Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Faculty Research Day

Faculty Research Day

 Poster2023

Poster

 

Booklet2023

Booklet

 

 

As part of the Faculty’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Science Faculty 60th Anniversary Distinguished Science Lecture Series cum Research Day 2023 will be held on 11 June 2023 (Sunday) in physical format. The theme of Research Day this year would be “Learning from Academicians”. The Faculty is honoured to have two world-renowned distinguished scholars, Professor Randy Schekman and Professor David Drubin from the University of California, Berkeley to deliver Distinguished Science Lectures cum Research Day Keynote Lectures. (Registration closed)

 

Science Faculty 60th Anniversary Distinguished Science Lectures cum Research Day 2023 

Date: 11 June 2023 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Esther Lee Building (ELB), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Admission

- Free admission (All are welcome)
- Limited seats are available in the main venue on a first-come-first-served basis
- The event will be conducted in English 

 

Event Rundown

Time Programme
2:00 - 2:15 pm Opening Remarks
  Sharing from Members of the Faculty of Science, CUHK
2:15 - 3:25 pm

Sharing 1

Prof. CHOW Hei Man Kim

Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Email: heimanchow@cuhk.edu.hk

Sharing 2

Prof. ZHUANG Xiaohong

Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Email: XhZhuang@cuhk.edu.hk

Sharing 3

Prof. XIA Jiang

Professor, Department of Chemistry
Email: jiangxia@cuhk.edu.hk

Sharing 4

Prof. LUI Lok Ming Ronald

Professor, Department of Mathematics
Email: lmlui@math.cuhk.edu.hk

Sharing 5

Prof. WU Yilin

Professor, Department of Physics
Email: ylwu@cuhk.edu.hk

Sharing 6

Prof. LIN Zhixiang

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics
Email: zhixianglin@cuhk.edu.hk

Sharing 7

Prof. TAI Pui Kuen Amos

Associate Professor, Earth System Science Programme
Email: amostai@cuhk.edu.hk

3:25 - 3:45 pm Break with Tea Refreshment
  Learning from Academicians
3:45 - 4:45 pm Keynote Speech and Sharing

Harnessing Actin Assembly Forces to Drive Vesicle Formation during Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis

Prof. David DRUBIN
Professor of Cell and Development, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Email: drubin@berkeley.edu

4:45 - 5:45 pm Keynote Speech and Sharing

Exosomes and the Traffic of Proteins and RNA between Cells

Prof. Randy SCHEKMAN
University Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Nobel Laureate of 2013 Physiology or Medicine
Email: schekman@berkeley.edu

5:45 - 6:15 pm  Discussion Forum
6:15 - 6:30 pm  Closing Remarks