Year 2019 seminar

The Quest for Drug Discovery: From Chemistry to Biology
Prof. Billy Wai-Lung Ng,
Assistant Professor,
School of Pharmacy, CUHK

29 Nov 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2 p.m. (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=388489

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Biomimetric Materials Controlling Cellular Activity
Prof. Alan Rowan
Director of Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)

8 Nov 2019 (Friday)
2 – 2:30 p.m.
Venue: SHB 801, Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building

Registration: https://www.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/erg/Events

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Multi-stage and Multi-task Learning for Multi-choice Question Answering with Applications in Medical Textbooks
Mr. Di Jin, PhD candidate
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), MIT

7 Nov 2019 (Thursday)
11:00 am
Venue: Room 702, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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Exploring Heterogeneity of Human Skin Cells
Prof. Fiona M. Watt,
Director, Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, King’s College London
Executive Chair, Medical Research Council

6 Nov 2019 (Wednesday)
4 - 5 p.m.
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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The development of novel protein-functionalised plasma polymer biointerfaces for orthopaedic applications
Dr. Callum. A.C. Stewart,
Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine,
Karolinska Institutet

1 Nov 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2 p.m. (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)

Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=379195

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Fighting Cancer with Nanoparticle Medicines: How Size Can Matter
Speaker :Prof. Mark E Davis
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor in Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, USA

8 October 2019 (Tuesday)
10:30 a.m. (with a welcoming reception starting at 10:00 am)
Venue: LT2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

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Increasing Scholarly Communication in Online Communities
Speaker : Prof. Sarah Mojarad
University of Southern California

8 October 2019 (Tuesday)
2:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 215, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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TRP channels and embryonic stem cells-derived cardiomyocytes
Speaker : Prof. Faye Tsang,
School of Life Sciences, CUHK

4 Oct 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2 p.m. (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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Organic-Inorganic Integrated Fluorescent Nanostructures for Biosensing and Imaging
Speaker: Dr. Xuewen He
Department of Chemistry,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

20 Sep 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2 p.m. (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=359898

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Nanoplasmonics: Sensing, Imaging, and Applications to Multiscale Molecular Dynamics
Speaker : Prof. Donghyun Kim
School of Electrical Engineering
Yonsei University
Korea

7 September 2019 (Saturday)
10:30 a.m.
Venue: Room 222, Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building

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Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) for biomedical applications
Speaker : Prof. Sebastian Beyer (Department of Biomedical Engineering)

6 Sep 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2 p.m. (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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Research in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo: Potential for collaborations
Speaker : Professor Lili Liu
Dean of Applied Health Sciences
University of Waterloo

29 August 2019 (Thursday)
9:30 a.m.
Venue: Room 513, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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Engineering cell niches with biomaterials topographies for tissue engineering applications
Speaker : Professor Evelyn Yim
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada

26 August 2019 (Monday)
10:30 a.m.
Venue: Room 513, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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Event: Laureate Workshop on Personalized and Regenerative Medicine
Keynote Lecture: “The Revolution of Personalized Medicine: Are We Going to Cure All Diseases and at What Price?”
Speaker: Prof. Aaron Ciechanover
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
(https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2004/ciechanover/biographical/)

Other Speakers:
Prof. Ziwei Huang
(Presidential Chair Professor and Executive Director, Ciechanover Institute of Precision and Regenerative Medicine, CUHK SZ)
“The Therapeutic Control of Stem Cell Movement and Delivery for Regenerative Medicine”

Prof. Anna Maria Blocki (SBS/iTERM, CUHK)
“Towards Engineering of Extracellular Matrices for Biomedical Applications”

Prof. Hon-Fai Chan (SBS/iTERM, CUHK)
“Microfluidic Platforms for Personalized and Regenerative Medicine”

Prof. Dai Fei Elmer Ker (SBS/iTERM, CUHK)
“Biomaterials and Artificial Intelligence Applications for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering”

12 Aug 2019 (Monday)
2 – 3:45 p.m.
Venue: G02, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Multimodality molecular imaging: Paving the way for personalized medicine
Speaker : Professor Habib Zaidi
Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Geneva University Hospital Switzerland

