Department of Anatomy

Departmental Seminar Series 2006/2012

Date	Name of Speaker(s)	Title
21/5/2012	Dr. Anson Cho Investigator, Schepens Eye Research Institute Massachusettus Eye and Ear & Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School U. S. A.	EphrinA3: Control of retinal stem cell potency
21/3/2012	Zhang Guitao Ph.D. Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and STAT3 activation in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells
19/3/2012	Charles K. Meshul Ph.D. Research Biologist/Director Electron Microscopy Facility Veterans Affairs Medical Center & Professor Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Pathology Oregon Health & Science University U. S. A.	MPTP-induced progressive mouse model of Parkinson's Disease: Effect of non-drug intervention therapy
7/3/2012	Yanshan Fang Ph.D. Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Pennsylvania U. S. A.	Axon dengeration: Insights from a novel in vivo model of neural injury using the drosophila wing
2/3/2012	Dr. Lars S. Rasmussen, Ph.D. Research Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Center of Head and Orthopaedics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark Editor-in-Chief, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica	Unravelling postoperative cognitive dysfunction: facts you want to know!
15/2/2012	Dr. Justin Wai Chung Leung Experimental Radiation Oncology University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Texas, U. S. A.	Fanconi anemia and DNA interstrand cross-link repair
18/1/2012	Carlos Ibanez Ph.D. Professor in Neuroscience Karolinska Institute Sweden	Control of cell adhesion, migration and synapse formation by neuronal growth factors
12/1/2012	Professor Sarah Dunlop Experimental and Regenerative Neuroscience School of Animal Biology The University of Western Australia Australia	Clinical trials for spinal cord injury
16/12/2011	Professor Anna Lysakowski Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois U. S. A.	Afferent nerve diversity in the vestibular periphery
12/12/2011	Professor Zhicheng Xiao Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL) Monash University Australia	Neurodegeneration study: From molecules to big animal models
18/11/2011	Dr. Brett A. Burkholder Director of business development and marketing RayBiotech Inc. U. S. A.	Arrays of possibilities Applications for cytokine antibody arrays in biochemical research
25/10/2011	Tim T. Lam, Ph.D., FARVO Study Director Covance Laboratories Madison, WI & Associate Professor (Voltuneer Faculty) Doheny Eye Institute University of Southern California U. S. A.	Ophthalmic drug development - New opportunities for all
13/10/2011	Zhang Endong, Ph.D. Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Beneficial effects of lycium barbarum in rat depression model
12/5/2011	Ying LI, MD Professor Department of Biology and Chemistry City University of Hong Kong & Research Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan U. S. A.	Brain targets for the pain memory in viscerally hypersensitive states
5/5/2011	Yong Sook Goo, MD, Ph.D. Professor Department of Physiology Chungbuk National University School of Medicine South Korea	Retinal ganglion cell responses to voltage and current stimulation in wild-type and rd1 mouse retina
19/4/2011	Wise Young, Rutgers University, U.S.A. Jose Cibelli, Michigan State University, U.S. A. Philip Horner, University of Washington, U. S. A. Wutian Wu, The University of Hong Kong Stephen Davies, University of Colorado, Denver, U. S. A. Shinn-Zong Lin, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan Hong Yun Huang, Beijing Xishang Hospital, China Hui Zhu, Chengdu Army Kunming General Hospital, China Xijing He, Xian Jiaotong University Affiliated Second Hospital, China Alok Sharma, LTMG Hospital & LTM Medical College Sion, India	Workshop on Cell Based Therapies
13/4/2011	Dr. LIU Xingguo Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou, China	Mitochondrial "kiss-and-run" and its rescue function in autosomal dominant optic atrophy associated with Opa1c.984>A mutation"
12/4/2011	Dr. Eva H. C. Tang Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong	Anti-inflammatory role of prostaglandin E-receptor (EP4) in atherosclerosis, aneurysms and obesity
2/3/2011	Professor Wan-hua Amy Yu Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education The City University of New York New York, U. S. A.	Nitric oxide synthase expression after nerve injury: Neuroprotection or neurodestruction?
