2023 Seminars

Date	Time	Venue	Meeting Link	Speaker	Seminar Title	Organizer
20 Dec 2023	1030-1200	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Kerry Loomes, Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand	Mānuka honey: protecting more than just food	School of Biomedical Sciences
17 Dec 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. IP Pak Kan Jacque, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	CDKL5 regulates phase separation of nELAVL condensates to drive assembly of neural circuit	School of Biomedical Sciences
11 Dec 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. ONG Sang Bing, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine / Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics and Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Fusion and fission of mitochondria: Gatekeepers of life and death in the heart	School of Biomedical Sciences
7 Dec 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Bruce R. RANSOM, Director, Gerald Choa Neuroscience Institute; Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong	Acute Ischemic Stroke: Why Don’t We Have Better Treatments?	School of Biomedical Sciences
16 Nov 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Wing Hung KO, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Continual Battle Against SARS-CoV-2: New Insights from a Study on ACE2 Decoy	School of Biomedical Sciences
10- Nov 2023	1000-1100	N/A	https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/97433436822?pwd=Ri9BRFRoOERSQmpNZTVQT2tScGI4QT09 Meeting ID: 974 3343 6822 Passcode: 927813	Dr. Xiangzhou Lao, Yale University	Super-resolution microscopy for live cell imaging	School of Life Sciences
11 Oct 2023	1500-1600	SC297 SC		Dr. Toyota Masatsugu, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Japan	Mechanosensory long-distance defense signaling in plants	School of Life Sciences
27 Sep 2023	1500-1600	LT2 LSK		Professor Cheng-Han YU, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong	Biogenesis of PI(3,4)P2 lipid regulates spatial-temporal membrane invagination and integrin trafficking	School of Life Sciences
21 Sep 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. CHAN Man Lok Andrew, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Functional links between PI3-K pathway and YKL-40: from brain cancer to Alzheimer’s disease	School of Biomedical Sciences
14 Sep 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. KO Wing Hung, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Are electronic cigarettes less harmful to airway epithelial cells than traditional cigarettes?	School of Biomedical Sciences
14 Sep 2023	1230-1330	SC297 SC		Prof. HU Junjie, National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China	Physiological Functions of the Tubular ER Network	School of Life Sciences
7 Sep 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Mai Har SHAM, Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President (Research),Choh-Ming Li Professor of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Irx3/5 genes in patterning of mammalian cochlear sensory and non-sensory structures	School of Biomedical Sciences
17 Aug 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. POON Ngar Yun Ellen, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Applying mitochondria-rich human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes to investigate cardiac diseases	School of Biomedical Sciences
3 Aug 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. FOK Kin Lam Ellis, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Extracellular vesicles – the messenger for germline stem cell and the inheritable paternal epigenome	School of Biomedical Sciences
27 Jul 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. JIANG Yangzi, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine / Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Adult Stem Cells and Early Osteoarthritis	School of Biomedical Sciences
13 Jul 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. LIN Ge, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Development of the mechanism-based biomarkers for experimental research, diagnosis, and clinical risk assessment of pyrrolizidine alkaloid-induced liver injury	School of Biomedical Sciences
12 Jul 2023	1100-1200	L3 SC		Professor Tony Hu, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Microbiology at Tulane University	The Unfolding Story of Multi-Omics Discovery for Precision TB Diagnosis	School of Life Sciences & Department of Biomedical Engineering
29 Jun 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. YAO Xiaoqiang, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	TRPM2 channels promote atherosclerotic progression	School of Life Sciences
19 Jun 2023	1430	L5 SC		Prof. Hoffmann Alexander, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, USA	A temporal signaling code to specify innate immune responses	School of Life Sciences
13 Jun 2023	1500-1600	L2 SC		Prof. Wen Jiangqi, Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Department of Plant Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, USA	Enabling legume research: generation and application of Medicago truncatula mutant resources	Science Faculty
12 Jun 2023	1000-1100	SC297 SC		Daniel Van Damme VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Belgium	Mechanistic Insight into the Role of the TPLATE Complex in Plant Endocytosis	Science Faculty
