2013 Gordon Research Conference on Germinal Stem Cell Biology

The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Germinal Stem Cell Biology will be held at The CUHK campus between 14 and 19 July 2013. Prof. Chan Wai-Yee, Director of School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS), will be serving as Chair of this GRC meeting which covers the following topics:

(i) Sex Determination and Germ Cell Differentiation; (ii) Female Germinal Stem Cells; (iii) Male Germinal Stem Cells; (iv) Epigenetic Programming; (v) Germline Stem Cell Transdifferentiation; (vi) Germ Cell Development; (vii) Clinical Aspects - Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies; (viii) Germ Cell Tumors; and (ix) Application of Stem Cells in Animal Technology. 

For details, please refer to the GRC website and the corresponding flyers (on the right-hand-side).  Meanwhile, you may also find the relevant information in the OAL website.


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MAJOR PAST EVENTS

Joint Symposium on "Biomedical Research across the Continents – Insight and Innovation"
Joint Scientific Meeting of Sydney Medical School and CUHK Faculty of Medicine 2013
Delegation Visit of the Department of Health
Visit of Prof. Bruce Beutler, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine and 2011 Shaw Laureate in Life Science and Medicine
The Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute on Stem Cells: Niches, Regeneration & Repair
Seminar on "Interaction for Effective Learning – Integration with cL eL & mL"
Recent Activities organized by the SBS Postgraduate Student Association
AWARDS AND HONOURS

School members receiving Teachers of the Year Award 2011-2012 of Faculty of Medicine
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
Sophie Liu, Ph.D. Student being awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Graduate Student Research Award
ACADEMIC LINKS

Visit of Prof. René M. Castelein, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and the CUHK delegation visit to Utrecht University
Delegation Visit from the China Astronaut Research and Training Center
Visit of CAS Academicians
Delegation visit from Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, China
Delegation Visit from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Delegation Visit from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom
NEW FACES
UPCOMING EVENTS

School of Biomedical Sciences Research Day 2013 & Neuroscience Symposium 2013
2013 Gordon Research Conference on Germinal Stem Cell Biology

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