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We are pleased to inform you that EMBO reports features an interview with Dr. Ken-ichi Arai in its Sep edition.
The future of research universities
Is the model of research-intensive universities still valid at the beginning of the twenty-first centry?
Participants
Ken-ichi Arai, Special Professor of the Laboratory of System Biology Medicine at the Research Centre
of Advanced Science and Technology, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, Japan
Thomas Cech, President of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Jean-Lou Chameau, President of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Paul Horn, Senior Vice President and former Director of Research, IBM, Armonk, NY, USA
Iain Mattaj, Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner of Research
John Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA
The Prussian minister, diplomat and philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt founded the University of Berlin in 1810. His vision was of an institution that intimately intertwined research and education under one roof, giving students direct access to the leading researchers and thinkers of the time. In return, scientists would benefit from the critical inquiries of their students. Humboldt? idea proved to be successful: The University of Berlin, which changed its name to Humboldt University in 1949 to honour its founder, quickly became an internationally renowned institution and attracted many influential philosophers and scientists.
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[EMBO Report for Dr. Ken-ichi Arai/PDF (528k)]
EMBO reports interview - Dr. Ken-ichi Arai
2007/09/17
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