Seminar

2025

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)
CYT (Cheng Yu Tung Building)
ELB (Esther Lee Building, Sin Wai Kin Hall)
LHC (Y.C. Liang Hall)
LSB (Lady Shaw Building)
LSK (Lee Shau Kee Building)
MMW (Mong Man Wai Building)
SC (Science Centre)
YIA (Yasumoto International Academic Park) 
 

 

Date 3 Apr 2025 Time 10:30AM - 11:30AM Venue SC L4
Speaker Professor Grant Dewson, Ph.D., Laboratory Head, Ubiquitin Signalling Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) & Head, WEHI Parkinson’s Disease Research Centre
Seminar Title Targeting mitochondrial vulnerabilities in Parkinson’s disease
Organizer School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
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Date 14 Mar 2025 Time 10:30AM - 11:30AM Venue SC 297
Speaker Prof. Zhu Yingfang, College of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
Seminar Title Salt stress activates the CDK8-AHL10-SUVH2/9 module to dynamically regulate salt tolerance
Organizer School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
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Date 20 Feb 2025 Time 11:00AM - 12:00PM Venue SC L4
Speaker Prof. Evandro Fei Fang, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital, Norway
Seminar Title The 5“A”s: ageing, autophagy, Alzheimer’s, Artificial intelligence, and an “A” molecule” in brain protection and healthy longevity
Organizer School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
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SLS Seminar Series: How to Integrate 5“A”s to Live a Longer & Healthier Life
On Feb 20, Prof. Evandro Fei Fang from University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital (Norway) has visited School of Life Sciences in CUHK and delivered a fascinating seminar to our students about his excellent research in ageing.

As an CUHK alumnus, Prof. Fang was very glad to return to CUHK. He is also actively promoting the research collaborations and student exchange between Hong Kong and Nordic groups. He is the coordinator of the Hong Kong-Nordic Research Network and will be back to Hong Kong again in September this year for the Hong Kong-Nordic Research meeting.

Date 6 Feb 2025 Time 11:00AM - 12:00PM Venue SC 297
Speaker Prof. Zhang Yuelin, School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, China
Seminar Title Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis and Signaling in Plants
Organizer School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
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On Feb 6th, Professor Yuelin Zhang from Sichuang University has visited School of Life Sciences in CUHK to deliver a seminar entitled “Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis and Signaling in Plants”.


Salicylic acid, a plant hormone, is widely used in the preparation of aspirin and many pharmaceutical products. For plants, it serves as a vital component of the plant immune system, enabling plants to defend against pathogens. However, the mechanisms governing its synthesis have long been unclear. In the seminar, Professor Yuelin Zhang has introduced his groundbreaking new discovery of a novel biosynthetic pathway for salicylic acid biosynthesis, which is set to be published in the esteemed Nature journal. Furthermore, his has provided a comprehensive overview of the current understanding of the regulatory pathways of salicylic acid in plant immunity, including an alternative signalling pathway of salicylic acid that modulates plant defence control by his group.