School of Life Sciences

Seminar

2024

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)
CYT (Cheng Yu Tung 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)

Date	Time	Venue	Meeting Link	Speaker	Seminar Title	Organizer
19 Dec 2024	1000-1130	L5 SC		Mr. To Tsz Leung	"It's all about PMF: functional genomics for proton motive force and for product-market fit"	School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
20 Dec 2024	1100-1200	L2 SC		Prof. Dr. Hemmo Meyer (University of Duisburg-Essen)	How cells deal with damage to lysosomes - a fateful struggle between repair and autophagic disposal	School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
28 Nov 2024	1100-1200	297 SC		Dr Elias Sabri (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)	Using pulsed electric fields and hyperspectral imaging to resolve the material properties of biomolecular condensates	School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
29 Nov 2024	1400-1630	LT4 LSK		Dr. Sushil Dhital, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia	Sustainable Plant Protein Extraction and Structure-Function Applications for Meat Analogues	School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
14 Nov 2024	0900-1000	297 SC		Prof. Zhangjun Fei, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA	Genome and pangenome analyses provide insight into watermelon origin and breeding	School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
13 Nov 2024	1600-1700	297 SC		Dr. Rumiana Dimova, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces	Membrane remodeling in artificial cells: to bud or not to bud	School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
6 Nov 2024	1430-1530	203 CYT		Prof. Daniel Pauly, University Killam Professor of UBC	1. Breathing Water in a Warming World [Poster] 2. Seminar Report	School of Life Sciences
30 Oct 2024	1600-	297 SC		Prof. Yi LIN, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Center for Life Science, Tsinghua University	Phase Separation and Circadian Rhythm	School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
25 Oct 2024	1100-	L1 BMS		Dr. Juan S. Bonifacino, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA	Mechanisms of axon dysfunction in lysosome-transport disorders	School of Life Sciences [SLS Seminar Series]
29 Oct 2024	1630-1730	LT4 CYT		Prof. Kevin Talbot, Head of Department, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK.	Key therapeutic targets underlying motor neuron degeneration in ALS	School of Life Sciences [SLS/GCNI Seminar Series]
11 Sep 2024	1000-1100	ZOOM	Registration Link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlfuGvpj4tHNddq96WRCjMit5TqZDLmpC-	Dr. Joaquim Vong, Scientific Officer, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Launch of the Spatial Omics services by Single Cell & Spatial Omics Core (SCSOC)	School of Biomedical Sciences
10 Sep 2024	1400-1500	Rm G01 Area 39		Prof. Vladimir Parpura, Distinguished Professor and Director of International Translational Neuroscience Research Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China	Astrocytes release glutamate by regulated exocytosis in health and disease	School of Biomedical Sciences
21 Aug 2024	1100-1200	L2 SC		Dr. Thomas D. Lewin, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan	Massive genome rearrangements in annelids, bryozoans and beyond	School of Life Sciences
5 Aug 2024	1100-1200	Rm 297 SC		Prof. William Whitman, Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, USA	How marine bacteria acquire new pathways: lessons from DMSP metabolism	School of Life Sciences
11 Jul 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Wai-yee CHAN, Li Ka Shing Professor of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Developmental and metabolic impacts of the WRN mutation in Werner Syndrome	School of Biomedical Sciences
4 Jul 2024	1100-	L1 SC		Dr. Laura Falkenberg, UniSA STEM, The University of South Australia, Australia	Informing sustainable food choices in a warming world	School of Life Sciences
28 Jun 2024	1030-	L3 SC		Prof. Li Wenyi, Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia	Using peptides to combat bacterial infections	School of Life Sciences
17 Jun 2024	1630-1730	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Hongbo PANG, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.	Phage Display and Peptide Targeting for Novel Therapies	School of Biomedical Sciences
6 Jun 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. CHEUNG Chi Kwan Vincent, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Gerald Choa Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Motor Modularity as a Theory of Motor Control	School of Biomedical Sciences
4 Jun 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Erik FUNG, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics and Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Biomarker and metabolomic profiling of cardiovascular aging and frailty	School of Biomedical Sciences
4 Jun 2024	1030-1130	L2 SC		Prof. Zhao Wang, Ph.D., F.A.H.A., Associate Professor, Department of Diabetes & Cancer Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center	Stress Response in Pathological Cardiac Remodelling and Heat Failure	Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences & School of Biomedical Sciences
