Seminars in 2023/2024 - Invited Speakers
17 AUG 2024
2:30pm
BME36
| title: | Integrated Systems Biology and Drug Discovery Approaches for Combatting Pathogens & Human Diseases |
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| Venue: | LT-10, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Dr. Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University |
7 AUG 2024
10:30am
BME35
| title: | Multifunctional Untethered Medical Robots for Active Targeting from a Scale Perspective |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-Y5305, 5/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Prof. Rujie Sun, Southampton University, UK |
1 AUG 2024
11:00am
BME34
| title: | Technology Transfer and Commercialisation in Biomedical Engineering |
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| Venue: | LT-11, John Chan Lecture Theatre, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Prof. Zhanfeng Cui, University of Oxford |
3 JUL 2024
2:00pm
BME33
| title: | From Soft Intelligence to embodied intelligence |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-Y4702, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Prof. Zhiqang Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
20 JUN 2024
11:00am
11:50am
11:50am
BME32
| title: | Intermetallic nanoparticles: their synthesis and enhanced electrocatalysis |
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| Venue: | LT-8, F.A.M. Lecture Theature, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Shouheng Sun, Department of Chemistry, Brown University |
30 MAY 2024
11:00am
BME31
| title: | Gold nanoparticles and aptamers: from biosensors to drug delivery |
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| Venue: | LT-10, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Dr. Juewen Liu, University of Waterloo |
5 JUN 2024
11:00am
BME30
| title: | Nano-/Microscale Materials-enabled Drug Delivery Technologies |
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| Venue: | LT-10, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Prof. Wei Tao, Assistant Professor, Harvard University |
5 JUN 2024
10:00am
BME29
| title: | Self-Assembled Biomaterials |
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| Venue: | LT-10, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Dr. Bing Xu, Brandeies University, USA |
3 MAY 2024
11:00am
BME27
| title: | The Pursuit of Theranostics with MRI |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-P4704, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Dr. Guanshu Liu, Johns Hopkins University |
15 MAR 2024
11:00am
BME26
| title: | Empowering Cancer Immunotherapy with Cellular Reprogramming |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-B4702, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Prof. Filipe Pereira, Lund University |
5 MAR 2024
4:00pm
BME25
| title: | Tissue engineering of hair follicle germs and organoids |
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| Venue: | LT-14, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Tatsuto Kageyama, Yokohama National University |
23 FEB 2024
10:00am
BME24
| title: | Cellular Nanoinjection for Biomedical Applications |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-Y5302, 5/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Prof. Roey Elnathan, Deakin University (Melbourne) |
22 FEB 2024
10:30am
BME23
| title: | Multiscale Manufacturing Strategy for Tough and Strong Hierarchical Organo-hydrogels |
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| Venue: | LAU-6213, 6/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Dr. Wei Zhai, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) |
8 JAN 2024
3:00 pm
BME22
| title: | From Mems to Nems: Discovery in the bottom |
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| Venue: | LT-4, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Haixia (Alice) Zhang, Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China |
26 JAN 2024
3:30 pm
BME21
| title: | Skin-Interfaced Wearable Biosensors |
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| Venue: | LI-2505, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Wei Gao, Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology |
20 DEC 2023
9:00 am
9:45 am
9:45 am
BME20
| title: | Lightening up molecular events in live cells |
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| Venue: | LT-4, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Xian-En ZHANG, Faculty of Synthetic Biology, University of Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (USIAT) |
19 DEC 2023
3:35 pm
4:05 pm
4:05 pm
BME19
| title: | SIRIUS, Bright Tetherless Near-Infrared Implantable in Photodynamic Therapy |
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| Venue: | LT-4, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Daniel Boon Loong TEH, National University of Singapore |
19 DEC 2023
3:05 pm
3:35 pm
3:35 pm
BME18
| title: | Engineering biomaterial interface for vascular tissue engineering applications |
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| Venue: | LT-4, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Evelyn Yim, Professor, University Research Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada |
18 DEC 2023
1:30 pm
2:15 pm
2:15 pm
BME17
| title: | Micropatterned liquid metal for stretchable bio-electronics |
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| Venue: | LT-4, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Xingyu Jiang, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China |
20 DEC 2023
3:05 pm
3:35 pm
3:35 pm
BME16
| title: | Dissecting Integrin-Mediated Mechanotransduction by Optogenetics |
