Activities > lectures and Seminars > 2009
No. Date Name of Speaker Affiliation Title
Title Given name Surname
1 Jan 19, 2009 Dr Qun  Liu Cornell University, USA Structural Biology in the Study of Biocomplexity
2 Jan 19, 2009 Prof Michael Zhang Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA Large-scale Network-based Prediction of Human Disease Genes
3 Feb 9 - 13, 2009 The Croucher Advanced Study Institute - Ageing and Longevity: Biology and Challenge　
4　　　　 Apr 25, 2009　　　　 CRDG Research Meeting　
Dr Philip Chiu Research Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong Differential glycosylation and impaired immunosuppressive activities of glycodelin-A in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus
Dr Danny  Chan Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, the University of Hong Kong Planarian as a model system to study extracellular matrix niche of stem cells
Dr JD Huang Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, the University of Hong Kong Intracellular transport
Prof Pak  Sham Professor, Department of Psychiatry, the Unviersity of Hong Kong Genetic studies of developmental disorders
5 Apr 29, 2009 Prof Peter Goodfellow Abingworth Management Ltd, UK Public Lecture on Will Gene Therapy Work for Genetic Diseases?
6 Apr 30, 2009 Prof  Peter Goodfellow Abingworth Management Ltd, UK Public Lecture on Drug Discovery and Development
7 May 11, 2009 Dr Brian  Chung Dept of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, HKU Autism and genetics in the genomic era – chromosomes, genes, CNVs, what’s next? 
8 May 19, 2009 Prof Jun Wang Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen Sequencing, sequencing and sequencing
9 May 23, 2009 Dr Chengmin Qian Department of Structural and Chemical Biology , Mount Sinai School of Medicine,  University of New York, USA New Structural Insights into Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Transcription
10 May 23, 2009 Dr Xiaolin Tu Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, USA Understanding of Organogenesis - How does Notch Signaling Control Bone Formation?
11 May 29, 2009 Dr Arial Y Zeng Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, School of Medicine Self-renewal of Mammary Stem Cells is Dependent on Wnt Signals
12 Jun 17, 2009 Dr Yingwei Mao Postdoctoral Fellow, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA DISC1, a critical player for neural progenitor proliferation, Wnt signaling and emotional behaviors 
13 Jun 23, 2009 Dr Bin Zhou Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, USA Fog2 is essential for cardiac development and function 
14 Jun 24, 2009 Dr Yihua Huang Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, USA Insights into pilus assembly and secretion from the structure and functional characterization of usher PapC
15 Jun 25, 2009 Dr Elly Ngan Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong Neural crest cells in the peripheral nervous system development and tumorigenesis
16 Jun 25, 2009 Dr Keh-Kooi Kee Research Associate, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, USA  Derivation of primordial germ cells and spermatids from human embryonic stem cells 
17 Jul 31, 2009 Dr Yuwei Chen Lecturer, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics King's College London
 A Structural View of PQBP-1:
a protein implicated in X-linked mental retardation
18 Aug 23-29, 2009 SRT Stem Cell Biology and Rengerative Medicine course jointly organized with the Unviersity of Toronto
Dr　　 Andras　　 Nagy　　 Mount Sinai Hospital　　 Introduction to Stem Cells
Reprogramming and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Genetic alterations of stem cells
Dr　 Freda　 Miller　 University of Toronto　 SKPs and Stem Cell Therpaies
Neural Stem cells in normal and pathological development
Prof  Janet Rossant University of Toronto Stem cells from the blastocyst
Dr　 David　 Kaplan　 Univeristy of Toronto　 Signaling protein and drug discovery using cancer stem cells
p53 familites in neurodegeneration and neural stem cell function
Dr　 Ian 　 Rogers　 Mount Sinai Hospital　 Hematopoietic stem cells
Transdifferentiation: facts and artifacts
Prof　 Robin　 Lovell-Badge　 MRC National Institute for Medical Research　 NSC potential -both biological and therapeutic
In vitro-derived gametes and ethics of stem cell research and therapy
Prof 　 Ronald　 Li　 Univeristy of California Davis　 Cardiac differentiation of human ES cells
Role of microRNAs in cardiac regeneration
Prof  HF Tse Dept of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Adult Stem Cells for angiogenesis
Prof SY Leung Dept of Pathology, The Unviersity of Hong Kong Gene expression profiling in understanding the colon stem cll niche environment
Dr Anskar Leung Dept of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Zebrafish for the study of normal and neoplastic hematopoiesis
Dr ZJ  Zhou Dept of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong Stem cells and ageing
Dr Rachel  Chan Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong Search for stem cells in human endometrium
Dr Ray Ngan Dept of Pathology, The Unviersity of Hong Kong Epigenetic reprogramming in stem cell differentiation
Dr Barbara Chan Dept of Mechanical Engineering, The Unviersity of Hong Kong Extracellular matrix niche and stem cell differentiation
