Seminars, Workshops & Others
Upcoming Seminars
| Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Seminar Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 2024 (Mon) |
9:30 am | YEUNG-G4702 | Prof. Anne Petitjean Department of Chemistry and Sinclair Cancer Research Institute (Clinical Trials division) Queen's University Canada |
Guanine Quadruplexes: Exploring the Chemical Space for Nucleic Acid Targeting’ | Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk |
| 25 Nov 2024 (Mon) |
3:00 pm | HKIAS - Lecture Theatre | Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn Senior Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study Professor at the University of Strasbourg Member of the French Academy of Sciences Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1987) |
STEPS TOWARDS COMPLEX MATTER From Supramolecular Chemistry Towards Adaptive Chemistry |
Ms. Crystal WAN Tel: 3442-7402 Email: crystwan@cityu.edu.hk |
Past Seminars
| Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Seminar Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2024 (Tue) |
3:30 pm | YEUNG-G5216 | Dr. Koji Miki Associate Professor Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
Stimuli-Responsive π-Conjugated Molecules for Molecular Imaging and Drug Delivery | Prof MATSUDA Yudai Tel: 3442-7839 Email: ymatsuda@cityu.edu.hk |
| 12 Nov 2024 (Tue) |
3:30 pm | YEUNG-G5216 | Prof. Yu Li Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
HONG KONG RNA CLUB RNA structure prediction and design with large language model-based deep learning methods |
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk |
| 11 Nov 2024 (Mon) |
11:00 am | LI-1601 | Prof. Youhei Takeda Department of Applied Chemistry , Osaka University, Suita, Japan |
Development of Dibenzo[a,j]phenazine-Cored Organic Emitters: Synthesis, Photophysical Modulation, and Optoelectronic and Sensing Applications | Miss Daisy YIM Tel: 3442-7095 Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk |
| 8 Nov 2024 (Fri) |
11:15 am | YEUNG-P4704 | Dr. Huayun Shi Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK |
Photoactivated diazido platinum complexes for cancer therapy | Miss Daisy YIM Tel: 3442-7095 Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk |
| 24 Oct 2024 (Thu) |
10:30 am | LI-2413 | Prof. Frederic Bolze Équipe Nanoparticules intelligentes Laboratoire de Chémo-Biologie Synthétique et Thérapeutique, UMR 7199 Université de Strasbourg/CNRS |
From two-photon microscopy to photoacoustic imaging | Prof. LO Pik Kwan Peggy Tel: 3442-7840 Email: peggylo@cityu.edu.hk |
| 23 Oct 2024 (Wed) |
10:30 am | LI-1410 | Prof. Alexandre Specht Équipe Nanoparticules intelligentes Laboratoire de Chémo-Biologie Synthétique et Thérapeutique, UMR 7199 Université de Strasbourg/CNRS |
Photo-removable protecting groups: Applications in photo-pharmacology | Prof. LO Pik Kwan Peggy Tel: 3442-7840 Email: peggylo@cityu.edu.hk |
| 21 Oct 2024 (Mon) |
10:00 am | YEUNG-G4702 | Prof. Xumu Zhang Associate Dean of the College of Science Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology China |
@ Catalysis—A New Horizon In Asymmetric Catalysis | Prof. TAN Xuefeng Tel: 3442-7822 Email: xuefetan@cityu.edu.hk |
| 25 Sep 2024 (Wed) |
4:30 pm | YEUNG-B5308 | Prof. Maria Pia Cosma Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain Guangdong Provincial People Hospital (GDPH), Guangzhou, China |
Super resolution imaging approaches to dissect 3D genome organization and looping in somatic and stem cells | Prof. SUN Hongyan Tel: 3442-9537 Email: hongysun@cityu.edu.hk |
| 24 Sep 2024 (Tue) |
2:30 pm | LI-2513 | Prof. Clemens Kaminski Head of Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Robinson College University of Cambridge United Kingdom |
Darwin’s Enduring Influence: Pioneering Modern Molecular Engineering | Miss Daisy YIM Tel: 3442-7095 Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk |
| 24 Sep 2024 (Tue) |
3:30 pm | YEUNG-G5216 | Prof. Xing Li Professor Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences |
HONG KONG RNA CLUB Fluorogenic RNA lights up central dogma |
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk |
| 26 Aug 2024 (Mon) |
11:00 am | YEUNG-P4302 | Prof. Nicola Pinna Department of Chemistry Humboldt University of Berlin Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin Germany |
GermanyNovel Materials Chemistry for Energy and Environmental Applications | Miss Daisy YIM Tel: 3442-7095 Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk |
| 20 Aug 2024 (Tue) |
4:15 pm | YEUNG-Y4302 | Prof. Rhiju Das Professor Department of Biochemistry Stanford University School of Medicine |
HONG KONG RNA CLUB Worldwide competitions and the RNA folding problem |
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk |
| 8 Jul 2024 (Mon) |
2:30 pm | YEUNG-B6605 | Prof. Harm-Anton Klok Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Institut des Matériaux, Laboratoire des Polymères Station 12, CH-1015, Lausanne (Switzerland) |
Expanding the Scope of Surface-Initiated Polymerization | Miss Daisy YIM Tel: 3442-7095 Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk |
| 3 Jul 2024 (Wed) |
11:00 am | YEUNG-B5308 | Dr. Hao WU Scientist 4 Peptide Therapeutics Departments of Early Discovery Biochemistry Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA |
Morphing Peptide into Druglike Molecule | Miss Daisy YIM Tel: 3442-7095 Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk |
| 19 Jun 2024 (Wed) |
2:30 pm | YEUNG-B4702 | Prof Martin Pumera Head of Future Energy and Innovation Laboratory Central European Institute of Technology Brno University of Technology Czech Republic Director of Advanced Nanorobots Laboratory Technical University Ostrava |
Nano and microrobots for biofilm eradication and microplastics remediation | Miss Daisy YIM Tel: 3442-7095 Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk |
