Ray Wu Memorial Fund

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Dr. Wu's favorite Quotation:

"Today’s impossibilities are tomorrow’s miracles."

Fund Raising

The Ray Wu Memorial Symposium

Dr. Ray Wu was a true scholar in the world and a strong advocate for life sciences throughout Asia. He developed the first method for DNA sequencing and pioneered recombinant DNA technology, and devoted to genetic engineering of rice, which feeds most of the world population.

Dr. Ray Wu played numerous advisory roles to Chinese and Taiwan governments, as well as academic institutions. In particular, he initiated an exchange program, the CUSBEA (China-United States Biology and Biochemistry Examinations and Applications) Program in the 1980s, which brought over 400 students from China to pursue Ph.D. degrees in the US, thus leading the way for Chinese students to study life sciences abroad and return to work in China.

The Ray Wu Memorial Fund (RWMF) is an independent non-profit organization and will work closely with other professional organizations such as CBIS (Chinese Biological Investigators Society) and SCBA (Society of Chinese Biologists in America). The initial purpose of this fund is to award the Ray Wu Prize of Excellence to graduate students of life sciences in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. As the Fund grows, new projects may be added. By establishing RWMF, we wish to follow Dr. Ray Wu’s footsteps to promote research in life sciences.