2016 Seminars

Date	Time	Venue	Speaker	Seminar Title	Organizer	iCalendar File
Dec 28, 2016	1100 – 1230	SCL2	Professor Natalia PREVARSKAYA, Full Professor of Physiology, University of Lille 1 Director, Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Inserm U1003 PRE CE2 Professor of Exceptional Class France	Complex Regulation of TRPM8 Channel	Co-organized by the School of Biomedical Sciences (Faculty of Medicine), RGC AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function
Dec 2, 2016	1530	SC 297	Dr CHIAO Ying, Ann, Senior Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Washington & Dr LEE Chi Fung, Acting Instructor, University of Washington, US Dr LEE Chi Fung, Acting Instructor, University of Washington, US Dr TSUI Wai Yi, Dana, Assistant Attending, Department of Pathology, Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, US	Developing an academic career in the United States	Molecular Biotechnology Programme
Dec,1 2016	1030 – 1130	LT7, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK	Prof. Pui-Yan Kwok Henry Bachrach Distinguished Professor University of California – San Francisco	Precision Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges	School of Life Sciences
Nov 28, 2016	1430 – 1530	Rm 115, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK	Professor Joe SY Lee School of Environment and Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University, Australia	Hard science is essential to managing soft-intertidal ecosystem services in the era of restoration	School of Life Sciences
Nov 26, 2016	0900 – 1100	LT1, YIA, CC College, CUHK	Prof. Chris Hawes and Prof. Inhwan Hwang	The 3rd AOE Symposium on Organelle Biogenesis and Function	School of Life Sciences, CC College, NA College
Nov 24, 2016	1630 – 1730	SC 297	Prof. Jia-Huai Wang Department of Medical Oncology and Department of Cancer Biology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School USA	“What is wave” to “What is life” – history and development of structural biology	School of Life Sciences, Biochemistry Programme
Nov 24,2016	1230 – 1315	SC L5	Professor Karen Chan, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Growing up in a sea of change: impact of anthropogenic stresors on early life stages of marine invertebrates	School of Life Sciences
Nov 22, 2016	1500 – 1715	SC 297	Professor Knud J Jensen, Nano Science Center and Center for Synthetic Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen	Peptide Medicinal chemistry: Conjjgates of peptides to direct their properties	School of Life Sciences
Nov 17, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L5	Dr Ichirou Karahara, University of Toyama, Japan	Botany in space – Effects of altered gravitational environments on plant growth	School of Life Science
Nov 10, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L5	Dr Benny KK CHAN, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan	Diving in the marine hydrothermal vent: the physical environment, biological assemblages and trophic relationships in shallow water hydrothermal vents in Kueishan, Taiwan	School of Life Sciences
Nov. 7, 2016	1515 – 1615	SC 297	Prof. Natasha RAIKHEL Center for Plant Cell Biology University of California, Riverside, USA	From Cell Biology to Chemical Genomics.	RGC AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, CMB Program.
Oct 20, 2016	1530	SC L4	Professor Jason W.H. Wong, Cancer Research Centre, Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia	Gaining fundamental insights into DNA repair-chromatin interactions through cancer genomics	School of Life Sciences
Oct 20, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L5	Dr Kiminori Toyooka, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan	Visualization of the plant organelles with the newly developed electron microscopy techniques	School of Life Sciences
Oct 17, 2016	1230	SC 297	Fenix Leung, DPhil (Oxon), Senior Analyst, Healthcare – Oncology & Hematology, GlobalData	Alternative Career Choices Outside Academia – Experience from a Leaver from Medical Sciences	School of Life Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Program
Oct 5, 2016	1630 – 1715	SC L2	Dr. Kin Fai Au Department of Internal Medicine Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa	Transcriptome analysis at the gene isoform level using hybrid sequencing	School of Life Sciences
Sept 30, 2016	1530	MMW Rm710	Prof. Joe Shing Yip LEE, Australian Rivers Institute and School of Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast campus, Australia	Recent advances in understanding and harnessing the ecosystem services of mangroves	School of Life Sciences
Sept 29, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L5	Prof. Yun Wah LAM, Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong	Nowhere like home: characterising and reconstructing tissue	School of Life Sciences
Sept. 19, 2016	1100 – 1200	SC 297	Prof. Bo LIU Department of Plant Biology University of California	Building the microtubular cytoskeleton for plant cell division and growth.	RGC AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, CMB Program.
Sept. 8, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L5	Professor Nemat Keyhani University of Florida Yangtze River Scholar Professor Chongqing University	The biochemistry and genetics of an arms race between an insect pathogenic fungus and a beetle	School of Life Sciences
July 22, 2016	1400 – 1700	SC L4 (Tentative)	Professor DM DONG, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, AArhus University, Denmark Professor Zheng GUO, Department of Chemical Engineering, AArhus University, Denmark	Beyong Imaging: Quantitative Measurement at the Nanoscale Enzymatic Biorefining and Perspective of Industrial Enzymology	School of Life Sciences and Departmental of Chemistry	iCal File
June 27 2016	1100 – 1200	SC 297	Dr. Zhengkun QIU Institute of Vegetables and Flowers Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences	Map-based Cloning and Function Analysis of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Genes in Tomato and Identification of Regulatory DNA Elements Using Genome-wide Mapping of DNase I Hypersensitive Sites during Tomato Fruit Development	RGC AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, CMB Program.
