An Australian scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in
2005 was awarded the title of honorary professor by a university
based in East China's Zhejiang Province on Monday.
Barry J. Marshall, who shared the 2005 prize for medicine with
compatriot Robin Warren, was handed the Letter of Appointment at a
ceremony held by the Zhejiang University, located in the provincial
capital of Hangzhou.
Marshall, on behalf of the University of Western Australia, also
participated in the opening ceremony of a joint lab on the research
of plant genes and nutrition sponsored by the two universities.
Both parties will invest 500,000 yuan (US$62,500) every year in
the program.
The Australian scientist made a speech later in the day to some
1,000 students, reviewing his path to success and giving advice and
suggestions on academic research and career development.
Marshall and Warren won the Nobel Prize for their discovery that
the bacterium was the cause of most stomach ulcers -- previously
blamed on stress -- allowing treatment with antibiotics.
Marshall famously swallowed a solution containing the bacteria
to prove the theory.
(Xinhua News Agency March 28, 2006)
