News
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1 Sep 2023
Staff Promotions in Department of Neuroscience
We are delighted to announce that promotion of Professor Jan SCHNUPP to Chair Professor in Department of Neuroscience... -
16 Aug 2023
Genetically modified neural stem cells showing promising therapeutic potential for spinal cord injury
A major advance in treating spinal cord injuries by using genetically modified human neural stem cells has been made by a team co-led by CityU and the University of Hong Kong... -
9 Aug 2023
RGC rewards top CityU scientists for timely, applicable research
Professor Jufang He, one of the four academics from CityU, has been successful under the Senior Research Fellow Scheme and the Research Fellow Scheme (2023/24) established by RGC... -
1 Jul 2023
Staff Promotions in Department of Neuroscience
We are delighted to announce that staff promotions in Department of Neuroscience... (Find out more) -
22 May 2023
Small molecule offers great therapeutic potential for restoring vision
The research led by Prof. Eddie Ma Chi-him, Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Director of the Laboratory Animal Research Unit at CityU, has identified and demonstrated for the first time a therapeutic small molecule, M1, that can restore the visual function in the mammalian central nervous system, offering hope for patients with optic nerve damage such as glaucoma-related vision loss... (Find out more) -
8 May 2023
Welcome to our new Chair Professor
Professor Wing Ho Yung recently joined the Department of Neuroscience as Chair Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience. Professor Yung received his BSc and MPhil from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and DPhil from the University of Oxford... (Find out more) -
17 January 2023
Small molecule offers great therapeutic potential for restoring vision
Researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have identified and demonstrated for the first time a therapeutic small molecule, M1, that can restore the visual function in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), offering hope for patients with optic nerve damage such as glaucoma-related vision loss... (Find out more) -
13 December 2022
Research Team co-led by Dr Geoffrey Lau discovers a new drug candidate for epilepsy treatment
A research team co-led by Dr Geoffrey Lau has recently identified and developed a new drug for treating temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), which is one of the most common types of epilepsy worldwide. Although patients can be treated by existing medications, many of them remain unresponsive to drug treatment. Hence, new medications and drug targets are needed... (Find out more)
Seminar
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24 August 2023
Dr FU Yu presented his work on Feeding regulation by tuberal nucleus somatostatin neurons and their role in neurodegeneration
On 24 August, Dr. FU Yu from Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, delivered a seminar entitled ‘Feeding Regulation by Tuberal Nucleus Somatostatin Neurons and their role in Neurodegeneration’... (Find out more...) -
15 August 2023
Professor Jinpeng SUN presented his work on Discovery of membrane receptor subfamily to sense steroid hormones and the mechanism of force, itch and odor perception by GPCR
Professor SUN Jinpeng has long been engaged in the research of membrane G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), focusing on the cellular mechanism of GPCR functional diversity and the development of drugs targeting GPCR... (Find out more...) -
11 August 2023
Professor Xiaoming Li presented his work on fear, anxiety and depression
On 11th August, our department invited Prof. Xiaoming Li, vice president of Zhejiang University, executive dean of the School of Medicine and director of the institute of neuroscience, to deliver a seminar entitled “Fear, Anxiety and Depression”... (Find out more...) -
14 June 2023
Professor Min ZHUO presented Synaptic Basis of Brain Network: Chronic Pain and Anxiety
The laboratory of Professor Min ZHUO is conducting cutting-edge research on the cellular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity in the central nervous system, mainly in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)... (Find out more...) -
6 Jun 2023
Professor Yoshiyuki Kubota presented Cortical Spine Dynamics During a Single Seed Grasp Motor Learning
Professor Yoshiyuki Kubota, Associate Professor, Section of Electron Microscopy of National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), delivered a seminar entitled “Cortical Spine Dynamics During a Single Seed Grasp Motor Learning” on 6 June 2023... (Find out more...) -
11 May 2023
Experts in Brain and Vision Health Gather for Joint Symposium to Explore Cutting-Edge Research and Breakthroughs
A Joint Symposium on Brain and Vision Health, co-organised by BMS, Guangdong-HongKong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration (GHMICR) of Jinan University and NS, and supported by HKIAS which was held in a hybrid format on 11 May 2023, was a resounding success... (Find out more...) -
22 Mar 2023
Professor Christian Wagner delivered an seminar titled “The Illusion of Knowledge: Para-doxes in Human Reasoning”
Professor Christian Wagner delivered an engaging seminar titled “The Illusion of Knowledge: Paradoxes in Human Reasoning”, in which he explained that when people carry out logical operations, they rely mainly on two types of mechanisms; computational processing (pattern/data analysis) and memory retrieval (heuristics)... (Find out more...) -
22 Feb 2023
Dr C. Savio Chan presented his work on Neuronal Diversity in the Basal Ganglia and Motor Control
In the seminar organised by the Department of Neuroscience of City University of Hong Kong, Dr C. Savio Chan, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, delivered a seminar entitled, “Neuronal Diversity in the Basal Ganglia and Motor Control” on 22 February 2023... (Find out more...) -
12 Jan 2023
Professor Guo-Qiang Bi presented optimised techniques for whole-brain mapping
On 12th January, the Department of Neuroscience organised a seminar and invited Professor Guo-Qiang Bi, Xinchuang Professor of Neurobiology and Biophysics and Changjiang Scholar at the University of Science and Technology of China and director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Brain Information at Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, to deliver a seminar titled “The Multi-scale Complexity of the Brain”... (Find out more...)