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) | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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  | 
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  | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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. | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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  | 
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| 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 | 



