Explore the activities where our core members contribute their expertise, showcasing the breadth of their involvement in the wider scientific community.
Imaging Brain Health: Clinical Implications and Future Directions

Prof. Kannie Chan
12 September 2024 (Thursday)
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM (tea reception after the seminar)
Connie Fan Multi-media Conference Room, 4/F Cheng Yick-chi Building
Integrated Systems Biology and Drug Discovery Approaches for Combatting Pathogens and Human Diseases

Dr Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Villanova University, USA
17 August 2024 (Saturday)
2:30 PM
Peter Ho Lecture Theature (LT-10), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Multifunctional Untethered Medical Robots for Active Targeting from a Scale Perspective

Prof. Rujie Sun, Southampton University, UK
7 August 2024 (Wednesday)
10:30 AM
YEUNG-Y5305, 5/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Revealing Mechanisms of Ice Formation for Biological Applications

Prof. Jianjun Wang, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
2 August 2024 (Friday)
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Mr & Mrs Ho Chun Hung Lecture Theatre (LT-12), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Technology Transfer and Commercialisation in Biomedical Engineering

Prof. Zhanfeng Cui, University of Oxford, UK
1 August 2024 (Thursday)
11:00 AM
John Chan Lecture Theatre (LT-11), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Dark matters: the role of long non-coding RNAs in smooth muscle biology

Prof. Jiliang Zhou, Augusta University, USA
12 July 2024 (Friday)
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
F.A.M. Lecture Theature (LT-8), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
From Soft Intelligence to embodied intelligence

Prof. Zhiqang Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
3 July 2024 (Wednesday)
2:00 PM
YEUNG-Y4702, 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Intermetallic nanoparticles: their synthesis and enhanced electrocatalysis

Prof. Shouheng Sun, Brown University, USA
20 June 2024 (Thursday)
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
F.A.M. Lecture Theature (LT-8), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Engineering Extracellular Vesicles for Therapeutic Delivery

Prof. Minh Le, National University of Singapore, Singapore
6 June 2024 (Thursday)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
G5-314, 5/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Nano-/Microscale Materials-enabled Drug Delivery Technologies

Prof. Wei Tao, Harvard University, USA
5 June 2024 (Wednesday)
11:00 AM
Peter Ho Lecture Theature (LT-10), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Self-Assembled Biomaterials

Dr Bing Xu, Brandeies University USA
5 June 2024 (Wednesday)
10:00 AM
Peter Ho Lecture Theature (LT-10), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Gold nanoparticles and aptamers: from biosensors to drug delivery

Dr Juewen Liu, University of Waterloo, Canada
30 May 2024 (Thursday)
11:00 AM
Peter Ho Lecture Theature (LT-10), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Chongqing Medical University – City University of Hong Kong Joint Symposium on Translational Medicine

23 May 2024 (Thursday)
8/F Glenview ITC Plaza Chongqing, China
The Pursuit of Theranostics with MRI

Dr Guanshu Liu, Johns Hopkins University, USA
3 May 2024 (Friday)
11:00 AM
YEUNG-P4704, 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Mini-Symposium on Precision Medicine

16 April 2024 (Tuesday)
Senate Room, 19/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
3 Stories Using Synthetic Biology and Combinatorial Genetics to Tackle Diseases

Dr Alan Siu-lun Wong, The University of Hong Kong
11 April 2024 (Thursday)
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Chan Kei Biu Lecture Theatre (LT-6), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Chromophore Supply Modulates Cone Function and Survival in Retinitis Pigmentosa Mouse Models

Prof. Yunlu Xue, Lingang Laboratory, China
25 March 2024 (Monday)
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
C. Y. Sun Lecture Theatre (LT-3), 4/ F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Academic Visit to The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

15 March 2024 (Friday)
The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Empowering Cancer Immunotherapy with Cellular Reprogramming

Prof. Filipe Pereira, Lund University, Sweden
15 March 2024 (Friday)
11:00 AM
YEUNG-B4702, 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Tissue engineering of hair follicle germs and organoids

