Events

Dynamic adipose remodeling and metabolic improvement by intermittent fasting

Dissecting Molecular Mechanisms of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Development of tailor-made nanomedicines and study on their in-vivo biofate

Cabozantinib overcomes ABCG2-mediated drug resistance in cancer

Cancer Immumotherapy

The accuracy and efficiency of primary microRNA processing by human Microprocessor

Molecular mechanisms of cancer susceptibility

The comparison study of lung cancer genomics between Chinese and European populations

Proteogenomics of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
New Bio-imaging Approaches Based on G-quadruplex Fluorescent Complex

Increasing Coding Complexity of Human Genome at RNA Level

Immune genes are primed for robust transcription by proximal lncRNAs located in nuclear compartments

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
Target the virus replication process for specific antivirals against Dengue and Zika viruses

Multisource and Functional Diversity of Immunoglobulin

Laser-induced Graphene-based Non-enzymatic Sensor for Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide

Engineering protein-protein interactions to probe and rewire cell signaling

Regulation of genome stability and anti-cancer drug resistance

G-Quadruplex secondary structures and DNA dynamics

Uncovering neural representations of large-scale rat hippocampal population codes

Uncovering the immunosuppressive mechanism of TGF-β1 during cancer progression

Discovery of clinically translatable biomarkers (early detection, prognosis and predictive) and therapeutic targets in colorectal and other gastrointestinal cancers

Developing experimental and computational methods to study the non-coding genetic basis of cancer and complex diseases

Digital Manufacturing of Microfluidic Tissue Chips

Accelerating biotech innovative eco-system in China Greater Bay Area (GBA)

Cryo-EM Structure of phycobilisome

Discover new drugs for retinal degeneration by zebrafish research

Brain Plasticity in Macroscale

How to quench bacterial fire by altering bacterial genes

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
Wide-spread Antisense RNAs in Bacteria: Where Are They, What Do They Do, and How Are They Controlled?

Structural basis and regulation mechanism of inflammatory cell death

Genome-side Analysis of Enhancers in Development and Disease

Highlights of Findings from Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) Studies in Taiwan and China

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
DNA Bases beyond Watson and Crick

Transcriptional and epigenetic controls in pluripotent stem cells and cancer stem cells

Novel therapeutic targets for treatment of major depression: Galanin and its receptors

RNAs in Molecular Crowding World

Targeting the piriform cortex as therapeutic treatment for epilepsy

Establishing novel animal models for biomedical research

Epidemiological Surveillance of Malaria Transmission Using New Serological Assays

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
Transcriptional formation of DNA:RNA hybrid G-quadruplexes and regulation on transcription in return

Deep learning the spatial and molecular heterogeneity of tumour immune response

The short-term plasticity of Hong Kong's Platygyra spp. corals: a new insight on carl in-situ metabolism and ex-situ manipulations

COPPWARE Nano-Copper-Carbon Composite and Its Applications

Novel anticancer drug development candidates that target undruggable Ras or Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways

Cell-cell communication in the tumor microenvironment

A negative feedback regulation of MTORC1 activity by the lysosomal Ca2+ channel MCOLN1/mucolipin-1 in cellular homeostasis and human diseases

Single cell analyses

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
Genome architecture of Dengue and Zika viruses

Tumour-derived extracellular vesicles (EV) – a real time functional assessment of tumour activity in cancer patients

Dissecting synaptic and circuitry mechanisms of psychatric disorders

Molecular mechanisms of interaction between TDP-43 and RNA G-quadruplex

Marine Invertebrates and their Associated-Microorganisms, Untapped Resources for Novel Drug Leads to Treat Metabolic Diseases and Osteoporosis

The synergistic effect of host immunity with phage and probiotic therapy against bacterial pathogens

Smart Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Engineering the molecular dynamics of polymeric biomaterials for regulating cellular functions

