Activities > lectures and Seminars > 2007

No.

Date

Speaker Name

Affiliation

Title

Title

Given Name

Surname

1

Feb 16

Prof

Joram

Feldon

Professor, Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland

The precise time of prenatal infection influences symptom subtypes in an animal model of schizophrenia

2

Mar 22

Dr

Haiwei

Song

Principal Investigator and Senior Scientist
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

Structural and functional insights into Upf1, a key protein in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and a potential drug target for human genetic disorders

3

Apr 10

Prof

Hanry

Yu

National University of Singapore; and Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

Endoplasmic Reticulum Dynamics and Liver Fibrosis Resolution 

4

May 04

Dr

Philip

Chiu

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong

Glycodelin: a glycoprotein with diverse function on human spermatozoa

5

May 07

Prof

Leena

Bruckner-
Tuderman

Department of Dermatology, University of Freiburg, Germany

Epithelial mesenchymal interactions at the skin basement membrane zone: Biology and pathology

6

May 29

Dr

YQ

Song

Research Assistant Professor, Genome Research Centre, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong

Genetic study of cartilage and bone related diseases

7

May 30

Dr

Mari

Dezawa

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

The discovery of specific induction systems in bone marrow stromal cells: insights into auto-transplantation in neuro- and muscle-degenerative diseases

8

Jun 04

Dr

Martin

Cheung

Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong

Sox9 in Neural Crest Development

9

 

Sep 14

 

Dr

Martin

Cheung

Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong

On "In vitro reprogramming of fibroblasts into a pluripotent ES-cell-like state" published in (2007) Nature 448 (7151): 318-324

Mr

Baohua

Liu

 

On recent work in stem cells and premature ageing

10

 

Oct 17

 

Dr

Carly

Leung

 

On “Regional Heterogeneity of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Spinal Cord”

Dr

Anskar

Leung

Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

On “Jak2 mutation in polycythemia vera, a stem cell event or not?”

11

Oct 25

Prof

Reinhard

Faessler

Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Plank Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germary

Genetic analysis of the tumor suppressor gene CYLD in mice

12

Dec 06

Dr

Julian A

Tanner

Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong

From unusual polyphosphates to in vitro evolution –
applying Chemical Biology to Medicine

13

Dec 11

Prof

Chi-chung

Hui

Head & Senior Scientist, Development & Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children; Professor, Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto

How to smoothen a hedgehog?