5 August 2019 (Monday)
10:00 a.m.
Venue: Room 513, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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Advances in optical coded-aperture imaging: listening to cellular dynamics and visualizing light-speed phenomena
Speaker : Professor Jinyang LIANG
Laboratory of Applied Computational Imaging (LACI)
Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)

1 August 2019 (Thursday)
3:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 513, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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Kinect-based Rapid Movement Therapy to Improve Balance in Stroke Survivors
Student : Miss JUNATA, Melisa
Supervisor : Prof. Raymond TONG and Prof. Kenneth CHENG

30 July 2019 (Tuesday)
10:00 a.m.
Venue: Room 215, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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Targeting Tumor Microenvironment for Immunotherapy
Speaker : Professor Leaf Huang
Eshelman School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

24 July 2019 (Wednesday)
10:30 a.m.
Venue: L1 Institute of Chin Studies

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Microheating-induced Particle/Cell Manipulation and Nucleic Acid Amplification
Student : Mr. CONG Hengji
Supervisor : Prof. HO Ho Pui Aaron

3 July 2019 (Wednesday)
2:30 pm
Venue: Room 215, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

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14th iTERM Lunchtime Seminar Topic: "Development of advanced fluorescent materials and fluorescence-based techniques for biosensing, biolabeling and bioimaging" & “Characterization and improvement of CRISPR targeting”.
Prof. Sijie Chen (Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet) &
Prof. Zongli Zheng (Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet)

28 June 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2pm (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)

Venue: 02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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Polydopamine-Based Plasmonic Nanostructures for Intracellular Applications
Student : Mr. CHOI Chun Kit
Supervisor : Prof. Jonathan CHOI

28 June 2019 (Friday)
10:00 am
Venue: Room 215, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

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Merging Humans and Machines via Soft Materials Technology
Speaker: Prof. ZHAO Xuanhe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

27 June 2019 (Thursday)
10:00 – 11:30 am
Venue: Room 215, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

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Modulation of Cortico-muscular Coupling Following Electrical Stimulation in Chronic Stroke Subjects
Student : Mr. BAO Shichun
Supervisor : Prof. Raymond TONG

20 June 2019 (Thursday)
9:00 am
Venue: Room 215, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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13th iTERM Lunchtime Seminar:
"Regulatory T cells regulate cardiovascular regeneration" & “Insulin/insulin receptor signaling in skeletal development, homeostasis and repair"
Prof. Kathy Lui (Department of Chemical Pathology, CUHK)&
Prof. Chao Wan (School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK)

Date: 14 June 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2pm (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)

Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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Online Registration
Grateful if you could urgently confirm your availability by completing the online registration on or before 11 June 2019 (Tuesday).
Should you have any queries, please contact Nicole Wan (nicolewan@cuhk.edu.hk) for additional information or clarifications.

Precision and Rational Engineering of Bio-inspired Hierarchical Polymeric Networks for Biomedical Engineering Applications
Student : Mr. ZHAO Pengchao
Supervisor : Prof. BIAN Liming

Date: 6 June 2019 (Thursday)
10:00 am
Venue: Room 513, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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Neuromodulation to restore functions after spinal cord injury
Dr. Monzurul ALAM
Research Fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Date: 28 May 2019 (Tuesday)
10:00 – 11:30 am
Venue: Room 215, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

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12th iTERM Lunchtime Seminar:
Colloidal Plasmonic Metal Nanocrystals &
Disease Activated Stem/progenitors in Osteoarthritic Joints
Prof. Jianfang Wang (Department of Physics, CUHK) &
Prof. Yangzi Jiang (School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK)

Date: 24 May 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2pm (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)

Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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Online Registration
Grateful if you could urgently confirm your availability by completing the online registration on or before 21 May 2019 (Tuesday).
Should you have any queries, please contact Nicole Wan (nicolewan@cuhk.edu.hk) for additional information or clarifications.