New Drug Discovery: From Target Identification to NDA

From IP to IPO

Microfluidic techniques for isolation and analysis of floating cells

Control of tumor cell migration and screening in biomimetic platform

Engineering Advanced Biomaterials: from synthetic surfaces to lipid libraries

Seminar on Interdisciplinary Neurotechnology:

Upconversion-based All-optical Optogenetics

Label-free functional imaging of the brain in action

The Cambridge Biotechnology Ecosystem: Academic Entrepreneurs, New Technologies, and Building Companies to Treat Rare Diseases

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
Role of secretary small RNAs as a pro-inflammatory mediator in the development of EBV-associated lymphoma

AMPK and Metformin in Cancer Cell Metabolism and Tumor Metastasis

Advances in coral in-situ metabolisam of Hong Kong coral communities

Investigation into bacterial antimicrobial resistance and novel antibiotic development

Design, synthesis and application of mechanically robust self-healing polymers

Seminar on Mechanism Discovery Platform:

Proteomic Dissection of Cell Signaling

Application of high-throughput functional genomic screening for biomedical research

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
A structural basis of RNA epigenetics, and gene regulation by riboswitches

Harnessing big data to understand gene regulation and beyond

Seminar on Neurodegeneration:

Neurodegeneration in the Retina

Changes in Cortical Properties Induced by Neurodegeneration in the Retina

Transcribing Memories: Encoding of Contextual Memories by Transcriptionally-defined Active Neuronal Ensembles

Dissecting Molecular Mechanisms Of Transcription Regulation In Cells & Genome-wide

Sample to Insight: Advanced RNA Technology for NGS and Bioinformatics

Seminar on Neural Plasticity:

Disturbed neural cell networks in neurodegenerative conditions: from the molecular level to the system level

Plasticity at the synapse and beyond

Functionalization and delivery of Pt(IV) anticancer prodrugs

Designing biofunctional interfaces with special wettability: from superhydrophobicity to cell microarrays

Rapid Treatment Evaluation and Prognosis for Patients Using the CTC Cluster Assay with Circulating Tumor Cells

Biomaterials for Translational Regenerative Medicine

Seminar on Linguistics and Neuroscience:

The Effects of Typographic Features on the Eye Movements in the Reading of Chinese

ERP Evidence on Verbal Semantic Detection

TRPC6 and Abeta production

Harness the power of light: optogenetic control of intracellular activities

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
A hidden layer of genetic regulation revealed by RNA structurome and interactome studies

Seminar on Cell Biology and Novel Technology:

Autophagy in Neurodegenerative Disease

Efficient RNA Delivery Using Extracellular Vesicles

Mechanistic Insights into MCR-1/2 Colistin Resistance

CityU Distinguished Lecture Series:
Biogenesis and activities of plant microRNAs – the where and how

Uncovering intratumor heterogeneity with Dirichlet processes

Biomedical Sciences Seminar:

Integrating Photonics with Ultrasonics for Biomedical Applications: A Translational Journey

Recent Advances in Stimuli Responsive Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy

Development of novel strategy for cardiac repair

Neuroscience Seminar:

Memory Encoding in the Brain

Mechanisms of Sensory Learning in the Cortex

Hong Kong RNA Club Seminar:
Mechanistic investigation of Linc-p27 function in skeletal muscle satellite cell and muscle regeneration

Early sensory experience shapes the initial circuits in auditory cortex

Possible role of non-selective channels in the inflammatory response of chronic diseases

The President's Lecture Series 31: Excellence in Academia:
Don't just blame the animals, but who is to blame?
The role of animals and humans in the looming antimicrobial apocalypse

Precision Medicine with Functional Diagnosis

Vibrio cholerae's gut feelings

Destemming liver cancer stem cells as a novel strategy against liver cancer

Rod and cone signaling pathways in normal, mutant and diseased mammalian retinas

Academic Entrepreneurs, New Technologies, and Building Companies to Treat Disease

CityU Distinguished Lecture Series:
Self-renewal of human hematopoietic progenitor cells: Development of novel therapies for anemias

CityU Distinguished Lecture Series:
Non coding RNA, epigenetics and non Mendelian inheritance in plants

Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy

Targeting NMDA receptors: to inhibit or to enhance?