30 May 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. CHEUNG Hoi Hung Albert, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Multiple functions of RNA helicases in stem cells and antiviral defence	School of Biomedical Sciences
23 May 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Stephen DALTON, Professor/Global STEM Scholar, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Organoid models for understanding early human development	School of Biomedical Sciences
16 May 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. WANG Dan Michelle, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine / Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Modulating the Cellular Microenvironment to Enhance Tendon Regeneration: From Basic Science to Translational Applications	School of Biomedical Sciences
13 May 2024	1500-1400	L2 SC		Dr. Alvin Tang, Hong Kong Baptish University	Exploring the Common Future of Mankind and Fungi	School of Life Sciences
2 May 2024	1100-1200	L5 SC		Prof. Jason Chapman, University of Exeter	Ecological Consequences of Mass Insect Migrations	School of Life Sciences
6 May 2024	1100-	L3 SC		Dr. Manuel ARANDA, Professor of Marine Sciences, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia	The Intricate Dance of Coral Symbiosis: A Journey Through Partnership, Competition, and Environmental Challenges	School of Life Sciences
18 Apr 2024	1215-1315	Rm 622 MMW		Prof. Shu-Miaw Chaw, Academia Sinica	Evolution of mitochondrial RNA editing in gymnosperms	School of Life Sciences
15 Apr 2024	1145-1230	L4 SC		Dr. Scott Edmunds, Editor-in-Chief for GigaScience	Democratising biodiversity and genomics research: open science to build trust and fill the data gaps	School of Life Sciences
11 Apr 2024	1100-1200	LT2 LSK		Prof. Quan CHEN, Nankai University	Molecular regulation of mitophagy and its implications in aging associated diseases	School of Life Sciences
11 Apr 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. WAN Chao, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Lysosomal cathepsin D as a modulator for bone and cartilage homeostasis	School of Biomedical Sciences
28 Mar 2024	1130-	LT2 LSK		Dr. Yick Hin LING, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, USA	How does RNA Polymerase II Find a Gene? Single-Molecule Insights into RNAPII Target Search and Transcription Regulation in Living Cells	School of Life Sciences
27 Mar 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Dr. Hovy Wong, McGill University, Canada	Local protein synthesis in axons sustains synapse-specific neurotransmission	Gerald Choa Neuroscience Institute
21 Mar 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. GU Shen Linda, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Monoallelic variation in DHX9 underlies neurodevelopment disorders and beyond	School of Biomedical Sciences
7 Mar 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Bin ZHOU, Professor, New Cornerstone Investigator, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Application of New Lineage Tracing Techniques in Tissue Regeneration	School of Biomedical Sciences
7 Mar 2024	1400-1500	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. Yu FU, Senior Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore	Decoding Tuberal Nucleus Feeding Regulation Circuits	School of Biomedical Sciences
7 Mar 2024	1100-1200	Rm 297 SC		Prof. Ye Tian, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Neuronal control of mitochondrial stress response: Implications for aging and health	School of Life Sciences
28 Feb 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Dr. Christy Hung, Alzheimer’s Research UK Senior Fellow, University College London (UCL) and the Francis Crick Institute, UK	Human Stem Cell Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases	Gerald Choa Neuroscience Institute & The Chinese University of Hong Kong
22 Feb 2024	1500-1600	L1 SC		Prof. Sharon A. Tooze, The Francis Crick Institute, UK	The role of ATG9A in autophagy and lysosome homeostasis	School of Life Sciences
29 Jan 2024	1130-1230	L4 SC		Professor Evan MILLER, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA	Electrophysiology: Unplugged. Chemical Tools to Measure and Monitor Membrane Potentials in Living Cells	School of Life Sciences and Department of Physics
19 Jan 2024	1530-1630	LT3 SC		Professor Weibo Cai, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Radiology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA	Molecular Imaging, Nanobiotechnology, and Theranostics	School of Life Sciences and Department of Biomedical Engineering
11 Jan 2024	1100-1200	LT2 LSK		Prof. NI Tao, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong	Towards in situ high-resolution cryo-electron tomography	School of Life Sciences
4 Jan 2024	1600-1700	Rm G02 Area 39		Prof. SO Kam Hei Karl, Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Understanding neurosensory lineage specification in cranial placode development using single-cell multiome inferred gene regulatory networks	School of Biomedical Sciences

