School of Life Sciences

Seminar

2019

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
3 Jan. 2020	1000 - 1100	SC L2	Prof. Khanh Dao Duc Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Zoology, University of British Columbia Canada	Towards a multi-scale analysis of translation dynamics and ribosomes: Integrating theory, sequencing and structural data	School of Life Sciences.

14 Nov. 2019	1230 - 1330	LT2, LSB	Dr. Jim HU, University of Toronto, Canada	Overcoming major challenges to CRISPR-mediated gene therapy for genetic airway diseases	School of Life Sciences.

7 Nov. 2019	1500 - 1600	SC 297	Dianyi Liu, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA	The conserved retinoblastoma tumor suppressor pathway controls cell size in Chlamydomonas	RGC- AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences.

25 Oct. 2019	1500 - 1600	SC 297	Prof. Claudio Mauro, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK	The Metabolic Pathways (i.e., lipid, glucose and oxidative metabolism) that Impact the Outcomes of an Immune Response	RGC- AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences.

17 Oct. 2019	1230 - 1315	LSB LT2	Dr. Seung-Yeol Park, Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea	Mechanisms of protein secretion through the Golgi complex	School of Life Sciences.

11 Oct. 2019	1530 - 1645	LSB LT4	Prof. Tom Huxford, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, USA	Novel structure-based strategies for blocking IkappaB Kinase enzyme activity	School of Life Sciences.

3 Oct. 2019	1230 - 1330	LSB LT2	Dr. Carla Brillada, Institute of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany	Membrane fusion at the vacuole beyond SNAREs: the role of HOPS subunits VPS33 and VPS41	RGC- AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences.

20 May 2019	1230 - 1330	BMSB, G18	Prof. Jacqueline C. Bede, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Canada	A dance between plants and caterpillar herbivores	School of Life Sciences

15 May 2019	1430 - 1530	LSB, LT4	Dr. Hein-Min Tun, Research Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong	Developmental Origins of Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease	School of Life Sciences

24 Apr 2019	1230 - 1330	SC 297	Professor Ming Hung WONG, PhD, DSc (Durham), MBA, DSc (Strathclyde), Editor-in-Chief, Environ Geochem & Health, Distinguished Visit Prof, School of Environ Sci Engin, SUSTech, Advisor/Res Chair Prof, EdU HK, Emeritus Chair Prof, HKBU	Orienting Research Towards the Changing Environment – Persistent Toxic Substances & Emerging Chemicals of Concern	School of Life Sciences

18 Apr 2019	1230 - 1330	BMSB G18	Prof. Tomohiro Uemura, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Japan	Dynamics of protein sorting zones on the trans-Golgi network (TGN) revealed by super-resolution confocal live imaging microscopy (SCLIM) in plant	School of Life Sciences

17 -18 Apr 2019	Apr 17: 11:30am Apr 18: 9:30am	Apr 17: SC L1 Apr 18: YIA LT2	Prof. Kam W. Leong, Samuel Y. Sheng Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of System Biology, Columbia University (USA)	Faculty Distinguished Lecture Series and Plenary Lecture	Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK.

16 Apr 2019	1300 - 1400	SC L2	Dr. Stella Sun, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, USA	Dissecting pathogenesis of CNS-parasites by Cryo-electron tomography (Cryo-ET)	School of Life Sciences

12 Apr 2019	1200 - 1300	SC 297	Prof. Richard Behringer Ben F. Love Chair for Cancer Research, Department of Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center USA	Genetic Regulation of Mammalian Sex Development	Natural Sciences Programme, School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology

11 Apr 2019	1230 - 1330	BMSB G18	Prof. Dr. Marco TRUJILLO, Institute of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany	Ubiquitin signaling in Immunity and Vesicle Trafficking	RGC- AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences.

4 Apr 2019	1100 - 1215	MMW 703	Prof. Brian Fry, Emeritus Professor, Griffith School of Environment, Australian Rivers Institute	Tracers Show Large-Scale Connectivity Across Landscapes: A Case Study of Watershed Development and Sediment Erosion Impacting Downstream Coastal Fisheries at Brisbane, Australia	School of Life Sciences

27 Mar 2019	1630 - 1730	MMW LT1	Professor Ming-Daw Tsai, Division of Life Sciences, AS	New Horizon in Enzymology from Cryo-EM and X-ray Free-electron Laser (XFEL)	School of Life Sciences and Office of Academic Links (China)

22 Mar 2019	1030 - 1130	SC 297	Prof. Erik NIELSEN, Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan	Analysis of the roles of CSLD proteins during polarized plant cell wall	RGC- AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences.

18 Mar 2019	1100 - 1200	SC 297	Prof. Wenting ZHAO School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	A Nanoengineer’s View of Membrane Curvature in Cell Biology	RGC- AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences.

18 Mar 2019	1000 - 1100	SC 297	Prof. Yansong MIAO School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Molecular condensation--mediated actin assembly through IDR	RGC- AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis & Function, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology, Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) Programme, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology & Agricultural Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences.

30 Jan 2019	1030 - 1130	SC L5	Dr YUNG Lai Ming, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA	Re-balancing TGF-beta Signaling in Pulmonary Hypertension	School of Life Sciences

24 Jan 2019	1230 - 1315	BMS G18	Professor June M Kwak, Professor, Department of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea	Cellular precision for cell fate control and surface integrity	School of Life Sciences

23 Jan 2019	1530 - 1745	SC LT1	Prof. CHONG Kang Division of Life Sciences and Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences	The Mechanism and Application Potential of Plant Sensing to Cold	School of Life Sciences, Office of Academic Links (China)

23 Jan 2019	1530 - 1745	SC LT1	Prof. LIU Yaoguang Division of Life Sciences and Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences	水稻細胞質雄性不育的分子機制和起源進化	State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (CUHK), Office of Academic Links (China)

11 Jan 2019	1200 -1300	SC 297	Professor Laurent Zimmerli Professor and Principal Investigator, Institute of Plant Biology, Department of Life Science, The National Taiwan University, Taiwan	Modulators of the Arabidopsis thaliana Innate Immunity Response	School of Life Sciences