助，實驗室於十月獲中國科學 技術部批准正式成立。 本 校前副校長及新亞書院院長余英時教授獲美 國國會圖書館頒發今年度克盧格獎（John W. Kluge Prize），以表揚他的學術成就。余教授與另一 位獲獎人美國歷史學家 Prof. John Hope Franklin 將共 享一百萬美元獎金。克盧格獎相等於社會科學與人文 科學領域的諾貝爾獎。 余教授是著名歷史學家，新亞書院畢業後負笈美國， 一九六二年取得哈佛大學博士學位，七年後受聘為哈 佛大學中國史教授。一九七三年，余教授休假時回到 中文大學擔任新亞書院院長，兼任大學副校長，兩年 後重回哈佛任教。現年七十六歲的余教授，是普林斯 頓大學歷史學與漢學研究榮譽教授。 余教授學問淵博，雖然專攻中國歷史，但研究範亦很 廣泛，論述中國哲學和文藝的著作甚多。美國國會圖 書館讚揚他是「中國和美國學術界最有影響力的華裔 知識分子」。 克盧格獎由美國億萬富翁克盧格創立，他於二零零零 年向國會圖書館捐款七千三百萬美元（約五億七千萬 港元），建立一個學者中心及其他學術計劃，包括 創立克盧格獎。該獎項專門頒給諾貝爾獎範圍以外的 學術領域，如歷史學、政治學、社會學、哲學、人類 學、宗教學、語言學和文學批評等。 T he Library of Congress of the United States has named Prof. Yu Ying-shih, who is widely respected throughout the Chinese-speaking world for his work on the history of Chinese philosophy, as a senior distinguished scholar in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Prof. Yu will pursue his interest in Chinese history, culture and philosophy. Born inAnhui Province, China, Prof. Yu grad- uated from New Asia College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and received his doctorate in history from Harvard University in 1962. He has had a distinguished career as a researcher, historian and teacher at Harvard, Yale, the University of Michigan and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. At the time of his retirement in 2001, he was the Gordon Wu Professor of Chinese Studies and professor of history and East Asian studies at Princeton University.