18/1/2011	Dr. Anson Cho Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology & Investigator, Schepens Eye Research Institute Harvard Medical School U. S. A.	Novel mouse model of glaucoma leading to the new insight into its neurodegeneration mechanisms
11/1/2011	Alfredo Gorio Professor of Pharmacology Director, Clinical Pharmacology IRCCS Humanitas Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry Faculty of Medicine, University of Milano Milan, Italy	Stem cell transplantation in spinal cord injury
30/12/2010	Hau Pok Man, Tom Ph.D. Students Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Regulation and function of LMP1 in epithelial cells
26/11/2010	Gary E. Pickard, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln U. S. A.	The 40th Dr. S.T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture Photoentrainment of circadian rhythms
19/11/2010	Joyce H. Ma, Ph.D. Shriners Post-doctoral Fellow Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine UC Davis School of Medicine U. S. A.	PLP-promoter expressing progenitors produce multi-lineage cells in vivo
5/11/2010	Niu Chenchen Ph.D. Students Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	The Neuroprotective signaling mechanisms of telomerase via the induction by Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in nervous system injury
28/10/2010	Chiu Yung Tuen, Elley & Mak Wing Yan, Grace Ph.D. Students Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Studying the role of androgen receptor signaling in development, progression and treatment of prostate cancer & Functional characterization of CDK5RAP3 in hepatocellular carcinoma and neuronal differentiation
27/10/2010	Kevin C. W. Chan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing Faculty of Engineering and LKS Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong	In vivo MRI study of the visual system in normal, developing and injured rodent brains
20/10/2010	Andre Goffinet Professor of Embryology University of Louvain Brussels, Belgium	Planar cell polarity signaling in neural development
15/10/2010	Professor Richard H. Masland Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute Harvard Medical School Boston, U. S. A.	A Lo Yuk Tong Foundation Lecture Structural remodeling at the nerve head in experimental glaucoma
8/9/2010	Professor Militta Schachner Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers New Jersey, U. S. A.	Adhesion molecules and regeneration of the nervous system
29/8/2010		A promising therapy for spinal cord injury: Umbilical cord blood and lithium combination to stimulate regeneration
26/1/2010	Professor Claude C.A. Bernard Professor & Associate Director Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories Monash University Melbourne, Australia	The 39th Dr. S.T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture The promise of stem cells as a neuroregenerative approach to the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS)
25/1/2010	Professor Weidong Le, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neurology Parkinson Disease Research Laboratory Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas, U. S. A. and Institute of Neurology Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai, China	Protein degradation system failure is a key pathological event for neurodegenerative diseases
6/1/2010	Moussa B. H. Youdim, Ph.D. Distinguished Chair Professor Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology Institute of Modern Chinese Medicine Polytechnic University & Honorary Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Cell cycle arrest, via activation of HIF, as an approach for neurorestoration in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases
22/12/2009	Lim Lee Wai, Ph.D. Research Neuroscientist Department of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery Maastricht University Netherlands	Electrical stimulation of the midbrain dorsolateral periaqueductal gray: An animal model for panic disorder
14/12/2009	Winnie Shum Postdoctoral Fellow Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School	Transepithelial projections from basal cells are luminal sensors in pseudostratified epithelia: A lesson from the role of angiotensin II in epididymal luminal acidification
1/12/2009	Li Bin, Ph.D. Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Id1-induced activation of P13K/AKT/NF-kB pathway: mechanisms and significance in esophageal cancer
30/11/2009	Cheung Yuen Ting, Ph.D. & Ho Yuen Shan, Ph.D. Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Investigation of neuronal apoptosis and autophagy in beta-amyloid peptide toxicity & Investigation of Lycium Barbarum as neuroprotective drug against Alzheimer's disease