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Undergraduate Programmes

Biochemistry Programme

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Cell and Molecular Biology Programme

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Environmental Science Programme

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Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme

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Molecular Biotechnology Programme

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Research Postgraduate Programmes

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M.Sc. in Biochemical and Biomedical Sciences
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M.Sc. in Nutrition, Food Science and Technology
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School of Life Sciences

The School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China	Tel: (852) 3943 6122 Fax: (852) 2603 5646 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Web: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lifesciences

Undergraduate Programmes	Tel	Fax	Email
Biochemistry Programme	(852) 3943 6359	(852) 2603 5646	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Biology Programme	(852) 3943 6249	(852) 2603 5646	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cell and Molecular Biology Programme	(852) 3943 1361	(852) 2603 5646	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Environmental Science Programme	(852) 3943 6294	(852) 2603 5646	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme	(852) 3943 6295	(852) 2603 5646	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Molecular Biotechnology Programme	(852) 3943 6393	(852) 2603 5646	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Postgraduate Programmes	Tel	Fax	Email
Research Postgraduate Programmes	(852) 3943 6348 (852) 3943 4045	(852) 2603 7246	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Taught Postgraduate Programmes
M.Sc. in Biochemical and Biomedical Sciences	(852) 3943 3244 (852) 3943 6348	(852) 2603 7246	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
M.Sc. in Nutrition, Food Science and Technology	(852) 3943 3244	(852) 2603 7246	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Research Centers

Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology Established in 2008, the center provides state-of-the-art facility to support research in cell and developmental biology.

Centre for Novel Biomaterials Advances in molecular biology and bioengineering technologies have made the production and study of biomaterials, a new frontier for the generation of substances with novel properties. The Center of Novel Biomaterials at CUHK aims to bring scientists with expertise in producing and characterizing new materials with life scientists with experience studying important biological systems.


Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function The research centre aims at investigating the fundamentals of important biological processes, with potential applications in biotechnology such as increasing crop yields, prevention of human diseases and developing biofuels.

Food Research Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Being the first university Food Research Centre (FRC) in Hong Kong, it not only responds timely to the concerns of food safety and nutritional issues in Hong Kong, China and the region, but also be an one-stop research centre for all facets of basic and contract research on foods consumed or produced in Hong Kong.

RGC-AoE Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Established in 2017, research focus of the Center is to understand plant adaptation to abiotic stresses, and the mechanisms of gene regulation relating to plant-environment interactions, with an ultimate goal to identify useful functional genes and effective molecular markers to help generating new adaptive varieties and agrobiotechnology. To combat problems arising from climate change, including water scarcity, global warming, and topsoil nutrient depletion, so as to strive for a balance between sustainable agriculture and food security, the Center pledges to advance researches through integration of cutting-edge technologies in genomics, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology, and international collaboration and information sharing with scientists worldwide.

Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium The Herbarium was renamed as the Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium in 2013 for the extension of the legacy of the late Prof. Hu’s contribution in plant taxonomy. The Herbarium collection contains about 38,000 plant specimens, and a new platform has been established to document specimen collection, botanical images, GPS locations, DNA tissues and taxonomic archive information of local flora.

Simon FS Li Marine Science Laboratory The Simon FS Li Marine Science Laboratory is well-equipped for field and laboratory research in marine biology. Current research interests include but are not limited to ecology, evolution, conservation, genomics, ecotoxicology and biotechnology, from marine microorganisms to eukaryotes.

The Centre for Protein Science and Crystallography The Centre for Protein Science and Crystallography has been established in 2005, which houses the first state-of-the-art crystallographic setup in Hong Kong for high resolution protein structure determination.

The Hong Kong Bioinformatics Centre The Hong Kong Bioinformatics Centre, found in 1998, is the first bioinformatics research centre in Hong Kong. In collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, the centre is involved in different biomedical research projects, such as studies on the various human pathogens: H. pylori, S. pneumonia, and M. tuberculosis

UGC-AoE Centre for Plant & Agricultural Biotechnology UGC-AoE Centre for Plant & Agricultural Biotechnology, established in 2000 and obtained over HK$63M funding, aims to help develop Hong Kong's high technology industry and to help meet the world's increasing demands of food and healthcare products in the 21st century. This will be accomplished through innovative approaches and utilization of biotechnology to generate high-valued agricultural and health products, to invent and transfer new technologies, and to train skilled technologists.

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