Connecting with the world's bio-leaders

17 November 2006

Henry Ko, a final year PhD student in the School of Biomedical Engineering, has been recognised as one of the world’s top 100 young ‘bio-leaders’ and as such has been invited to participate in two major international conferences; the World Life Sciences Forum BioVision and the BioVision.Nxt Forum.

“Its very exciting to be at the cutting edge of biotechnology,” says Ko, who is part of a UNSW research team which is working to create replacement tissue for damaged or degenerating body parts.

“To also have the opportunity to travel the world and discuss my work with world experts in this area, as well as with business and opinion leaders from around the globe, is extremely exciting.”

The World Life Sciences Forum BioVision and the BioVision.Nxt Forum, to be held in France in early 2007, aims to create a worldwide network of current and future bio-leaders and build a network of the most promising talent in life sciences worldwide. The World Life Sciences Forum BioVision is the single most important gathering of opinion-leaders and decision-makers in the life sciences. The theme of BioVision 2007 is “The Life Sciences Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals.”

Earlier this year Ko was awarded a University of Oxford James Martin Institute for Science and Civilisation bursary, as well as winning a Foundation for Young Australians Individual Grant to attend the 2006 World Forum on Science and Civilisation on Tomorrow’s People at Oxford.