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| Venue: | LT-4, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Pakorn Kanchanawong, Associate Professor and Associate Head (Postgraduate Program/Research), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Deputy Director of the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore |
19 DEC 2023
1:30 pm
2:15 pm
2:15 pm
BME15
| title: | Noninvasive Gut-to-Brain Oral Delivery Systems |
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| Venue: | LT-4, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Hsing-Wen Sung, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (ROC) |
18 DEC 2023
2:15 pm
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
BME14
| title: | Development of 3D Ultrasound Imaging System for Scoliosis Assessment |
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| Venue: | LT-4, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Yongping Zheng, Henry G. Leong Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Chair Professor - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Director - Research Institute for Smart Ageing, Director - Jockey Club Smart Ageing Hub, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
18 DEC 2023
2:00pm
BME13
| title: | Visualization of Interfacial Liquid Water at Nano scale |
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| Venue: | B5-307, 5/F, Blue Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Mingdong Dong, Professor, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Denmark |
20 NOV 2023
3:00pm
BME12
| title: | Musculoskeletal Immunology: Revolutionizing Periimplant Pathologies |
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| Venue: | B5-307, 5/F, Blue Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Frank Alexander Schildberg, Professor of Musculoskeletal Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany |
13 NOV 2023
2:00pm
BME11
| title: | Practice Makes Perfect? Lessons from Human Learning for Robot Learning in Austere Environments |
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| Venue: | G5-214, 5/F, Green Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Richard M. Voyles, IEEE Fellow, Daniel C. Lewis Professor of the Polytechnic, Faculty Fellow of the Indiana Manufacturing Institute, Head, Collaborative Robotics Lab, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
27 NOV 2023
9:30am
BME10
| title: | Wearable Bioelectronics for Personalized Healthcare |
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| Venue: | B5-211, 5/F, Blue Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Yu SONG, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, USA |
14 NOV 2023
9:30am
BME09
| title: | Noninvasive or minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy |
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| Zoom: | https://cityu.zoom.us/j/94686656528?pwd=NmY0RWJtQVR2MGl0MUVyYk9pZ08zdz09 |
| Speaker: | Dr. Jiaqi LIU, Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University, USA |
7 NOV 2023
2:30pm
BME08
| title: | Noninvasive Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Unraveling Mechanisms and Enhancing Precision |
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| Venue: | B6619 Conference Room, 6/F, Blue Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Yaoheng YANG, Washington University in St. Louis, USA |
19 OCT 2023
10:00am
BME07
| title: | Research of Cell-Biomaterial Interactions and Development of Cardiovascular Medical Devices |
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| Venue: | G4302, 4/F, Green Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Jiandong DING, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, CHINA |
17 NOV 2023
3:00pm
BME06
| title: | Magnetic hydrogel for cancer study and wound healing |
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| Venue: | LT-16, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building |
| Speaker: | Andy Tay, Assistant Professor, Presidential Young Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore |
20 SEP 2023
10:30am
BME05
| title: | Intelligent Control of 3D-Printed Magnetic Soft Millirobots for Droplet Manipulation in Medical Diagnostics |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-B4702, Blue Zone, 4/F |
| Speaker: | Prof Yi Zhang, School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China |
31 OCT 2023
10:00am
BME04
| title: | E-Tattoos and E-Skins Bridging Humans and Robots |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-B6605 College Conference Room, Blue Zone, 6/F |
| Speaker: | Nanshu Lu, Professor, Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin |
25 SEP 2023
2:30pm
BME03
| title: | Rational design of antimicrobial peptides & polymers for topical infections |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-B5208, Blue Zone, 5/F |
| Speaker: | Dr. Lakshminarayanan Rajamani, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS), Co-Head of the Ocular Infections & Anti-Microbials Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) |
20 SEP 2023
2:30am
BME02
| title: | Can We Do That with Ultrasound? |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-B6605 College Conference Room, Blue Zone, 6/F |
| Speaker: | Alfred C. H. Yu, PhD, PEng, FAIUM, FEIC, Assistant Vice President, Research and International, Professor, NSERC Steacie Fellow, Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on UFFC, University of Waterloo |
16 OCT 2023
10:00am
BME01
| title: | Boosting Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell therapy via a synthetic vaccine |
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| Venue: | YEUNG-B5211, 5/F |
| Speaker: | Leyuan Ma, Ph.D., Assistant professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |