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The MOU recognizes the significant scholarly exchange already underway between the two universities in the areas of vision science, cognitive neuroscience and anatomy, and paves the way for enhanced interactions in these specific areas. The MOU details future efforts to enhance scholarly exchange between the two universities in the form of research collaborations and exchange of students and academic staff.

This interaction stems from a meeting between Mayor Seki and Professor Grant two years ago, where the two discussed how to form global links between universities in Osaka and Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾. Since that time Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ has now completed MOUs with both Osaka University and OCU, two leading universities in the Kansai region of Japan.Ìý

In November 2005 the first joint forum between Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and OCU was held in Osaka. Around 300 people, including government officials, CEOs and other senior management from pharmaceutical companies, attended the event. Professor Santa Ono (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Ophthalmology) and Professor Semir Zeki (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Anatomy & Developmental Biology) spoke at this forum, together with other scientists from OCU. This forum was followed by visits by OCU professors Yasuyoshi Watanabe and Hiroshi Kiyama to Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾.

The significant interactions between Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and these institutions further cements the long history of interaction between Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and Japan, including the education of two Japanese Prime Ministers at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ (Hirobumi Ito and Junichiro Koizumi) and corporate interactions with Eisai Pharmaceuticals and Hamamatsu Photonics. Ìý

To find out more about Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾'s links with Japan, use the link at the bottom of this article.

Image: Osaka's Mayor, Junichi Seki and Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ President and Provost, Professor Malcolm Grant

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