Conformationally-dynamic and stimuli-responsive Polymeric Nanomaterials for Multiscale Biomedical Engineering Applications
Student: Mr. CHEN Xiaoyu
Supervisor: Prof. BIAN Liming

Date: 23 May 2019 (Thursday)
4:30 pm
Venue: Room 513, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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All-electronic Nano-biosensors Based on Graphene Transistors
Dr. Zhaoli GAO
Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Pennsylvania

Date: 16 May 2019 (Thursday)
10:00 – 11:30 am
Venue: Room 513, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

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11th iTERM Lunchtime Seminar--Extraction and Isolation of Mitochondria from Biological Samples via Microfluidics
Prof. Megan Ho
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Date: 10 May 2019 (Friday)
12:30 – 2pm (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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Macrophage modulated cartilage repair by regulating Macrophage
Prof. GE Zigang
Biomedical Engineering Center Peking University
Date: 2 May 2019 (Thursday) 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Venue: Room 513, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

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Quantitative Ultrahigh-resolution Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography for Assessing Tissue Histology in vivo
Dr. Wu Yuan
Research Associate

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Date: 25 April 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Venue: Room 702, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

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Mini-Symposium on Biomaterials for Cellular and Biomedical Applications

Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Life Sciences
Faculty of Science

Date: 18 April 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 9:30 – 5:00 pm
Venue: LT2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

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Career planning for STEM / Engineering Students
Dr. Pui-Wah CHOI
Ph.D (Biochemistry)
Biomedical Consultant, SillyCube Technology Limited
Founder in Residence, Entrepreneur First

Mr. Lawrence YEUNG
Founder of FANCY HAPPINESS


Date: 4 April 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am
Venue: Room 606A, Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building

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Advance design and fabrication strategies for electrochemical and optical biosensors
Prof. Wing Cheung MAK (Martin)
Associate Professor, Docent
Head of Unit Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Linköping University, Sweden

Date: 28 March 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Venue: Room 702, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

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Metal-organic coordination compounds for biomedical applications
Dr. Sebastian Beyer
Date: 19 March 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Venue: Room 215, William M W Mong Engineering Building

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Molecular condensation--mediated actin assembly through IDR
Prof. Yansong MIAO
School of Biological Sciences Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Date: 18 March 2019 (Monday)
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am
Venue: Room 297, Science Centre South Block

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A Nanoengineer’s View of Membrane Curvature in Cell Biology
Prof. Wenting ZHAO
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Date: 18 March 2019 (Monday)
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: Room 297, Science Centre South Block

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8th iTERM Lunchtime Seminar
“Multiscale elucidation of bio-nano interactions” &
“Recent Technology Development in Optical Diffraction Tomography for Label-free Cell and Tissue Imaging in 3D”
Prof. Jonathan Choi (Department of Biomedical Engineering) &
Prof. Renjie Zhou (Department of Biomedical Engineering)
Date: 1 Mar 2019 (Friday)
Time: 12:30 – 2pm (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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7th iTERM Lunchtime Seminar
Engineering molecular dynamics of polymeric biomaterials for regulating cellular functions
Prof. Liming Bian (Department of Biomedical Engineering)
Date: 15 Feb 2019 (Friday)
Time: 12:30 – 2pm (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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6th iTERM Lunchtime Seminar
The Quest of Better Eggs for IVF & Treatment of chondral defect in wrist join by mesenchymal stem cells
Prof. Tin-lap Lee (School of Biomedical Sciences)
Prof. Wayne Lee (Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology)
Date: 1 Feb 2019 (Friday)
Time: 12:30 – 2pm (please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time; sandwiches and drinks to be provided)
Venue: G02, G/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, Area 39, CUHK

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The 12th Lecture Series by Academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Prof. TAN Weihong and Prof. GUO Zijian
Date: 23 January 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30 – 6:15 p.m. *Light refreshments will be served at 4:00 p.m.*
Venue: T.Y. Wong Hall (5/F, Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building)

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Amyloid-Inspired Protein Assembly and Interfacial Materials
Professor Peng Yang
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Shaanxi Normal University
Date: 22 January 2019 (Tue)
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: L3 Science Centre

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Snapshot polarization and phase microscope for biomedical applications
Professor Rongguang Liang
The University of Arizona
Date: 10 January 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Room 702C, William M W Mong Engineering Building (SHIAE Conference Room)

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Hanessing extracellular vesicles from red blood cells for a novel RNA drug delivery platform
Professor Minh Le
Department of Biomedical Sciences
City University of Hong Kong
Date: 9 January 2019 (Wed)
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Venue: L5 Science Centre

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