I have much pleasure in inviting you to attend the 5^th annual Faculty Research Symposium of the Medical Faculty of The University of Hong Kong, entitled Frontiers in Biomedical Research, HKU 2006, to be held on Friday, December 8, 2006. The Organizing Committee is very much encouraged by the fact that since the first Symposium in 2002, Frontiers in Biomedical Research has become the annual flagship event of the Faculty.

Building on the success in the past four years, the Symposium this year is again organized along the five strategic research themes of the Faculty, i.e. Cancer, Healthy Aging, Infection and Immunology, Public Health, and Reproduction and Development. The Symposium will focus on cutting edge research at the frontiers of science, and we are very happy to have the overseas experts in various fields of research to share with us their insights and expertise. This Symposium will be the first scientific event to mark the year-long celebration for the 120^th Faculty anniversary. A scientific programme of very high standard has been developed and we very much look forward to your participation.

Dr Mai-Har Sham
Chairperson, Organizing Committee