President’s Lecture Series: Excellence in Academia
Endothelial cells lining the blood vessel’s lumen are the key regulators of vascular homeostasis. They serve as active signal transducers for blood flow and circulating bioactive molecules. In this talk, “Health of Vascular Endothelial Cells is too Important to Ignore,” Professor Huang Yu, Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and the Jeanie Hu Professor of Biomedical Sciences, will discuss novel mechanisms that cause endothelial cell dysfunction with reference to cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, abnormal lipids and obesity. The talk is on 2 November.
Professor Zeng Xiaocheng, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, will share stories on major scientific discoveries during his research career at a talk on 1 December. These stories include the serendipitous discovery of the first metal (gold) cage molecule in nature and the incidental discovery of the first 2D ice in nature. He is an elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and joined CityU in July 2022.
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Dialogue Series with Consuls General
The guest speaker Ambassador Okada Kenichi, Consul General of Japan in Hong Kong, will discuss opportunities in Japan for future studies and career development at a hybrid talk on 2 November. For enquiries, please call 3442 8263.
Kudos
Kwok Man-hin, a Year 4 in the Department of Electrical Engineering, and Lam Yat-tung, a Year 3 student in the Department of Public and International Affairs, were named 1st Runner Up and Best Innovation Award in IET Young Professionals Exhibition & Competition (YPEC) 2022 – Undergraduate Section. The winning project, supervised by Dr Chan Wing-shing, Associate Professor in EE, is called "Starwheation". YPEC, organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, is a dynamic platform for young professionals to exhibit their engineering and technology innovation.