27/11/2009	JEN Lin-Sun, Ph.D. Visiting Reader Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health Faculty of Medicine Imperial College London Charing Cross Hospital London, U. K.	The potential of human umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells for neural repair
26/11/2009	Samuel M. Wu, Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, The Camille and Raymond Hankamer chair in Ophthalmology Cullen Eye Institute Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas U. S. A.	Rod and cone signaling pathways in normal, mutant and diseased mammalian retinas
17/11/2009	Yau Suk Yu Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Neuroprotective effects of physical exercise on stressed brain: Its relationship to hippocampal neurogenesis and dendritic remodelling
13/11/2009	Professor Jianghong Ye New Jersey Medical School U. S. A.	Regulation of Synaptic Transmission in Midbrain Neurons
27/10/2009	Haijiang Cai Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Biology California Institute of Technoloy California, U. S. A.	Genetic dissection and functional mapping of a fear control circuit
27/10/2009	Du Yang Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	The role of inhibitors of differentiation (Id) and BMP/Smad signaling pathway in retinal cell development
16/10/2009	Professor Torsten N. Wiesel, Nobel Laureate President-Emeritus Rockefeller University New York, U. S. A. & Professor E. Raviola, M.D., Ph.D. Bullard Professor of Neurobiology Department of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School Boston, U. S. A.	The 38th Dr. S.T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture Do we learn to see?: The neural basis of visual perception and its development & Experimental myopia in primates
24/8/2009	Marshall Devor, Ph.D. Alpert Professor of Pain Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Institute of Life Sciences & Centre for Research on Pain The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel	Mechanisms of the most powerful pain relievers of all...general anesthetics
24/7/2009	Jian Wang, Ph.D. Institute of Neurosciences, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, Shaanxi P. R. China	Autoimmune diseases in programmed cell death-1 deficient mice
30/6/2009	Mak Man Chi Keri, Ph.D. & Hung Ka Lok Victor Ph.D. Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Characterization of transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T cells-5, knockout embryos and mice & The role of astrocytic Endothelin-1 in dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease and mild ischemic stroke
10/6/2009	Professor Peter Whitehouse Professor of Neurology Case Wetern Reserve University U. S. A.	The future of Alzheimer's research: finding wisdom and compassion
5/6/2009	Dr. LIN Bin Research Scientist Department of Neurosurgery Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts U. S. A.	Restoration of visual function in retinal degeneration mice by ectopic expression of melanopsin
21/5/2009	Professor Robert Ritch, M.D. Professor Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, Ph.D. Professor Jost Jonas, M.D. Dr. Dong Feng Chen, Ph.D. Professor Vincent H.L. Lee, Ph.D., D.Sc. Dr. Tatfong Ng, Ph.D. Dr. Ying Chau, Ph.D.	Hong Kong Nanotechnology Symposium 2009
30/4/2009	Professor Brian E. Leonard, PhD, DSc Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology National University of Ireland, Galway	Brain degeneration & dementia: Emotional and congnitive dysfunction - cause and effect
3/4/2009	Lau Wu Man, Benson Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	study of adult neurogenesis and molecular mechanism underlying sexual behavior in male rats following induction of depression-like behavior and pharmacological treatment
6/3/2009	Professor George S.W. Tsao Department of Anatomy & Dr. U.S. Khoo Department of Pathology & Professor S.Y. Leung Department of Pathology The University of Hong Kong	Seminar on Core Facilities New core imaging facilities and their applications in research and education
23/2/2009	Julia Rebouillat, Ph.D. Product Manager Mauna Kea Technologies	Envision the future of cellular imaging with Cellvizio-LAB
16/2/2009	Chua Chee Wai Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Dissecting the therapeutic potential of FTY720, a fungus derived metabolite, on advcned prostate cancer
9/2/2009	William K. Stell, Ph.D., M.D. Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy; and Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology Co-ordinator, Neuroscience Graduate Program University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine Alberta, Canada	The synaptic ribbon: An historical thread
