Seminars, Workshops & Others

Upcoming Seminars

Date Time Venue Speaker Seminar Title Host
21 Oct 2024
(Mon)
10:00 am YEUNGI-G4702 Prof. Xumu Zhang
Associate Dean of the College of Science

Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry

Southern University of Science and Technology

China
@ Catalysis—A New Horizon In Asymmetric Catalysis Prof. TAN Xuefeng
Tel: 3442-7822
Email: xuefetan@cityu.edu.hk
23 Oct 2024
(Wed)
10:30 am LI-1410 Prof. Alexandre Specht
Équipe Nanoparticules intelligentes

Laboratoire de Chémo-Biologie Synthétique et Thérapeutique,

UMR 7199 Université de Strasbourg/CNRS
Photo-removable protecting groups: Applications in photo-pharmacology Prof. LO Pik Kwan Peggy
Tel: 3442-7840
Email: peggylo@cityu.edu.hk
24 Oct 2024
(Thu)
10:30 am LI-2413 Prof. Frederic Bolze
Équipe Nanoparticules intelligentes

Laboratoire de Chémo-Biologie Synthétique et Thérapeutique,

UMR 7199 Université de Strasbourg/CNRS
From two-photon microscopy to photoacoustic imaging Prof. LO Pik Kwan Peggy
Tel: 3442-7840
Email: peggylo@cityu.edu.hk

 

Past Seminars

Date Time Venue Speaker Seminar Title Host
25 Sep 2024
(Wed)
4:30 pm YEUNG-B5308 Prof. Maria Pia Cosma
Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG),

Barcelona, Spain

Guangdong Provincial People Hospital (GDPH),

Guangzhou, China
Super resolution imaging approaches to dissect 3D genome organization and looping in somatic and stem cells Prof. SUN Hongyan
Tel: 3442-9537
Email: hongysun@cityu.edu.hk
24 Sep 2024
(Tue)
2:30 pm LI-2513 Prof. Clemens Kaminski
Head of Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Robinson College

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Darwin’s Enduring Influence: Pioneering Modern Molecular Engineering Miss Daisy YIM
Tel: 3442-7095
Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk
24 Sep 2024
(Tue)
3:30 pm YEUNG-G5216 Prof. Xing Li
Professor

Institute of Zoology

Chinese Academy of Sciences
HONG KONG RNA CLUB
Fluorogenic RNA lights up “central dogma”
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit
Tel: 3442-6858
Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk
26 Aug 2024
(Mon)
11:00 am YEUNG-P4302 Prof. Nicola Pinna
Department of Chemistry

Humboldt University of Berlin

Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin

Germany
GermanyNovel Materials Chemistry for Energy and Environmental Applications Miss Daisy YIM
Tel: 3442-7095
Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk
20 Aug 2024
(Tue)
4:15 pm YEUNG-Y4302 Prof. Rhiju Das
Professor

Department of Biochemistry

Stanford University School of Medicine
HONG KONG RNA CLUB
Worldwide competitions and the RNA folding problem
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit
Tel: 3442-6858
Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk
8 Jul 2024
(Mon)
2:30 pm YEUNG-B6605 Prof. Harm-Anton Klok
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Institut des Matériaux,

Laboratoire des Polymères

Station 12, CH-1015, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Expanding the Scope of Surface-Initiated Polymerization Miss Daisy YIM
Tel: 3442-7095
Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk
3 Jul 2024
(Wed)
11:00 am YEUNG-B5308 Dr. Hao WU
Scientist 4

Peptide Therapeutics

Departments of Early Discovery Biochemistry

Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
Morphing Peptide into Druglike Molecule Miss Daisy YIM
Tel: 3442-7095
Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk
19 Jun 2024
(Wed)
2:30 pm YEUNG-B4702 Prof Martin Pumera
Head of Future Energy and Innovation Laboratory

Central European Institute of Technology

Brno University of Technology

Czech Republic

Director of Advanced Nanorobots Laboratory

Technical University

Ostrava
Nano and microrobots for biofilm eradication and microplastics remediation Miss Daisy YIM
Tel: 3442-7095
Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk
18 Jun 2024
(Tue)
10:00 am YEUNG-B4702 Dr Richard Kelly
Executive Editor of Royal Society of Chemistry journals ChemComm and Chemical Society Reviews
How to publish with impact Miss Daisy YIM
Tel: 3442-7095
Email: wlyim7@cityu.edu.hk
22 May 2024
(Wed)
10:30 am YEUNG-B4702 Prof. Rodney S. RUOFF
Distinguished Professor

Department of Chemistry

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Macroscale graphene mechanics, dissolving/growing diamond, liquid metal solvents for carbon Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
17 May 2024
(Fri)
2:30 pm YEUNG-B6605 Prof. Chu-Chen CHUEH
Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