Dr Tatsuto Kageyama, Yokohama National University, Japan
5 March 2024 (Tuesday)
4:00 PM
YEUNG-Y5302, 5/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Charting the map of genomic mutation rates with deep learning

Prof. Cai Li, Sun Yat-sen University, China
27 February 2024 (Tuesday)
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
LI-1406, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building
Cellular Nanoinjection for Biomedical Applications

Prof. Roey Elnathan, Deakin University, Australia
23 February 2024 (Friday)
10:00 AM
Leung Ko Yuk Tak Lecture Theatre (LT-14), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Multiscale Manufacturing Strategy for Tough and Strong Hierarchical Organo-hydrogels

Dr Wei Zhai, National University of Singapore, Singapore
22 February 2024 (Thursday)
10:30 AM
LAU-6213, 6/F Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
Symposium on Miniaturized Systems for Biomedical Applications

19 January 2024 (Friday)
CityUHK
Skin-Interfaced Wearable Biosensors

Dr Wei Gao, California Institute of Technology, USA
26 January 2024 (Friday)
3:30 PM
LI-2505, 2/F Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building
Drugging the Primate-Specific Long Non-Coding RNA World of Common Human Diseases

Prof. Leonard Lipovich, Wayne State University, USA
26 January 2024 (Friday)
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Leung Ko Yuk Tak Lecture Theatre (LT-14), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Decoding the Transcription circuitry when life begins

Prof. Wei Xie, Tsinghua University, China
17 January 2024 (Wednesday)
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
P4302, 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
The impact of chromosome deletions on cancer biology

Dr Yu Liu, Sichuan University, China
16 January 2024 (Tuesday)
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Wong To Yick Tong Lecture Theatre (LT-17), 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
From Mems to Nems: Discovery in the bottom

Prof. Haixia (Alice) Zhang, Peking University, China
8 January 2024 (Monday)
3:00 PM
LT-4, 4/F Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Symposium on Innovation in Biomedicine and Bioengineering

23 September 2023 (Saturday)
Benjamin Kwok Lecture Theatre (LT-16), 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Biomedical Engineering Conference 2023

11–12 August 2023 (Friday–Saturday)
Charles K. Kao Auditorium, Hong Kong Science Park
Hong Kong Scholars Annual Symposium 2023

8 July 2023 (Saturday)
Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building
Annual Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research-Europe

6–9 June 2023 (Tuesday–Friday)
Radisson Blu Park Royal Palace Hotel, Austria
Joint Symposium on Brain and Vision Health

11 May 2023 (Thursday)
2:00 PM – 6:30 PM
HKIAS Lecture Theatre, LG/F, Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (Hybrid event)
Academic Visit to CityU Shenzhen Futian Research Institute

7 March 2023 (Tuesday)
CityU Shenzhen Futian Research Institute, China


Joint Symposium in Biomedical Sciences and Technologies

2 March 2023 (Thursday)
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Virtual event
Global I&T Summit

15 December 2022 (Thursday)
9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Grand Hall, Hong Kong Science Park
The 2nd Chinese American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference: Advancing Biological and Pharmaceutical Mass Spectrometry

17–21 October 2022 (Monday–Friday)
Virtual event
Joint Symposium in Frontiers of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies

21 July 2022 (Thursday)
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Virtual event
Joint Symposium in Frontiers of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies

16 June 2022 (Thursday)
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Virtual event
Bruker ISMRM Scientific Workshop

7 May 2022 (Saturday)
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Hotel Crowne Plaza, UK
粤港澳高校工科联盟年会暨医工融合论坛

29 April 2022 (Friday)
10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China (Hybrid event)
Hong Kong Immunology Forum 2021

4 December 2021 (Saturday)
12:00 NOON – 5:00 PM
Hybrid event
The 19th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology

30 August – 3 September 2021 (Monday–Friday)
Hybrid event
Women in Science and Technology Seminar Series

4–5 February 2021 (Thursday–Friday)
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Hybrid event
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