6/2/2009	Professor Weidong Le, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neurology Parkinson Disease Research Laboratory Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas, U. S. A. and Institute of Neurology Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai, China	The 37th S. T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture The role of Nurr1 in the development of dopaminergic neurons and Parkinson's disease
6/2/2009	Dr. Camie Chan Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy School of Medicine University of California and Institute for Paediatric Regenerative Medicine Shriners Hospitals for Children California, U. S. A.	Interferon-producing killer dendritic cell: a potential target for anti-viral and anti-tumor immunotherapy
2/2/2009	Marc Gleichmann, M.D., Ph.D. Visiting Fellow Gerontology Research Centre Laboratory of Neurosciences National Institute on Aging Baltimore, U. S. A.	A method for the simultaneous recording of oxygen consumption, mitochondrial membrane potential and cytosolic calcium in single cells and its application in neurons
2/2/2009	Vivien Wing-han Chow, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Neuropathology/Pathology John Hopkins University Baltimore, U. S. A.	Moderate combined inhibition of both BACE1 and g-secretase: towards a potential therapeutic strategy in Alzheimer's Diseases
16/1/2009	Tsang Chi Man, Anna Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Epstein-barr virus infection in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells
7/1/2009	Colin Kwok, Ph.D. Institute of Cancer Research Surrey, United Kingdom	Determinants of oncogenic transformation in acute myeloid leukemia: Homo-oligomerization makes the force
6/1/2009	Dr. King-ho Cheung Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physiology University of Pennsylvania U. S. A.	InsP₃R and its role in Alzheimer's disease
16/12/2008	Professor Sarah Dunlop Experimental and Regenerative Neuroscience School of Animal Biology The University of Western Australia	Training the injured nervous system: research, recovery and reality
21/11/2008	Professor Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Howard Hughes Medical Institute Harvard University, U. S. A.	Zooming in on virus-cell interactions - by single particle tracking and sub-diffraction limit imaging
4/11/2008	Kevin O. Lillehei, M.D. Ogsbury-Kindt Professor of Neurosurgery Chair, Department of Neurosurgery University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre Colorado, U. S. A. & Stephen Davies, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurosurgery University of Colorado Denver Colorado, U. S. A.	The Current Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury in the 21st Century & Making Gains without Pain: New Technologies for Repairing Spinal Cord Injuries
13/10/2008	Professor Joel M. Schnur College of Science, George Mason University, Virginia, U. S. A. Former Head, Naval Research Laboratory, U. S. A.	Resequencing pathogen microarrays (RPM) for simultaneous detection and definitive identification
6/10/2008	Chu Tak Ho Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Trophic influences on axon regeneration in a rodent model of avulsion injury and repair
25/9/2008	William K. Stell, Ph.D., M.D. Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy; and Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology Co-ordinator, Neuroscience Graduate Program University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine Alberta, Canada	Cancelled Retinal circuitry changes & cell loss in X-linked congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB2)
23/9/2008	Professor Gary E. Pickard Division of Neuroscience Colorado State University Colorado U. S. A.	Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells convey information bi-directionally: to visual nuclei in the brain and to amacrine cells in the retina
18/9/2008	Cheung Pak Yan, Patricia Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Esophageal carcinogenesis: Immortalization, transformation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition
17/9/2008	Professor Joel M. Schnur College of Science, George Mason University, Virginia, U. S. A. Former Head, Naval Research Laboratory, U. S. A.	Lipid tubules: a paradigm for molecularly engineering structures
1/9/2008	Qiu Guang & Su Huanxing Ph.D. Students Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Assessment of the role of corticosterone and adiponectin in the neuroprotective effect of dietary restriction & Transplantation of neural stem cells for motoneuron degeneration due to axonal injury
