{"id":1399,"date":"2016-08-04T18:21:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T17:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2016-08-08T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T11:34:24","slug":"biotechnology-summer-school-celebrates-international-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2016\/08\/04\/biotechnology-summer-school-celebrates-international-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Biotechnology Summer School celebrates international collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1400\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/files\/2016\/08\/Summer-School-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Summer School\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/files\/2016\/08\/Summer-School-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/files\/2016\/08\/Summer-School-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/files\/2016\/08\/Summer-School-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/files\/2016\/08\/Summer-School-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Twenty-one students from seventeen different countries were welcomed to the School of Biosciences for a very international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/bio\/news\/summerschool\/index.html\">Biotechnology Summer School<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<p>Over a period of two weeks, the students worked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/bio\/profiles\/staff\/lloyd.html\">Dr. Dan Lloyd,<\/a> Director of the Biotechnology Summer School, to develop advanced practical skills in molecular biology and therapeutic protein production. Their work in developing and characterising an antibody fragment with the potential for diagnosis and treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia was supplemented by research based seminars that featured some of the world-leading research conducted within the School.<\/p>\n<p>The Summer School coincided with the <a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/\">Royal Society<\/a>&#8216;s #ScienceIsGlobal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/scienceisglobal\">campaign<\/a>, highlighting the importance of retaining international collaboration by featuring pictures of internationally diverse research groups.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2016\/08\/04\/biotechnology-summer-school-celebrates-international-collaboration\/&amp;t=Biotechnology Summer School celebrates international collaboration' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Biotechnology Summer School celebrates international collaboration%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2016\/08\/04\/biotechnology-summer-school-celebrates-international-collaboration\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2016\/08\/04\/biotechnology-summer-school-celebrates-international-collaboration\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2016\/08\/04\/biotechnology-summer-school-celebrates-international-collaboration\/&amp;title=Biotechnology Summer School celebrates international collaboration' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2016\/08\/04\/biotechnology-summer-school-celebrates-international-collaboration\/&amp;title=Biotechnology Summer School celebrates international collaboration' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Twenty-one students from seventeen different countries were welcomed to the School of Biosciences for a very international Biotechnology Summer School in July. 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