The crossroad of metabolism and immunity in liver cancer

Physical Organic Chemistry in Drug Product Development – My Industrial-Chemist Career with Pharma

Single Molecule Localization Microscopy and Its Applications

Identifying consequential microRNAs and their targets in CD8+ T cells

Cancer metastasis: from a tumor microenvironmental perspective

Advanced combinatorial genetics technology for decoding biological complexity

Plasticity of the auditory brainstem in the adult rat: molecular, cellular, functional

Advanced Near-Infrared In Vivo Imaging: Seeing is Believing

Dynamic representation of 3D auditory space in the midbrain of the free-flying echolocatingbat

Understanding the roles of the stemness factors LIN28A/B in the conversion to pluripotent states and tumorigenesis

Comprehensive tumor genotyping in the clinic

Detecting Structural Variations using high-throughput sequencing data

Neural network mediating the phantom sound of tinnitus and loudness hypersensitivity (hyperacusis)

Approval of Antisense Oligo by FDA: From microRNA Biomarker Screening To Clinic Use

Secondary Metabolites and their Bioactivities from Isodon species and their endophytic fungi

Gut microbiome, intervention and host physiology

Professional learning andcareer development of university students and Experience sharing

Epstein-Barr virus-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Biological mechanisms for carcinogenesis and advanced live-cell imaging of invasive processes

Targeted Destruction of Cancer Stem Cells by Nanomedicine

Lessons learned from bird studies in Taiwan

Excessive fatty acid oxidation induces muscle atrophy in cancer cachexia

Two Dimensional Materials for Flexible and Wearable Electronics

Chemical Biology Approaches for Biofilm Eradication

Neural Modeling: Computation to Application

Genetically-modified Red Blood Cells (RBCs) against anemia, metabolic disorders and cancers in future

Keeping DNA Damage Responses Under Control

Directed forgetting in human and non-human animals: Implications for clinical psychology

A Real-time Cerebellum on FPGA and A self-recalibrating sEMG pattern recognition system for neuroprosthetic control

Assessing the genetics of metabolic diseases: from disease genes identification to disease risk prediction

Efficacy and Safety of an Aerosolized Recombinant Butyrylcholinesterase Pretreatment against Inhaled Organophosphate Toxicity

Changes in properties of identified spinal neurons after spinal cord injury

Bioanalysis in Nanoliter Droplets

Make your lab life easier with optimized T cell tools

The emerging role of inertial microfluidics in high-throughput cell sorting

Epigenetic Mechanisms by the Hepatitis B Virus X Protein in Hepatocarcinogenesis

Flexible Neural Probes and Biomimetic Platforms

Precision Cancer Medicine

Gain-of-function hypomethylation in diabetic nephropathy

Stem Cell Therapy: from Laboratory to Clinic

What can we learn from statistical models of auditory neurons?

A Single, Duo, and Flexible Aptamers for Biosensing and Biotechnological Application

Cellular mechanisms of sound localization: roles of synaptic inhibition and neuromodulation

Cardiomyocyte behavior and genetic compensation in zebrafish

Dinoflagellate genome and coral symbiosis

Neuroethology of Prosocial Communication and Learning in Rodents

New Mechanistic Insights into PARP-1-mediated DNA Damage Response

Wnt regulation of Planar Cell Polarity

Mechanisms of phantom sound perception

Functional dissection and therapeutic targeting of aberrant epigenomes in human cancer

Genome Research in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

New Opportunities Offered By Lipid-Modified Electrodes to Modulate and Interrogate Transmembrane Diffusion Rates and Mechanisms

Perineuronal net turnover and gamma oscillations reactivate brain plasticity

Regulating Cell Microenvironment using Microengineering Technology

Long term cell storage: the key to making regenerative medicine a reality

Elimination of multidrug resistance by small RNA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Developing Fluorescent Probes and Peptide-based Materials for Biological Applications