3/7/2008	Joyce Tombran-Tink, Ph.D. Professor Neural and Behavioural Sciences and Ophthalmology Penn State University College of Medicine U. S. A.	Targeting Angiogenesis in Retinal Degenerative Diseases: A Therapeutic Role for PEDF
27/6/2008	James Leary, Ph.D. SVM Professor of Nanomedicine Professor of Basic Medical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Purdue University Paul Kaufman, M.D. Peter A. Duehr Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison Mr. Scott Christensen, M.B.A. President & Chief Executive Officer The Glaucoma Foundation U. S. A.	Progression of Medicine to "Personalized" Genomic Medicine and Regenerative Nanomedicine How Shall We Deliver Therapeutic Molecules to Targets within the Eye? Changing Medical Care and the Impact on the Glaucoma Patient
27/6/2008	Professor Robert Ritch, MD., FACS, FRCOphth, DSC (Hon) Shelley and Steven Einhorn Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, New York Medical College, New York, U. S. A. Chief, Glaucoma Service Surgeon Director, new York Eye and Ear Infirmary	The 35th S. T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture Exfoliation Syndrome and Exfoliative Glaucoma: Implications for Nanomedicine
16/6/2008	Alan Yiu-wah Lee, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Physiology Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Neurobiology/Ageing Programme Life Sciences Institute National University of Singapore Singapore	The axon guidance molecules Semaphorin 5A and Plexin-3B: their physiological and pathophysiological role
13/6/2008	Dr. Zhi-cheng Xiao, MD, Ph.D. Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and Neurobiology Laboratory Department of Clinical Research Singapore General Hospital Singapore	TAGging the physiological functions of APP in neurogenesis
13/6/2008	Minh-dang Nguyen Assistant Professor Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cell Biology & Anatomy and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Investigator of the Brenda Strafford Chair Foundation in Alzheimer Research Hotchkiss Brain Institute University of Calgary Alberta, Canada	Neuronal Activity: When the Good turns Ugly
29/5/2008	Dr. Siu Tim Cheung Assistant Professor Department of Surgery The University of Hong Kong	From gene expression profile to identification of molecular target for liver cancer
27/5/2008	Susan B. Udin Ph.D. Professor of Physiology and Biophsics State University of New York Buffalo, U. S. A.	Development and plasticity of binocular maps in the tectum of Xenopus
15/4/2008	Professor Donald C. Chang Department of Biology Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong	Signaling mechanisms of apoptosis and a novel approach to drug discovery
27/3/2008	Dr. Laura Trinkle-Mulcahy Division of Gene Regulation and Expression Wellcome Trust Biocentre School of Life Science Dundee Scotland U. K.	What you see is what you get: combining live cell imaging with quantitative proteomics to define functional protein phosphatase complexes
19/3/2008	Ms Chiu Kin Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Immune modulation on retinal ganglion cell survival in experimental glaucoma
10/3/2008	Professor Ping-chin Cheng Advanced Microscopy and Imaging Lab Department of Electrical Engineering State University of New York, U. S. A. & Dr. Felix Margadant University of Sydney Australia	Optical properties of biological samples - from an imaging point of view Deconvolution, display and presentation of confocal imaging data
29/2/2008	Karen Hsiao Ashe, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Edmund Wallace and Anne Marie Tulloch Chairs in Neurology and Neurosciencel Director, N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care University of Minnesota U. S. A.	(A Lo Yuk Tong Fundation Lecture) Molecular basis of Alzheimer mouse models
27/2/2008	Professor Bruno Vellas Center of Geriatric, Toulouse, France Dr. David Dai Hong Kong Alzheimer Disease Association, H. K. Professor Jean-Pierre Michel University of Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Yee-Ming Wu Hong Kong Alzheimer Disease Association, H. K. Dr. Andrew Law The University of Hong Kong, H. K. Professor Ezio Giacobini University of Geneva, Switzerland	Dementia: From Public Health to Therapeutic Insights Preventive trials in Alzheimer's disease Early detection and promotion of awareness of Alzheimer's disease in Hong Kong Is Alzheimer's disease preventable? A collaborative programme between HKADA and Family Physicians in early diagnosis One Disease, Many Nations: A discussion on approaches to Alzheimer's disease treatment Therapy of Alzheimer's disease: tomorrow
1/2/2008	Erik H. F. Wong, Ph.D. CNS Biology AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Welmington, DE U. S. A.	Multi-target and single-target agents for major psychiatric diseases: therapeutic opportunities and challenges
