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                        JeffNEWS, January 10, 1995
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Jefferson Undertakes Collaboration With Spanish Research Council
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Jefferson and Spain's Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cienti'ficas
(Spanish Council for Scientific Research), that country's preeminent
research organization, began an important scientific collaboration with
the signing of an Agreement of Cooperation in the office of University
president Paul C. Brucker, MD.

"We seek to advance the goals and objectives of both institutions
through scientific cooperation and exchange," Dr. Brucker said.

The council's agreement with Jefferson is the first with any United
States institution, although the organization has similar collaborative
arrangements with many prominent research institutions worldwide.

The council's president, Jose' M. Mato, MD, is an internationally
acclaimed scientist who was recently awarded Jefferson's Lennox K. Black
International Prize in Medicine.

During Dr. Mato's stay at Jefferson this past August under the aegis of
the prize, several common interests between the council and Jefferson
emerged as promising areas for cooperation:

   o Organic chemistry at the council; and at Jefferson, pharmacology and
     rational drug design

   o Development of new ceramic and other materials at the council; and
     cardiovascular and orthopaedic surgery at Jefferson

   o Information science at both institutions - to facilitate scientific
     exchange


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