June 23 2016	1500 – 1600	SC L2	Prof. Ruijun TIAN Department of Chemistry South University of Science and Technology of China	Exploring bi-directional signaling in tumor microenvironment by proteomic approaches.	RGC AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, CMB Program
June 17 2016	0900 – 1700	SC L1	Prof. J.L. Rubinstein, Prof. J. Wang, Prof. P. Zhang, Prof. C.J. Russo	Mini-Symposium on Cryo-EM and Organelle Biogenesis	RGC AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology,	iCal File
June 3 2016	1000 – 1100	SC 297	Prof. Peter PIMPL Center for Plant Molecular Biology – ZMBP Developmental Genetics University of Tübingen	Nanobody-based fusion proteins: New tools and strategies to assess receptor-mediated sorting of vacuolar proteins in plant cells.	RGC AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, CMB Program
May 26, 2016	1700 – 1800	ELB, Sin Wai Kin Hall, G/F	Professor Randy W SCHEKMAN	How Cells Package and Traffic Proteins for Export	School of Life Sciences
May 25, 2016	1130 – 1230	MMW LT1	Prof. Jaideep MATHUR Laboratory of Plant Development & Interactions Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology University of Guelph	The Plastid: Moving towards a paradigm shift	RGC AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, CMB Program
May 4, 2016	1030 – 1130	SC L1	Professor Xuemei CHEN, Professor/HHMI investigator, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, VC Distinguished Visiting Professor, CUHK	Small RNAs and endoplasmic reticulum	School of Life Sciences – RGC – AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function; Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology; Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme	iCal File
Apr 21, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor Hung Hsu PANG, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan	Reading Between the Peaks: The Application of Mass Spectrometry in Structural Proteomics	School of Life Sciences – Molecular & Cellular Function	iCal File
Apr 20, 2016	1630 – 1730	SC L1	Professor Chen Yuan Tsong Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica	Charting a Course for a Successful Research in Translational Medicine	生命科學學院, 研究及知識轉移服務處	iCal File
Apr 14, 2016	1430 – 1515		Professor Li PU, Chinese Academe of Agricultural Science	PcG and trxG: Friends or Enemies?	School of Life Sciences – Food & Plant Sciences
Apr 14, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor Sin Giu CHEUNG, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong	Two aspects of the effect of ocean acidification on marine molluscs: habitat-related responses and predator-prey interaction	School of Life Sciences – Marine & Environmental Sciences
Apr 11, 201	1730 – 1900	Rm 103, Y.C. Liang Hall, CUHK	Professor Samuel SM Sun, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Director of Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, Founding Master of S.H. Ho College, CUHK, Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering	Science Essence: the Springhead of Motivation and Innovation	School of Life Sciences, New Asia College	iCal File
Apr 7, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor lldoo HWANG, Professor Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology	Peptide-mediated regulation of hormone signaling network in plant development	School of Life Sciences – Molecular & Cellular Function
Apr 5, 2016	1230 -1315	SC L2	Professor William Bendena Queen’s University Canada	Allatostatin-like neuropeptides as regulators of invertebrate physiology and behaviour	School of Life Sceinces	iCal File
Mar 24, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor Jim GIOVANNONI, Cornell University	Genetic regulation of tomato fruit ripening	School of Life Sciences –
Mar 18, 2016	1500 – 1700	SC L2	Professor Eric DECKER, Chairman, Department of Food Science University of Massachusetts at Amherst Massachusetts, USA	Is Control of Water-Lipid Interfaces the Key to Inhibit Lipid Oxidation	School of Life Sciences	iCal File
Mar 15, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor Cathie MARTIN, John Innes Center, UK	The benefits of a colourful diet: some of the science behind 5-a-day	School of Life Sciences – Food & Plant Sciences
Mar 10, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Tien Hsien CHANG, the Genomic Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan	Caught in Action: How Prp28 RNA Helicase Tweaks the Spliceosomal Rubik’s Cube	School of Life Sciences – Molecular & Cellular Function	iCal File
Mar 3, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Dr Paul SHIN, City University of Hong Kong	Conservation of horseshoe crabs	School of Life Sciences – Marine & Environmental Sciences
Feb 25, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor Pinghua LI, Professor, College of Agronomic Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, China	Utilizing deep sequencing methods to dissect C4 differentiation in grasses	School of Life Sciences – Food & Plant Sciences Focus Group	iCal File
Feb 18, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor Jack WONG, Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Research Institute, USA	Transcriptional and Epigenetic Control of Endothelial Differentiation and Development	School of Life Sciences – Molecular & Cellular Function Focus Group	iCal File
Feb 1, 2016	1430 – 1515	BMS G18	Professor Chris WONG, Professor and Director, Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University	Fish Gill Physiology:- A Journey from Osmoregulation to Osmosensing	School of Life Sciences	iCal File
Jan 28, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor Jing QIN, Research Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Integrative omics analysis on crustacean transcription factors and their functions	School of Life Sciences, Marine & Environmental Sciences Focus Group	iCal File
Jan, 21, 2016	1230 – 1315	SC L2	Professor Xiaohong ZHUANG, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Autophagosome Biogenesis in Plant	School of Life Sciences, Food & Plant Sciences Focus Group	iCal File

Building Abbreviations

BMS (Choh-Ming Li 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)