New Faces - School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK

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The following new teaching staff member joined the School of Biomedical Sciences between January and April 2013:

Prof. JIANG Xiaohua, Assistant Professor

Date of Joining the School: 2 January 2013

Research Interests:
1. Parallels between cancer and stem cell biology
2. Cellular and molecular origins that initiate human cancer by employing human embryonic stem cells as a model system
3. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of dedifferentiation
4. Stem cell therapy in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer

Major Past Events

Recent Activities organized by the SBS Postgraduate Student Association

Seminar on "Interaction for Effective Learning – Integration with cL eL & mL"

The Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute on Stem Cells: Niches, Regeneration & Repair

Visit of Prof. Bruce Beutler, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine and 2011 Shaw Laureate in Life Science and Medicine

Delegation Visit of the Department of Health

Joint Scientific Meeting of Sydney Medical School and CUHK Faculty of Medicine 2013

Joint Symposium on "Biomedical Research across the Continents – Insight and Innovation"

Awards And Honors

Sophie Liu, Ph.D. Student being awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Graduate Student Research Award

Appointment of Prof. Kenneth K.H. Lee as Co-opted Member of the Working Group on Regulation of Premises Processing Health Products for Advanced Therapies by the Food and Health Bureau

School members receiving Teachers of the Year Award 2011-2012 of Faculty of Medicine

Academic Links

Delegation Visit from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Delegation Visit from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Delegation visit from Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, China

Visit of CAS Academicians

Delegation Visit from the China Astronaut Research and Training Center

Visit of Prof. René M. Castelein, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and the CUHK delegation visit to Utrecht University

Upcoming Events

2013 Gordon Research Conference on Germinal Stem Cell Biology

School of Biomedical Sciences Research Day 2013 & Neuroscience Symposium 2013

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