1 Jun 2023	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39	For enquiries, please feel free to contact Connie Wong at tel: 3943 6752	Prof. GAO Bo Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Unravelling the Genetic and Molecular Complexity of Scoliosis	School of Biomedical Sciences
24 May 2023	1430-1820	Rm G02 Area 39	Host: Prof. Bo Gao, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Enquiries: Please feel free to contact Esther Yuen at tel: 3943 8021.	Prof. Lin He Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley	Transposons, a selfish friend in the mammalian genome	School of Biomedical Sciences and Hong Kong Society for Cell Biology
				Prof. Vivek Malhotra Professor, CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain			TANGO1: from collagen secretion to controlling fibrosis
				Prof. Zhenguo Wu Professor, Division of Life ScienceProfessor, Division of Life ScienceThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology			Regulation of quiescence exit in muscle satellite cells
				Prof. Danny Chan Professor and Director, School of Biomedical SciencesProfessor and Director, School of Biomedical SciencesThe University of Hong Kong			CDON-associated apoptosis in synovial joint formation
25 May 2023	1830-2000	Rm 297 SC	Please register via the QR code or https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=1961306 if you are interested	Dr. Wai Chin Li Associate Professor, the Department of Science and ENvironmental Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Education University of Hong Kong	Agrobiotechnology Talk Series-21: The fate of heavy metals in the soil environment and what’s next?	Centre for Soybean Research
25 May 2023	1000-1100	LT1 SC	Registration: https://forms.gle/iW4vk5E9y1FR7YNn6 The deadline for registration is 12:00 noon, 19 May 2023 (Friday). Please register with your CUHK email address.	Prof. HERRUP, Karl Professor, the Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	Alzheimer’s Disease 2023: Data and Diatribes	School of Life Sciences
14 Apr 2023	1600-1730	LT1 MMW	Event Details & Registration：https://bit.ly/400zJ6H	Dr. Yuhai TU IBM T. J. Watson Research Center	The Cost-Performance Tradeoff in Living Systems	Science Faculty
20 Apr 2023	1600-1700	G02 Area 39	Registration: https://webapp.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/eform/view.php?id=106476 The deadline for registration is 12:00 noon, 19 April 2023 (Wednesday). Please register with your CUHK email address.	Prof. WANG Dan Michelle Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Advancing ECM-Based Biomaterials for Robust Tendon Regeneration: From Basic Science to Translational Applications	School of Biomedical Sciences
19 Apr 2023	1400-1500	G02 Area 39		Dr. Yasaman Soudagar PhD, Founder and CEO, Neurescene Inc., Canada	Deciphering brain function by in vivo multicolor imaging and multi-opsin stimulation in freely behaving animals	School of Biomedical Sciences
19 Apr 2023	1130-1230	SC297 SC		Dr. James Umen Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA	Cell size control by an algal tumor suppressor	School of Life Sciences
18 Apr 2023	1030-1130	G02 Area 39		Prof. Jun Lu, Professor University of Auckland, New Zealand	Natural Products from New Zealand and Human Health	School of Life Sciences
30 Mar 2023	1600-1700	G02 Area 39	Registration: https://webapp.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/eform/view.php?id=103878 The deadline for registration is 12:00 noon, 29 March 2023 (Wednesday). Please register with your CUHK email address.	Prof. CHEUNG Chi Kwan Vincent Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	The Neural Basis and Plasticity of Muscle Synergies	School of Life Sciences
17 Mar 2023	1100-1200	CYT202, Cheng Yu Tung Building		Dr. Dudley, Theodore Rober University of California, Berkeley, USA	From gliding ants to Andean hummingbirds: the evolution of animal flight performance	School of Life Sciences
18 Mar 2023	1930-2030	CYT LT1A, Cheng Yu Tung Building		Prof. Xu Xing Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Beijing, China & Yunnan University, Kunming, China	Feathered Dinosaurs	School of Life Sciences
17 Mar 2023	1100-1200	CYT202, Cheng Yu Tung Building		Dr. Dudley, Theodore Rober University of California, Berkeley, USA	From gliding ants to Andean hummingbirds: the evolution of animal flight performance	School of Life Sciences
9 Mar 2023	1600-1700	G02 Area 39	Registration: https://webapp.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/eform/view.php?id=101112 The deadline for registration is 12:00 noon, 8 March 2023 (Wednesday). Please register with your CUHK email address.	Prof. CHAN Wai Yee Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President (Strategic Developments) Li Ka Shing Professor of Biomedical Sciences The Chinese University of Hong Kong	The molecular mechanisms of RNA-binding protein, RBM46, in regulating gametogenesis through affecting meiotic cohesion complex subunits	School of Biomedical Sciences
16 Feb 2023	1600-1700	G02 Area 39	Registration: https://webapp.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/eform/view.php?id=99605 The deadline for registration is 12:00 noon, 15 February 2023 (Wednesday). Please register with your CUHK email address.	Prof. Stephen DALTON Professor and Global STEM Scholar, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Using human brown adipocytes to develop new therapies for type II diabetes	School of Biomedical Sciences

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)
LSK (Lee Shau Kee Building)
MMW (Mong Man Wai Building)
SC (Science Centre)
YIA (Yasumoto International Academic Park)