| 18 Jun 2024 (Tue) |
10:00 am | YEUNG-B4702 | Dr Richard Kelly Executive Editor of Royal Society of Chemistry journals ChemComm and Chemical Society Reviews |
How to publish with impact | Miss Daisy YIM Tel: 3442-7095 Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk |
| 22 May 2024 (Wed) |
10:30 am | YEUNG-B4702 | Prof. Rodney S. RUOFF Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology |
Macroscale graphene mechanics, dissolving/growing diamond, liquid metal solvents for carbon | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 17 May 2024 (Fri) |
2:30 pm | YEUNG-B6605 | Prof. Chu-Chen CHUEH Professor Department of Chemical Engineering National Taiwan University |
Designs of Conjugated Polymers and Hybrid Perovskites for Optoelectronic Applications | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 14 May 2024 (Tue) |
10:00 am | LI-1511 | Prof. Nicholas J. Long Longthe Sir Edward Frankland BP Endowed Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Imperial College London London |
Functionalised Microbubbles and Lipophilic Cations for Biomedical Imaging | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 2 May 2024 (Thu) |
4:15 pm | YEUNG-P4704 | Prof. Cynthia BURROWS Thatcher Presidential Chair and Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry University of Utah |
HONG KONG RNA CLUB Nanopore Studies on Chemically Modified RNA from Viruses to Bacteria to Vaccines |
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk |
| 24Apr 2024 (Wed) |
9:30 am | Online via Zoom | Dr. TIAN Xianhai Department of Chemistry Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Johns Hopkins University Baltimore |
Facile Access to Molecular Diversity and Complexity by Means of Transition Metal, Photo, Electro or Bio-Catalysis | Ms. Crystal WAN Tel: 3442-7402 Email: crystwan@cityu.edu.hk |
| 19 Apr 2024 (Fri) |
10:30 am | HKICE | Prof. Dongyuan ZHAO Dean and "HaoQing" Professor School of Chemistry and Materials Science Fudan University |
Big Science in Small Pore | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 9 Apr 2024 (Tue) |
9:30 am | YEUNG-B5310 | Prof. Shik Chi Edman TSANG Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Oxford |
Ammonia Catalysis for Energy Storage and Transport | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 26 Mar 2024 (Tue) |
2:30 pm | YEUNG-B5210 | Prof. Lin HUANG Principal Investigator Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-Sen University |
HONG KONG RNA CLUB High-resolution Crystal Structure of Functional Nucleic Acids and Their Implications |
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk |
| 13 Mar 2024 (Wed) |
11:00 am | YEUNG-G5314 | Prof. Bengang XING Professor School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Nanyang Technological University |
Chemical Biology In Molecular Imaging & Drug-targeting Therapeutic Development | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 29 Feb 2024 (Thu) |
10:30 am | HKICE | Prof. Harm-Anton KLOK Professor Institute of Materials and Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
Plastics For Good | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 22 Feb 2024 (Thu) |
3:30 pm | YEUNG- G5216 |
Dr. Shintaro IWASAKI Chief Scientist (PI) Cluster for Pioneering Research RIKEN |
HONG KONG RNA CLUB Advanced Tricks in Ribosome Profiling |
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk |
| 21 Feb 2024 (Wed) |
4:00 pm | YEUNG- B6605 |
Prof. Yixin LU Professor Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore |
Recent synthetic studies towards the construction of axially chiral molecules | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 1 Feb 2024 (Thu) |
3:30 pm | YEUNG- G5214 |
Prof. Hongyu CHEN Professor Department of Chemistry Westlake University |
Design of Chiral Nanostructures via Active Surface Growth | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 1 Feb 2024 (Thu) |
9:30 am | YEUNG- G5216 |
Prof. Taeghwan HYEON Professor School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seoul National University |
Designed Synthesis and Assembly of Inorganic Nanomaterials for Energy and Catalytic Applications | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 31 Jan 2024 (Wed) |
4:00 pm | YEUNG- B6605 |
Prof. LEI Xiaoguang Professor Department of Chemical Biology College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Peking University |
Translational Chemical Biology | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 17 Jan 2024 (Wed) |
10:30 am | YEUNG- G5311 |
Prof. LI Xiaoyu Head and Professor Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science The University of Hong Kong |
Recent advances in DNA-encoded library (DEL) selection method | Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk |
| 5 Jan 2024 (Fri) |
3:30 pm | YEUNG- B4702 |
Prof. Lin YE Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Fudan University |
Construction of the metal-support synergistic catalyst system | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
| 5 Jan 2024 (Fri) |
2:30 pm | YEUNG- B4702 |
Prof. Shik Chi Edman TSANG Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Oxford |
Induced Active Sites by Substrate Molecules in Catalysis | Miss Fiona FONG Tel: 3442-9405 Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk |
Departmental Seminars from 2016 onwards
-Departmental Seminars 2017 (July to December)
Workshops
| 2014 | |
| 7 - 16 July 2014 | The 6th Environment and Health Summer School (EHSS) on "Oceans and Human Health" |
| 2012 | |
| 11 July 2012 | Workshop on MScEST Programme |
| 2011 | |
| 12 - 14 December 2011 | 1st Hong Kong NMR Workshop |
| 28 - 30 November 2011 | The Montego Bay Group Workshop on Advanced Reaction Environments (Photos) |
| 13 - 16 June 2011 | International Workshop on the Science and Conservation of Asian Horseshoe Crabs |