Seminar

2018

Building Abbreviations
 
Area 39 (Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building)
BMS (Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building)
CKH (Ching Kai Hall, Basic Medical Sciences Building)
ELB (Esther Lee Building, Sin Wai Kin Hall)
LHC (Y.C. Liang Hall)
LSB (Lady Shaw Building)
MMW (Mong Man Wai Building)
SC (Science Centre)
YIA (Yasumoto International Academic Park) 
 

 

Date Time Venue Speaker   Seminar Title    Organizer
Dec 20, 2018 0930 - 1030
LT1, Cheng Yu Tung Building
Prof. David G. DRUBIN
Co-Chair of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology,
Ernette Comby Chair in Microbiology and
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
  Thoughts about Science Careers
and Publishing
  School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science
               
Dec 14, 2018 1430 -1530
SC L3
Dr Hoi Yan Wu
Institute of Chinese Medicine,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Rapid molecular detection of CITES-listed endangered sharkfins   School of Life Sciences, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin R&D Centre for Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medicine
               
Dec 14, 2018 1100 - 1200
SC L3
Professor Bani Tamraz
Department of Clinical Pharmacy,
University of California San Francisco,
USA
  Application of Pharmacogenomics
to Research and Clinical Care
  School of Life Sciences
               
Dec 13, 2018 1230 - 1315
BMS LT
Professor Anders Liljas
Professor em Biochemistry and Structural Biology,
Lund University,
Sweden
  The enigmatic ribosome stalk   School of Life Sciences
               
Dec 12, 2018
Cancelled
1630 -1730
SC L1
Prof. Wan Jianmin
Division of Agriculture,
Chinese Academy of Engineering
水稻重要基因克隆和利用研究 School of Life Sciences, Office of Academic Links (China)
               
Nov 21, 2018 1230 - 1315
BMS G18
Professor Markus Langeland
Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Animal Nutrition and Management
Aquaculture, Sweden
  Alternative protein sources in fish for sustainable aquaculture –
closing the nutrient loop
  School of Life Sciences
               
Oct 22, 2018 1000 - 1100
SC 128
Prof Enrique Rojo
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics,
CNB-­CSIC
  Genetic Studies on the Plant
Endomembrane System
  RGC-AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function,
Centre for Cell & Development Biology,
Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology
               
Oct 18, 2018 1230 - 1315
BMS LT
Professor Shoudong Zhang
School of Life Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Mobile RNA, epigenetics/epitranscriptome and alternative splicing   School of Life Sciences
               
Oct 15, 2018 1000 - 1100
SC 297

Dr. Simon Gilroy

Department of Botany
University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Do plants feel pain? Stress signaling in Arabidopsis.   RGC-AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function,
Centre for Cell & Development Biology,
Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology
               
Oct 8, 2018 1230 - 1315
BMS G18
Dr Ai Oikawa, CEO/SCO
AFINGEN Inc., USA
  Fast-growing high-yield field crops via
a novel biotechnology platform
  School of Life Sciences
               
Oct 5, 2018 1030 - 1130
SC L3
Dr. Chow, Hei-man
Research Assistant Professor
School of Life Science
HKUST
  Energy Failure as the Central Mechanism in
Neurodegeneration: Potential Opportunities
for Mitochondrial Medicine
  School of Life Sciences
               
Oct 4, 2018 1230 - 1315
BMS LT
Professor Juan Diego Gaitan-Espitia
School of Biological Sciences
University of Hong Kong
  Evolution in changing oceans: phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation to ocean warming and acidification   School of Life Sciences
               
Sept 27, 2018 1230 - 1315
BMS LT Professor Hyokeun Park
Division of Life Science
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Altered release of neurotransmitters and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in cortical neurons of Huntington's disease   School of Life Sciences
               
Sept 19, 2018 1030 - 1130
SC 297
Prof LIU Bo
Department of Plant Biology
University of California, Davis
  Establishment of an Anti-parallel
Microtubule Array for Plant Cell
Division
  RGC-AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function,
Centre for Cell & Development Biology,
Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme
               
