SBMS Newsletter Issue 08

Apr 1 & 29, May 13, 20 & 27, Jun 17 & 22, 2022 RPG Seminar Apr 4, 2022 HKUMedify Summer Programme: “World of Proteins” by Dr. Masayo Kotaka Apr 7, 2022 Invited Seminar by Dr. Fei Sun, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST Apr 11, 2022 Major-Minor Selection Talk (Biochemistry) by Dr. KM Yao Apr 11, 2022 Taster Week | Admissions Office: “What is the difference between a PCR test and a RAT test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus” by Dr. Bonny Yuen Recap of Events School Highlights

May 4, 2022 BSc Major in Biochemistry (BIOC3999/BIOC4966) Project Presentations

Jun 9, 2022 Invited Seminar by Prof. Melissa Little, Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne

May 4, 2022 Research Chalk Talk by Prof. Xiaoyu Li, Department of Chemistry, HKU May 5, 2022 Invited Seminar by Prof. Licia Selleri, Institute for Human Genetics, Department of Orofacial Sciences and Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco May 6, 2022 Virtual Poster Session of the Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme (URFP) 2021-22 May 12, 2022 Invited Seminar by Dr. Peter van Galen, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Hematology Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital May 19, 2022 Invited Seminar by Dr. Yilin Wu, Department of Physics, CUHK May 24, 2022 Online Taster Lecture and Admissions Talk for JUPAS Information Week by Dr. Joshua Ho & Dr. Masayo Kotaka May 26, 2022 T&L Chalk Talk by Dr. Polly SL Chan & Dr. Esther WS Lo, School of Nursing, HKUMed

Jun 10, 2022 SBMS Research Retreat

Jun 15, 2022 HKU Biomed Entrepreneurship Talk Series by Dr. Alan Pang, Chief Executive Officer, TGD Life Company Limited

Apr 13, Jun 1 & 29, 2022 PDF Seminar

Jun 16, 2022 Information Session for Research Postgraduate Studies

Apr 19, 2022 Online Lecture for the “Master Class Series” of LoveHK LoveU by Dr. Joshua Ho Apr 21, 2022 BBiomedSc & BSc(Bioinformatics) Non-JUPAS Interview Apr 21, 2022 Invited Seminar by Dr. Rui Zhang, Department of Physics, HKUST Apr 29, 2022 BBMS4001 Final Year Project Oral Presentations Apr 29, 2022 Research Colloquium for Science Undergraduate Students 2021-22 May 3, 2022 BSc Major in Biochemistry (BIOC4999) Project Presentations

Jun 22, 2022 BBiomedSc JUPAS Interview

Jun 23, 2022 Research Chalk Talk by Dr. Xiucong Bao

Jun 24, 2022 T&L Chalk Talk by Prof. Michael Botelho, Faculty of Dentistry & Dr. Tyrone Kwok, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative (TELI) Jun 25, 2022 Hong Kong Inter-University Postgraduate Symposium in Life Science

May 31, 2022 SBMS First-Year RPG Discussion

Jun 2, 2022 Invited Seminar by Dr. Shang Cai, Westlake Institute of Advanced Studies, Westlake University

Jun 28 & July 29, 2022 BSc(Bioinformatics) JUPAS Interview

Student Awards

External Grants Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Programme (Type C) A grand total of RMB 1,000,000 has been awarded to Dr. Joshua Ho.

Yu To Sang and Yu Shing Keung Memorial Fund Scholarship 2021/22: Miss Feng Hu, PhD candidate in Dr. Martin Cheung's lab

Wiley top cited article 2020-21: Mr. Chaiyaporn Kuwentrai, PhD student, whose paper "Intradermal delivery of receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with dissolvable microneedles to induce humoral and cellular responses in mice", has been recognized as Wiley top cited article 2020-21 in Bioengineering & Translational Medicine.

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