The CUHK-Monash Alliance was established in 2017 as a transnational integrated collaboration to co-develop and co-invest in thematic areas of shared excellence in medical education and research. The synergistic collaborations are expected to lead to the development of high impact research programs and innovative medical education platforms.
Following the start of the PhD Exchange Program, the 1st CUHK-Monash Joint Symposium on Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering was hosted by the CUHK on 15 July 2018 (Sunday) at G02, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK, with the participation of faculty members, research support staff, PhD students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Monash University, especially the members from the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (iTERM) and Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI).
Opening Speech given by Prof. Jack CHENG (Convener of the Liasion Committee of CUHK-Monash University Alliance in Medical Education and Research) and Prof. Wai-Yee CHAN (Director of iTERM)
Prof. Gang LI (presentation title: Role of lncRNA H19 in Musculoskeletal Development and Repair)
Prof. Cynthia JIANG and Dr. Tobias MERSON (presentation title: Molecular Regulation of Brain Ageing and Repair)
Prof. Kathy LUI and her PhD student Di LIU (co-supervised by Prof. Kathy LUI and Prof. Mikaël MARTINO; presentation title: Understanding and Controlling How T Cells Modulate Blood Vessel Regeneration)
Dr. Robin HOBBS (presentation title: Mechanisms Regulating Germline Progenitor Cell Identity and Fate)
Ilze DONDERWINKEL (co-supervised by Prof. Jess FRITH and Prof. Rocky TUAN, presentation title:Hydrogel Scaffolds for Bone-tendon Interface Repair)
Yasmin ALSHOUBAKI (co-supervised by Prof. Kathy LUI and Prof. Mikaël MARTINO; presentation title:Promoting Accumulation of Pro-regenerative T Cells at Sites of Cardiac Injury)
Prof. Bo FENG (presentation title: Knock-in of Large DNA via CRISPR/Cas9-induced Homology Independent DNA Repair)
Prof. Anna BLOCKI (presentation title: Engineering Implantable Microenvironments in vitro to Guide Tissue Healing and Regeneration in vivo)
Prof. Elmer KER (presentation title: Rotator Cuff Repair with Functionally-graded Biomaterials)
Prof. Hon-Fai CHAN (presentation title: Development of 3D Tissue and Microphysiological Model using Microfluidics)
Prof. Michelle WANG (presentation title: Cell-based, ECM-enhanced 3D Scaffold for Enthesis Tissue Regeneration)
Prof. Yangzi JIANG (presentation title: Derivation and Application of Tissue Specific Stem Cells for Cartilage Regeneration)
Prof. Chao WAN (presentation title: Hypoxia Signaling in Regulation of Stem Cell Niche and Tissue Regeneration)
Prof. James BOURNE (presentation title: The Marmoset Monkey as a Model to Study Neurological Disorders)
Dr. Harald JANOVJAK (presentation title: Optical Control of Cellular Signals)
Prof. Susie NILSSON (presentation title: Understanding and Harnessing the Interactions between Blood Stem Cells and the Bone Marrow Microenvironment)
Prof. Andrew LASLETT (presentation title: Harnessing Pluripotency: Novel Tools for Human Stem Cell Biology)
Dr. Alberto ROSELLÓ-DÍEZ (presentation title: Going out on a Limb to Unravel the Mechanisms that Regulate Bone Growth)
Closing remarks given by Prof. Peter CURRIE (Director of Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute)
Closing dinner hosted by Prof. Rocky S. TUAN, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK
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