Dendritic integration in cortical neurons in vivo

Shooting the Messenger: Rapid and Global mRNA Decay in Apoptosis

Engineering Bacteria to Reveal Biological Principles and to Treat Cancers in Pets

Structure-guided iterative evolution of antigenically advanced AAV variants for therapeutic gene transfer

Functional Organization and Plasticity of the Auditory System in Humans and Nonhuman Primates

fMRI Dissection of Auditory and Visual Cortical Descending Inputs to Midbrain Auditory Processing

Dominant microRNAs in innate immune response and autoimmunity

Responsibility of Circadian Clocks on Neurodegenerative Diseases

Missing Links between Stem Cell Differentiation and Tumorigenesis

Complexity of neuronal responses in primary auditory cortex: evidence for auditory scene analysis?

Nanostructure-based Neural Interface for Non-destructive in situ Dissection of Cellular Activities

Targeting Leukemia on Multiple Fronts – from Zebrafish to Human Leukemia

Towards a High Resolution Retinal Implant to Restore Vision for the Blind

CityU Distinguished Lecture Series:
What’s So Special About the Human Brain?

TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM: MERGING MICROENVIRONMENTS AND CELLULAR TRANSFORMATION

NEURONAL AND RECEPTOR BASIS OF SALICYLATE-INDUCED PHANTOM AUDITORY SENSATION

EPITHELIAL SKIN STEM CELLS IN NORMAL HOMEOSTASIS AND IN CANCER

NEW PIECES IN AN OLD PUZZLE – COUPLING NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY TO DNA REPLICATION

PORPHYRIN NANOTECHNOLOGY: DISCOVERY, CLINCAL TRANSLATION AND BEYOND

CALCIUM SIGNALING THROUGH STIM AND ORAI

SPATIAL STIMULUS-SPECIFIC ADAPTATION FACILITATES SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION THROUGH SHARPENING RESPONSE CONTRAST IN THE THALAMIC RETICULAR NUCLEUS OF RAT

ROLES OF HIPPOCAMPUS AND NEOCORTEX IN LEARNING AND MEMORY IN MICE – FROM SYNAPSE TO BEHAVIOUR

THE ROLE OF EPIGENETICS IN CANCER MUTAGENESIS

Genetic Mechanisms underlying Homeostatic Plasticity of Inhibitory Transmission

NEURAL ADAPTATION TO THE STATISTICS OF AUDITORY SCENES

DENDRITIC CELLS: FROM INNATE IMMUNITY TO AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

Tinnitus Alleviation by Restored Kv1.4-mediated Dendritic Excitability

CityU Distinguished Lecture Series:
Host jump: Flu, MERS-CoV, Ebola and Zika

METABOLIC ENERGY IN THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS: A TALE OF TWO NERVES

POLQ, THE GENE ENCODING THE DNA REPLICATION TIMING FACTOR POLθ, IS A GENERAL AND STRONG PREDICTOR OF PATIENT OUTCOME FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF CANCER

CityU Distinguished Lecture Series:
Language, Diversity, and Complexity: A Neurobiological Approach to the Three Ss (Speech, Sign Language, and Script) of Human Communication

ETV2 IN CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT AND VASCULAR REGENERATION

SARS PATHOGENESIS STUDY USING CHINESE RHESUS MACAQUE AS A MODEL

Neuron-glia Energy Metabolic Interactions via Monocarboxylate Transporter1 (MCT1) in CNS Health and Disease

TRACKING PROTEINS INSIDE LIVE CELLS USING COORDINATION-BASED FLUORESCENCE APPROACH.

MDIG AND HUMAN CANCER, 20 YEARS OF MINING AND DIGGING.