23/1/2008	Cheung Kwok Ho, Alvin & Leung Wai Chung, Justin Ph.D. Students Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Genetic and pharmacological approaches to study the role of polyol pathway enzymes in diabetic and ischemic retinopathy & Investigation into the role of endothelial endothelin-1 on transient focal cerebral ischemia
20/12/2007	Liao Subin Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Leptin expression in embryos sired by male golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) with all accessory sex glands removed
9/11/2007	Yip Yim Ling, Elaine Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Immortalization of human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells by defined genetic elements
15/10/2007	Dr. Fu Qingling Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Characterization of Neuroprotectants for Rescuing Retinal Ganglion Cell Loss in an Ocular Hypertensive Model of Glaucoma
2/10/2007	Dr. Yaojiong Wu Assistant Professor Departments of Surgery and Biochemistry Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry University of Alberta Canada	Bone Marrow-derived Stem Cells in Tissue Repair/Regeneration
27/9/2007	Dr. Yuk-fai Leung Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University U. S. A.	Genomic analysis of zebrafish eye development
17/9/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	Placebo versus Nocebo
28/8/2007	Ms Fung Kai Lai, Maggie & Ms Di Kaijun Ph.D. Students Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Significance of MAD2 in mitotic checkpoint control and cisplatin sensitivity of testicular germ cell tumour cells & The role of Id-1 on the proliferation, motility and mitotic regulation of prostate epithelial cells
28/8/2007	Chiming Wei, Md, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, FAAN Director, Molecular Nanomedicine Program Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine President, American Academy of Nanomedicine Editor-in-Chief, NANOMEDICINE Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cardiothoracic-Renal Research (JCRR)	Nanomedicine: Clinical Approaches
20/8/2007	Ms Kwok Wai Kei & Ms Zhang Xiaomeng Ph.D. Students Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Oncogenic functions of TWIST in the development and progression of prostate cancer & Significance and molecular basis of Id-1 in regulation of cancer cell survival and invasion
22/8/2007	Ping-chin Cheng Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo Visiting Professor, Department of Biological Sciences National University fo Singapore, Singapore	Use of Multispectral imaging (MSI) techniques to unmix spectral signal in bio-medical sample
13/8/2007	WANG Kuan, Ph.D. Lab Chief, Laboratory of Muscle Biology Section Head, Muscle Proteomics and Nanotechnology Section National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institutes of Health Washington, DC, U.S.A.	Nanomechanics: force and signaling pathways
1/8/2007	Dr. Y. Peng Loh Head, Section on Cellular Neurobiology NICHD, NIH U. S. A.	Carboxypeptidase E deficient mice shows defective BDNF processing trafficking and hippocampal formation
12/7/2007	Dr. Mannie Fan Graduate Program in Neuroscience Dr. Lynn Raymond's Laboratory University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC Canada	Mechanisms of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Modulation by Mutant Huntingtin
3/7/2007	Ms Man Wing Yin, Cornelia Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Induction of genomic instablility and mitotic dysregulation in immortalized nasopharyngeal epithelial cells
28/6/2007	Professor Philip C. Wong Department of Pathology and Neuroscience The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD, U. S. A.	Alheimer's beta- and gamma-secretase in health and disease
15/6/2007	Professor Roger Morris Professor of Molecular Neurobiology Head, Department of Biochemistry Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases King's College London, UK	How the LRP family of receptors control the trafficking of cellular, and infectious, prion protein
6/6/2007	Edward William Howard Ph.D. Stuent Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	The potential clinical applications of garlic-derived S-allylmercaptocysteine in the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer
5/6/2007	Dr. Kirk G. Thompson National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD, U. S. A.	The neuronal basis of visual spatial attention in the monkey's frontal eye field
4/6/2007	Dr. Andrew C. K. Law Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry The University of Hong Kong	Can we say NO to Alzheimer's Disease?
