Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2007

43 News in Brief Joint Laboratory on Natural Products and Toxicology Research T he Chinese University of Hong Kong and Zhejiang University (ZJU) signed collaboration agreements and opened the Joint Laboratory on Natural Products and Toxicology Research on 15 January. CUHK and ZJU also agreed to establish the Joint Centre for Advanced Photonics Research of CUHK and ZJU. The Joint Laboratory of ZJU and CUHK on Natural Products and Toxicology Research will build a database of natural drugs and biotoxins and develop new drugs to treat major diseases like cancers and viral infections. A ctivities and E vents