National Taiwan University
Designs of Conjugated Polymers and Hybrid Perovskites for Optoelectronic Applications Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
14 May 2024
(Tue)
10:00 am LI-1511 Prof. Nicholas J. Long
Longthe Sir Edward Frankland BP Endowed

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Imperial College London

London
Functionalised Microbubbles and Lipophilic Cations for Biomedical Imaging Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
2 May 2024
(Thu)
4:15 pm YEUNG-P4704 Prof. Cynthia BURROWS
Thatcher Presidential Chair and Distinguished Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of Utah
HONG KONG RNA CLUB
Nanopore Studies on Chemically Modified RNA from Viruses to Bacteria to Vaccines
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit
Tel: 3442-6858
Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk
24Apr 2024
(Wed)
9:30 am Online via Zoom Dr. TIAN Xianhai
Department of Chemistry

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore
Facile Access to Molecular Diversity and Complexity by Means of Transition Metal, Photo, Electro or Bio-Catalysis Ms. Crystal WAN
Tel: 3442-7402
Email: crystwan@cityu.edu.hk
19 Apr 2024
(Fri)
10:30 am HKICE Prof. Dongyuan ZHAO
Dean and "HaoQing" Professor

School of Chemistry and Materials Science

Fudan University
Big Science in Small Pore Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
9 Apr 2024
(Tue)
9:30 am YEUNG-B5310 Prof. Shik Chi Edman TSANG
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Department of Chemistry

University of Oxford
Ammonia Catalysis for Energy Storage and Transport Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
26 Mar 2024
(Tue)
2:30 pm YEUNG-B5210 Prof. Lin HUANG
Principal Investigator

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital

Sun Yat-Sen University
HONG KONG RNA CLUB
High-resolution Crystal Structure of Functional Nucleic Acids and Their Implications
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit
Tel: 3442-6858
Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk
13 Mar 2024
(Wed)
11:00 am YEUNG-G5314 Prof. Bengang XING
Professor

School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology

Nanyang Technological University
Chemical Biology In Molecular Imaging & Drug-targeting Therapeutic Development Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
29 Feb 2024
(Thu)
10:30 am HKICE Prof. Harm-Anton KLOK
Professor

Institute of Materials and Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Plastics For Good Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
22 Feb 2024
(Thu)
3:30 pm YEUNG-
G5216
Dr. Shintaro IWASAKI
Chief Scientist (PI)

Cluster for Pioneering Research

RIKEN
HONG KONG RNA CLUB
Advanced Tricks in Ribosome Profiling
Prof. KWOK Chun Kit
Tel: 3442-6858
Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk
21 Feb 2024
(Wed)
4:00 pm YEUNG-
B6605
Prof. Yixin LU
Professor

Department of Chemistry

National University of Singapore
Recent synthetic studies towards the construction of axially chiral molecules Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
1 Feb 2024
(Thu)
3:30 pm YEUNG-
G5214
Prof. Hongyu CHEN
Professor

Department of Chemistry

Westlake University
Design of Chiral Nanostructures via Active Surface Growth Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
1 Feb 2024
(Thu)
9:30 am YEUNG-
G5216
Prof. Taeghwan HYEON
Professor

School of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Seoul National University
Designed Synthesis and Assembly of Inorganic Nanomaterials for Energy and Catalytic Applications Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
31 Jan 2024
(Wed)
4:00 pm YEUNG-
B6605
Prof. LEI Xiaoguang
Professor

Department of Chemical Biology

College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

Peking University
Translational Chemical Biology Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
17 Jan 2024
(Wed)
10:30 am YEUNG-
G5311
Prof. LI Xiaoyu
Head and Professor

Department of Chemistry

Faculty of Science

The University of Hong Kong
Recent advances in DNA-encoded library (DEL) selection method Prof. KWOK Chun Kit
Tel: 3442-6858
Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk
5 Jan 2024
(Fri)
3:30 pm YEUNG-
B4702
Prof. Lin YE
Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Fudan University
Construction of the metal-support synergistic catalyst system Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk
5 Jan 2024
(Fri)
2:30 pm YEUNG-
B4702
Prof. Shik Chi Edman TSANG
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Department of Chemistry

University of Oxford
Induced Active Sites by Substrate Molecules in Catalysis Miss Fiona FONG
Tel: 3442-9405
Email: wsfong@cityu.edu.hk

 

 


Workshops

2014
7 - 16 July 2014 The 6th Environment and Health Summer School (EHSS) on "Oceans and Human Health"
2012
11 July 2012 Workshop on MScEST Programme
2011
12 - 14 December 2011 1st Hong Kong NMR Workshop
28 - 30 November 2011 The Montego Bay Group Workshop on Advanced Reaction Environments (Photos)
13 - 16 June 2011 International Workshop on the Science and Conservation of Asian Horseshoe Crabs