17/5/2007	Dr. Yun Wah Lam Assistant Professor Department of Biology and Chemistry City University of Hong Kong	Understanding nucleolar structure and functions using quantitative proteomics and microscopy
16/5/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	An Evolutionary Perspective on Regenerative Medicine
8/5/2007	Professor Harald zur Hausen Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, Germany	Oncogenic Infections and Cancer (May 7) Cancer Prevention by Vaccinaton (May 8)
7/5/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	Efficient Testing of Combinational and Sequential Therapies
2/5/2007	Moussa B. H. Youdim, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Life Sciences Director of Eve Topf and NPF Centers of Excellence for Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Technion-Rappaport Family Faculty of Medicine Haifa, Israel	Multifunctional drugs with various CNS targets as the future treatment of neurodegenerative disorders
26/4/2007	Li Suk Yee, Rachel Ph.D. Student Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Functional changes and differential cell death of retinal ganglion cells after injury
18/4/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	An Impending Disaster in Cellular Therapeutics
16/4/2007	Dr. Su-Chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurology Stem Cell Research Program, Waisman Center University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, U. S. A.	Neural subtype specification from human embryonic stem cells
12/4/2007	Raymond C. C. Chang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong Iain Johnson, Ph.D. R & D Director, Molecular Probes Invitrogen Corporation Oregon, U. S. A.	Cellular Imaging Seminar Use of fluorescent probes to investigate the change of intracellular organelles in neurons Advances of fluorescent labeling technology in cancer research
11/4/2007	Professor Anthony T. Campagnoni, Ph.D Vincent and Stella Coates Professor of Neuroscience UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.	The 34th S.T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture:- Novel functions of the myelin basic proteins in the immune system and in the nervous system
10/4/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	The Ethics of Clinical Trials
4/4/2007	Yu Man Shan, Mabel PhD Student Department of Anatomy, HKU	A Final Seminar Entitled:- Molecular mechanisms of neuronal death in beta-amyloid peptide toxicity: from basic science to translational research
26/3/2007	Dr. Chandra Mohan Senior Director, Technical Service Merck Biosciences	NF-kB Activation: A Molecular Link between Inflammation and Cancer
15/3/2007	Dr. Wei-Qin Jiang, Ph.D. Cancer Research Unit Children's Medical Research Institute Sydney, Australia	Inhibition of telomere maintenance in telomerase-negative human cancer cells
7/3/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	Stem Cell Research: A Failure of Public Trust
15/2/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	The Basis for Hope in Spinal Cord Injuiry
1/2/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	Innovative Institutional Research Funding Program
19/1/2007	Professor S Diane Hayward Director of Viral Oncology Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, U. S. A. & Professor Kenzo Takada Director of the Institute for Genetic Medicine Department of Tumor Virology Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan. & Professor Harald zur Hausen Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, Germany	9::45 - 11:45 a.m. The KSHV LANA Protein: Celular Reprogramming through Kinase Manipulation and Epigenetic Modification & 11::15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Epstein-barr Virus and Gastric Carcinoma: Role of Virus-encoded Small RNAs and Innate Immunity in Oncogenesis & 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Oncogenic Infections and Cancer
4/1/2007	Professor Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong & Richard H. Shindell Chair Professor in Neuroscience Department of Cell biology & Neuroscience W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey U. S. A.	Fundraising for Science and Research
