C19: When Boys Become Girls: Environmental Impacts of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals to Humans and Wildlife (偷龍轉鳳 : 探討內分泌干擾物對人類和環境之影響)

This talk will introduce the basic biological mechanisms to determine sexes in animals and explain why chemical pollutants can influence the hormonal systems and lead to sex changes in wildlife and humans. 

本講座將介紹決定動物性別的基本生物學機制，並探討為什麼化學污染物能影響荷爾蒙系統並導致野生動物和人類的性別改變。

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth LEUNG
Target Audience: Form 4 - 6
Duration: 45 minutes
Medium of Language: English or Cantonese

Registration: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/csci/local-school-outreach/popular-science-talks