Sept 6, 2018 1230 - 1315
BMS LT
Professor Jerome Ho Lam Hui
School of Life Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Animal macroevolution and microevolution:
from biodiversity to applications
  School of Life Sciences
               
July 9, 2018 1000 - 1100
SC 297
Ms. Julia Konig
Specialist in Electron Microscope Sample Preparation
for Cryo workflows,
Leica Microsystems Ltd.
  High Pressure Freezing – discovering
the universe inside cells
  RGC-AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function,
Centre for Cell & Development Biology,
Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme
               
Jun 27, 2018 1100 - 1215 SC L2 Prof. Wei-Jen Tang
Professor
Ben-May Department for Cancer Research
The University of Chicago
USA
  Insulin Degrading Enzyme –
a Proteostatic Mechanism to Control Amyloid Peptides
  School of Life Sciences
               
Jun 22, 2018 1100 - 1200
SC 297
Prof HEN-­MING WU
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  A Receptor kinase - GPI-anchored
Protein Partnership in Plant Signal
Transduction
  School of Life Sciences,
AOE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Development Biology, CMB Programme
               
Jun 22, 2018 1000 - 1100
SC 297
Prof ALICE Y. CHEUNG
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  FERONIA and Her Pals: Regulators
of Male-Female Interactions in Plant
Reproduction
  School of Life Sciences,
AOE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Development Biology, CMB Programme
               
Apr 18, 2018 1100 - 1200
SC 297
Prof Shi Jue
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Department of Biology (affiliated)
Hong Kong Baptist University
  Exploring new drug and drug
mechanism via quantitative live-cell
imaging
  School of Life Sciences,
AOE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Development Biology, CMB Programme
               
Apr 11, 2018 1600 - 1700
LT2, YIA
Prof. Sir Gregory Winter
Trinity College Cambridge, UK
  Antibodies and Bicycles: Paradigm Shifts in the World of Medicines   School of Life Sciences and School of Biomedical Sciences.
               
Apr 4, 2018 1030 - 1200
SC L5
Prof. Gavin Lear
Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences
University of Auckland
New Zealand
  Bacterial Community Indicatorsto Monitor the Health ofOur Changing Environment   School of Life Sciences
               
Mar 16, 2018 1100 - 1200
SC 128
Dr Kenneth C.P. Cheung
William Harvey Research Institute, London
  Metabolic control of T cell trafficking   School of Life Sciences,
AOE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Development Biology, CMB Programme
               
Mar 1, 2018 1230 - 1330
SC L2
Prof. Ferdi Hellweger
Chair of Water Quality Engineering
Technical University of Berlin
Germany
  Individual-based, genome-scale
modeling of microbial ecology &
evolution
  School of Life Sciences
               
Feb 8, 2018 1430 - 1530
SC 297
Dr CHENG Lixin
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  Localization Diversity and
Moonlighting Studies of Proteins and
non-coding RNAs
  School of Life Sciences,
AOE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Development Biology, CMB Programme
               
Feb 05, 2018
Cancelled
1000 - 1100
SC 297
Prof. XIAO Shi
School of Life Sciences
Sun Yat-sen University, China
  The Roles of Autophagy in Plant
Development and Stress Response
  School of Life Sciences,
AOE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Development Biology, CMB Programme
               
Jan 11, 2018 1230 - 1315
SC L2
Professor Venkat Gopalan
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The Ohio State University
  Fructose-asparagine metabolism by Salmonella:
new prospects for drug discovery
  School of Life Sciences
               
Jan 10, 2018 1500 - 1600
LT1, 7/F, MMW
Dr. Ning-Yi SHAO
Instructor
Cardiovascular Institute
School of Medicine
Stanford University
  Dynamic Role of SETD7 as a
Transcriptional Activator
in cardiomyocytes development
  School of Life Sciences