Visit of the Vice-Minister of The Ministry of Education of China

Dr. Du Zhanyuan, Vice-Minister of The Ministry of Education of China (MOE), led a delegation to visit The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 19 May 2011.  Apart from meeting with the senior management of the University, Dr. Du and the delegates were arranged to visit the respective MOE Key Laboratories at the CUHK, including the MOE Key CUHK-Jinan University Joint Laboratories for Regenerative Medicine housed at the School of Biomedical Sciences.

During their visit to our School, Dr. Du and the delegates met with Prof. Wai-Yee Chan, Director of SBS; Prof. Kenneth Lee, Associate Director of the MOE Key CUHK-Jinan University Joint Laboratories for Regenerative Medicine; Prof. Bo Feng, Prof. Kingston Mak and Prof. Chao Wan, members of the Stem Cell and Regeneration Program as well as Prof. Yin Xia and Prof. Hui Zhao, members of the Reproduction, Development and Endocrinology Program.  After the meeting, the delegates were led to visit to the MOE Key CUHK-Jinan University Joint Laboratories for Regenerative Medicine, where Prof. Chao Wan presented an update of the progress of the Joint Laboratories. Afterwards, they had toured around the Core laboratories of our School.

Dr. Du was deeply impressed by the latest development of the MOE Key Joint Laboratories. The visit provided a valuable opportunity for both parties to share insights and to establish a closer academic links.

A group photo of representative of our School and delegates of MOE

MOE delegates visiting the core laboratories of our School


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MAJOR PAST EVENTS

School of Biomedical Sciences Research Day 2011
Symposium organized by the Stem Cell and Regeneration Center
Inauguration Ceremony of "The CUHK-BGI Innovation Institute of Trans-omics"
Inauguration Ceremony of the Executive Committee of Postgraduate Student Association of the School of Biomedical Sciences
Orientation Ceremony for the freshmen of the Division of Biomedical Sciences, SBS
New SBS Flyer
AWARDS AND HONOURS

Appointments of Prof. Wai-Yee Chan as Founding Director and Prof. Stephen K.W. Tsui as Associate Director (Education) of "The CUHK-BGI Innovation Institute of Trans-omics"
Appointment of Prof. David Yew as Core Member of the Research Advisory Group (RAG) of the Narcotics Division, the Security Bureau, HKSAR
The NSFC Grants 2011 obtained by School members
RGC GRF 2011-12 obtained by School members
Prof. Hsiao-Chang Chan being awarded the National Major Basic Research Program (973 funding program)
ACADEMIC LINKS

The 13th International Symposium of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
Conference on "Stem Cell, Regenerative Medicine and Cancer"
Visit of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Visit of the Vice-Minister of The Ministry of Education of China
OUR PEOPLE

People Portrait - Prof. Yin XIA, Assistant Professor
People Portrait - Miss Shen GU, Ph.D. Student
People Portrait - Miss Jielin CHEN, Ph.D. Student
New Faces - Mr. TING James Wai Ming, Dissecting Laboratory Manager
Announcements - Retirement and New Capacities of Prof. David Yew and Prof. W. H. Kwong
Announcements - Promotion of Mr. Eugene Wong to Laboratory Technologist
UPCOMING EVENTS

School of Biomedical Sciences Postgraduate Research Day 2011

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