Inaugural Symposium of the School of Biomedical Sciences
Date: 8 January 2010 (Friday)
Time: 2:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Venue: LT4, Teaching Complex at Western Campus, CUHK, Shatin
Location Map
Rundown:
| 2:15 – 2:30 pm |
Registration |
| 2:30 – 2:35 pm |
Welcome
Prof Wai-Yee Chan, Director, School of Biomedical Sciences
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| 2:35 – 3:15 pm |
Mechanism of GPCR biased agonism and consequences
Ping-Yee Law, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, USA
[ Brief CV ] [ Abstract ] |
| 3:15 – 3:55 pm |
Genomic disorders are common diseases: studying copy-number variation (CNV) to understand human development and disease
James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, FACMG, FAAAS
Baylor College of Medicine, USA
[ Brief CV ] [ Abstract ]
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| 3:55 – 4:10 pm |
Tea Break
Foyer outside LT4, Teaching Complex at Western Campus |
| 4:10 – 4:50 pm |
Cholesterol transport in steroid biosynthesis: mechanisms and function in health and disease
Vassilios Papadopoulos, D.Pharm., Ph.D.
McGill University, Canada
[ Brief CV ] [ Abstract ] |
| 4:50 – 5:30 pm |
Adult Stem Cells and Nanomaterials in Skeletal Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
Rocky S. Tuan, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
[ Brief CV ] [ Abstract ]
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| 5:30 – 5:45 pm |
Discussion |
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