Dr Qizhou Lian Dept of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Establishign mesenchymal stem cells from human ESC/iPSC and applications in cardiovascular diseases
19 Aug 26, 2009 Prof Janet  Rossant Professor,  Department of Molecular Genetics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Paediatrics, University of Toronto.  Public Lecture on Frontiers and Challenges in Stem Cell Research
20 Sep 08, 2009 Prof Asgi T Fazleabas  Michigan State University Implantation in the Primate: Cellular and Molecular Responses              
21 Sep 08, 2009 Prof Richard Leach Dept of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University Oxygen Regulation of Trophoblast Proliferation and Survival
22 Sep 24, 2009 Dr Heather
Young NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Melbourne, Australia		 Control of neural crest cell migration in the gut, and cell therapy for generating enteric neurons in a mouse model of Hirschsprung's disease 
23 Oct 25, 2009 Symposium on Genetic Disorders in Reproduction and Fetal Development - From Science to Clinical Practice
Prof　 Mark 　 Kilby　 Dept of Fetal Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK　 Prenatal Microarrays: Their Use in Prenatal Diagnosis 
The Role of a Joint Fetal Medicine/Genetics Clinic in Prenatal Diagnosis
Dr　 Pao- Lin　  Kuo　 Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan　 Genetics of Male Infertility: Implication on Clinical Practice
Genetics of Recurrent Miscarriage 
Dr Ernest Ng Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong Preimplantation Genetic Screening 
Dr  Wing-Cheong  Leung Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Kwong Wah Hospital, HK Current Role of Rapid Aneuploidy Testing (QFPCR) in Prenatal Diagnosis 
Prof Denis Lo Dept of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Application of Fetal Nucleic Acids in Maternal Plasma and Serum 
Dr Kwok-Yin  Leung  Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis of Thalassemia 
Dr Grace Poon Dept of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Newborn Screening Programme for Inborn Errors of Metabolism Necessary in HK? 
Dr Anthony Chan Croyolife Debate on Universal Cord Blood Stem Cells banking is worthwhile　
Dr SY Ha Dept of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital
Prof William Yeung Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong PGD - Past, Present and Future
Prof Ching-Wan Lam Department of Pathology, the University of Hong Kong Prenatal Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders: A Review of DNA Technology in O&G
24 Oct 27, 2009 Prof Peter Goodfellow Abingworth Management Ltd, UK Treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Latest results from the clinic
25 Nov 24, 2009 Inaugural Symposium on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Program
Prof Robin Lovell-Badge MRC National Institute for Medical Research Stem cells in the central nervous system and the pituitary
Prof Patrick  Tam University of Sydney, Australia Stem Cell Differentiation and Enrichment of Progenitors: A Developmental Biology Perspective
Prof Alan Colman Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore Use of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) to model human diseases
Prof Fanyi Zeng Shanghai Jiao Tong University Reprogramming somatic cells to highly pluripotent stem cells
Prof Roger Chien Harvard Medical School
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
 Stem cells development
Dr Camie  Chan Depts of Anatomy & Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Immunology and stem cells
Prof William Yeung Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong Human stem cell cores
Imaging and cell sorter cores
Transgenic cores
Prof Ronald Li Dept of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Cell- and Gene-Based Heart Regeneration
Dr ZJ  Zhou Dept of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong Can Stem Cells Dely Aging?
Dr Elly  Ngan Dept of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong Neural Crest stem cells and skin-derived neural crest related precursor cells
Dr Ray Ng Dept of Pathology, The Unviersity of Hong Kong Epigenetic hurdle in reprogramming to stem cell fate
Dr Godfrey  Chan Dept of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medince, The University of Hong Kong Human mesenchymal stem cells: from bench to bedside
26 Dec 02, 2009 Prof Robin Lovell-Badge Distinguished Visiting Professor, HKU and MRC Institute for Medical Research, UK How the decision to be male or female is initiated and maintianed
27 Dec 14, 2009　 CRDG Research Meeting in stem cells research with Prof Robin Lovell-Badge
Dr JD Huang Department of Biochemistry, the University of Hong Kong Stem Cells, Cancers, and Cell Polarity
Dr Tsz Kan Fung Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong  Sox7 and Hematological Malignancies
Dr Barbara Chan Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong In vitro formation of osteochondral interface
Dr Carly  Leung Department of Biochemistry, the University of Hong Kong Anterior/Posterior-specific Properties of Adult Spinal Cord Progenitor Cells
Prof WT Wu Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong Potential use of Neural Stem Cells for the Treatment of Neural Degenerative Diseases and CNS injury
Dr ZJ  Zhou Department of Biochemistry, the University of Hong Kong Stem Cells Decline in Aging

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