The President's Lecture Series 27: Excellence in Academia
Mangrove Wetland: Our Green Kidney

Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration Gene Therapy for Retinal Degeneration Diseases

GENETIC AND EPIGENETIC DETERMINANTS OF LONGEVITY IN C. ELEGANS

ZFP57 LINKS MATERNAL EFFECT, GENOMIC IMPRINTING AND NOTCH SIGNALING

EPIGENOMIC STUDY OF NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA (NPC)

INVASION AND IMMUNE ESCAPE MECHANISMS OF THE PLACENTA

POTENCY OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR REPAIR: INTERCELLULAR MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSFER

AUTOPHAGY REGULATES HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA TUMORIGENESIS THROUGH THE SELECTIVE DEGRADATION MACHINERY

REGULATION AND DETECTION OF STEM CELL STATE: NEW TRICKS FOR OLD DOGMAS

The President's Lecture Series 26: Excellence in Academia
Biochips and Nanomedicine: From Basic Research to Clinical Applications

AVIAN HOST RANGE RESTRICTION AND INNATE ANTIVIRAL RESPONSES

INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL OMICs DATA FOR GENE REGULATORY NETWORK CONSTRUCTION

DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-ENTEROVIRUS 71 AGENTS THAT TARGET THE ER STRESS SIGNALING PATHWAY AND CAPSID PROTEIN VP1

Mechanism and Consequences of Protein Palmitoylation

Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells in Immunological Diseases

Ischemic and Anesthetic Pre- and Post-Conditioning: The Challenge of Protecting the Diabetic Heart

Regulation of the Autophagy-Lysosome Pathway in Cancer Cell Biology

Diet and Health in the 21st Century: Guiding Principles from Lactation to Big Data

A VIEW TO THE INTRACELLULAR JOURNEY OF DENGUE VIRUS

The role of KLF5 transcription factor in triple negative breast cancer

France–Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series:
Pathogenic and Symbiotic Microbes at Mucosal Surface: the Yin and Yang of Hygiene

The secret lives of gonadotropes: the interface between GnRH and ATP signaling in the pituitary

Characterization of Cancer Stem Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Deregulated lineage-specific transcriptional program and signaling in lung cancer metastasis

Ovarian Cancer Metastasis: New Insights into the Early Steps and Niches

Androgen Receptor Activity Abnormality in Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer Defined by Functional Enhancer RNAs

Epigenetic Mechanisms underlying Male Predominance of Liver Cancer

Emergence of Epidemic Viruses in New hosts – Canine Parvoviruses and Canine Influenza Viruses

Host-Pathogen Interactions in Tuberculosis

Roles for the 9-1-1 DNA damage response complex during mammalian development and tumorigenesis

Where do emerging diseases come from?

Retinoic Acid-Induced Leukemic Stem Cell Differentiation: Nuclear translocation of Raf Kinase

Stem cells and ovarian cancer

Functional cure of HIV infection by active vaccination

Clostridium Difficile: Functional Genomics Studies

Publish or Perish: The Editor’s View

Single-cell RNA Sequencing

Investigating Human Tissue Heterogeneity Using Quantitative Single-cell Transcriptomics

The Silent Treatment: Developing RNAi Therapeutics

Hebbian and Homoestatic Plasticity in Auditory Cortical Map Development and Reorganization

Neural Circuits underlying Auditory Cortical Control of Innate Defense Behavior

Plasticity of the auditory cortex on multiple time scales

AAV Mediated BDNF Expression Rescues Retinal Ganglion Cells and Visual Function in Rodent Models of Elevated Intraocular Pressure

The role of the motor protein KIF5B and the scaffolding protein JLP in proteasomal degradation of the oncoprotein c-MYC

Comparative population genetics of purebred and village dogs

Microfluidic Tools for Cellular Delivery and Analysis

Genome engineering using the CRISPR-Cas9 system

Functional Mechanisms that Mediate Subcortical Stimulus-Specific Adaptation

Signaling mechanisms behind the development and plasticity of neuronal synapses

Processing objects and space in the hippocampus

Adaptive Visual Cortical Processing

Getting published: the inside view of a scientific editor

Micro- and Nano-scale Engineering of Cell Signaling

Rolling in the Deep: Tumor Cell Adhesion and Treatment in the Bloodstream

Synaptic micro-circuitry underlying auditory cortical function