Meetings with Representatives from U.K. Universities

Through the coordination of the Office of Academic Links (OAL), representatives of SBS had met with a couple of delegations from universities of the UK. 

On 5 October, 2010, Prof. Michael Farthing, Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Philip Baker, Head of International Liaison of University of Sussex visited CUHK.  Prof. Wai-Yee Chan, SBS Director, and other academic members met and discussed possibility of collaboration with the visitors.

 

On 11 November 2010, a delegation from the University of Southampton led by Prof. Don Nutbeam, Vice-Chancellor visited the University.  Participating in the delegation were also Prof. Alistair Fitt, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Ms. Jo Doyle, Director of International Office. Prof. Wai-Yee Chan, SBS Director and Prof. Kenneth Lee, Managing Director of Core Laboratories met with the delegation in the presence of Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor and Prof. Gordon Cheung, Director of Academic Links.  As a follow up, the University of Southampton has invited Prof. Lee to pay a return visit in February, 2011 to discuss further joint collaboration in biomedical sciences.


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MAJOR PAST EVENTS

2010 Academic Symposium on Developmental Studies in Health and Diseases
School of Biomedical Sciences Postgraduate Research Day 2010
Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building ( 羅桂祥綜合生物醫學大樓奠基典禮 )
SBS Christmas Party 2010
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine 2010
Seminar on "Intellectual Property (IP) Protection and Commercialization of Research Outputs"
Publication of SBS Annual Report 2009-2010
Basic Core Lab Learning Series
Formation of Provisional Student Representative Council
AWARDS & HONOURS

Prof. CHENG Hon-Kei Christopher appointed as the Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology Ltd.
Prof. YUNG Wing-Ho elected as the Secretary of the Federation of Asian-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS)
Dr. HWANG Shui-Shan Isabel won a Commendation Prize in the Teaching and Learning Innovation EXPO 2010
Awards obtained by our Postgraduate Students
ACADEMIC LINKS

Visit of Academicians from Chinese Academy of Engineeing (CAE)
2010 MOE Key CUHK-Jinan University Joint Laboratories for Regenerative Medicine Conference
Visit of Robert Gordon University (UK)
Follow-up Visit of Academic Scholars nominated by the NSFC
Meetings with Representatives from U.K. Universities
Delegation Visit of Xinjiang Medical University
Wuhan Delegation's Visit
Delegation Visit to Jinan University
Eighth International Symposium on Frontiers in Life Sciences – New Advances and Challenges in Multidisciplinary Research
The 2nd China-US Forum on Frontiers of Cancer Research: Cancer Prevention & Therapy
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Biodiversity and Disease Animal Model Academic Conference
Visit of Vice-President of Shantou University
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