28/11/2006	Zi-chun Hua, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biochemistry Director, National Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Vice Dean, College of Life Sciences Nanjing University, China	Regulation of FAK expression and its role in cancer therapy
07/11/2006	Professor Donald K. Ingram, Ph.D. Professor and Chief Laboratory of Nutritional Neuroscience and Aging Pennington Biomedical Research Center Louisiana State University System U.S.A.	(The 33rd Dr. S.. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture) Calorie Restriction and Aging: Effects on Brain and Behavior
26/10/2006	Professor G. Tsao Department of Anatomy & Dr. Iain Johnson Invitrogen Inc. U.S.A.	Imaging live cell processes by confocal laser scanning microscopy by Professor G. Tsao Molecular probes for fluorescence microscopy by Dr. Iain Johnson
23/10/2006	Dr. Claire Paquet & Professor Jacques Hugon Department of Pathology Hospital Lariboisiere Director, Alzheimer Clinical Centre Univeristy of Paris 7 Paris, France	Retinal degeneration in mild cognitive impairment and in Alzheimer's disease by Dr. Claire Paquet Apoptotic and protective signaling pathways in Alzheimer's disease by Professor Jacques Hugon
18/9/2006	Dr. L.S. Jen, Ph.D. Reader in Neural Development and Plasticity Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health Faculty of Medicine Imperial College London London, U.K.	(A Lo Yuk Tong Lecture) Neurodegeneration and neural repair
19/7/2006	Dr. Klaus-Peter Rehorn Scientific Product Specialist Amaxa Biosystems Germany	An innovative gene transfer technology - Nucleofector TM gene transfer straight into the nucleus
11/7/2006	Dr. Thomas Byrne Clinical Professor of Neurology in M.I.T./Harvard Medical School Health Sciences and Technology Department U. S. A.	A Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression
4/7/2006	Professor Raymond Lung, Ph.D., FRS Director of Research Moran Eye Center Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences University of Utah Utah, U. S. A.	(A Lo Yuk Tong Lecture) Treating animal models of human retinal degeneration using cell-based therapy
20/6/2006	Dr. Kenneth K. Teng, Ph.D. Department of Medicine Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, U. S. A.	Proneurotrophin-3 is a neuronal apoptotic ligand: Evidence for retrograde directed cell killing
17/5/2006	Professor George S. W. Tsao Department of Anatomy The University of Hong Kong	Epstein Barr virus infection and nasopharyngeal carcinoma
3/5/2006	Dr. Chi-king Yeung Assistant Professor Bioengineering Graduate Programme Hong Kong University of Science & Technology	Neural nets, cell cultures and microelectrode arrays - their relevance in biomedical research
24/4/2006	Professor Ken K. L. Yung Department of Biology Hong Kong Baptist University	Neuroprotection in animal Parkinsonism: implications for possible treatments
3/4/2006	Dr. Kenny Chung Department of Biochemistry Hong Kong University of Science & Technology	Molecular pathways in Parkinson's disease
20/3/2006	Dr. Ante Padjen Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics McGill University Montreal, Canada	Dysfunctional ion channels in neuropathies
15/3/2006	Dr. Andre M. Goffinet University of Louvain School of Medicine Developmental Neurobiology Unit Brussels, Belgium	Cadherin Celsr3 is crucial to the development of the axonal blueprint
21/2/2006	Professor W. H. Yung Department of Physiology The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Striatal information signaling and integration in globus pallidus: timing matters
20/2/2006	Prof. Michael G. Stewart Department of Biological Sciences The Open University Milton Keynes, United Kingdom	Morphological basis of hippocampal plasticity following stress and learning: electron microscope studies
14/2/2006	Professor Donald G. Stein Departments of Neurology & Emergency Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia, U. S. A.	Progesterone in the treatment of traumatic brain injury: from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside