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Time schedule of Physiology Seminars and Talks
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
May 11, 2010 (Tuesday)
- Time: 2:30 –
3:30 pm
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Modeling development and disease using human pluripotent
stem cells
- Speaker:
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Dr. Ying LIU
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Department of Reproductive Medicine
University of
California, San Diego
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U.S.A.
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
May 6, 2010 (Thursday)
- Time: 11:00 –
12:00 noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Dopaminergic regulation of adult hippocampal
neurogenesis
- Speaker:
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Dr. Yangling MU
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Laboratory of Genetics
The Salk
Institute for Biological Studies
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U.S.A.
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
April 8, 2010 (Thursday)
- Time: 12:00 –
1:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Lineage specification of hematopoietic stem cells by
Systems Biology approach
- Speaker:
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Dr. Jiangwen Zhang
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Center for System Biology
Harvard University
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U.S.A.
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
March 26, 2010 (Friday)
- Time: 2:00 –
3:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Versatile platforms of recruitment: death domain
complexes in cell death and signaling
- Speaker:
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Professor
Hao WU
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Department of Biochemistry
Weill Medical
College of Cornell University
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U.S.A.
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
March 9, 2010 (Tuesday)
- Time:
11:00 –
noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Role of the novel TGFbeta signaling intermediate km23-1
in TGFbeta production and responses affecting the tumor
microenvironment in human colon carcinoma
- Speaker:
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Professor
Kathleen M. Mulder
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Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pennsylvania
State College of Medicine Hershey,
PA
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U.S.A.
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
December 16, 2009 (Wednesday)
- Time:
11:00 –
noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Calcium release channels and disease – Alzheimer’s
Diseases as an example
- Speaker:
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Dr. King Ho
CHEUNG
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Department of Physiology
University
of
Pennsylvania
PA
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U.S.A.
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
October 5, 2009 (Monday)
- Time: 4:00 –
5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Lipid Rafts and Transmembrane Signaling in Vascular
Cells
- Speaker:
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Professor Pin-Lin Li, MD, PhD
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Virginia
Commonwealth University
Richmond,
Virginia
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U.S.A.
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
June 23, 2009 (Tuesday)
- Time:
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Initiation and modulation of human jaw reflexes
- Speaker:
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Professor S. W. Cadden
Chair of Oral Biology
The Dental School
University of Dundee
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Scotland
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
and Neuroscience Research Centre
- Date:
June 11, 2009 (Thursday)
- Time:
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Role of NMDA receptor in electrical field-directed
neural stem/progenitor cell migration
- Speaker:
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Qi Wan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology
School of Medicine
University of Nevada
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USA
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
May
29-30, 2009
(Friday and Saturday)
- Time: starting at 8:45 a.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building LT2/3 and Exhibition Area
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Physiology Symposium 2009
- Theme:
Physiology From Protein Structure to Function
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Scientific Programme and Speakers
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
April
23, 2009
(Thursday)
- Time: 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
A peptide targeting on colon cancer for detection and
drug delivery
- Speaker:
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Professor C.H. Cho, B.Pharm., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology & Chairman
Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
March 26, 2009
(Thursday)
- Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Deciphering the role of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 in
neuronal survival and differentiation
- Speaker:
- Dr.
CHEUNG Zelda Hiu-Yee
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Research
Assistant Professor
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Department of Biochemistry
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The University of Hong Kong
Science and Technology
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Hong Kong
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
February 20, 2009
(Friday)
- Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: The
molecular mechanism for store-operated Ca2+
entry
- Speaker:
- Dr. ZHANG
Shenyuan
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Assistant Scientist
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Department of Physiology and Biophysics
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University of California
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Irvine, USA
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
December 15, 2008 (Monday)
- Time: 2:30 -
3:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: A case-control study on the association of
adiponectin gene variants with ischemic stroke in a
Chinese cohort
- Speaker:
- Ms. LAM Ka Yan
- Research Postgraduate
student
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- and
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- Time: 3:05 - 3:35 p.m.
- Title:
The curative effect of Dendrobium Officinale on
Sjogren Syndrome
- Speaker:
- Mr. LIN Xiang
- Research Postgraduate
student
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- and
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- Time: 3:40 - 4:10 p.m.
- Title:
Cardiac Toxicity of Chloroform-Implication of
Multiple Channel Inhibition
- Speaker:
- Ms. ZHOU Yuan
- Research Postgraduate
student
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
December
9, 2008 (Tuesday)
- Time: 2:30 -
3:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Developmental Profile of GABAergic Inhibition
in the Vestibular System
- Speaker:
- Ms. HU Huijing
- Research Postgraduate
student
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- and
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- Time: 3:05 - 3:35 p.m.
- Title:
Anti-proliferative effects and signaling
mechanisms of sPDZD2 and melatonin, two potential
prostate tumor suppressor
- Speaker:
- Ms. PANG Bo
- Research Postgraduate
student
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- and
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- Time: 3:40 - 4:10 p.m.
- Title:
Patho- and physiological roles of adrenal NO
responses to chronic and intermittent hypoxia
- Speaker:
- Ms. LIU Yu
- Research Postgraduate
student
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
October 17, 2008
(Friday)
- Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: HERG
K+ channels and cardiac arrhythmais
- Speaker:
- Dr.
Jamie I. Vandenberg
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Associate Professor
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Division of Molecular
Cardiology and Biophysics
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Victor Chang Cardiac
Research Institute
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Darlinghurst,
Australia
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- Host:
Department of Physiology
- Date:
July
2, 2008
(Wednesday)
- Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Tonicity-Dependent Gene Transcriptions - The Functions
and Regulations of Osmotic Response Element-Binding
Protein (OREBP/TonEBP/NFAT5)
- Speaker:
- Dr.
Ko, Ben Chi-Bun
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Assistant Professor
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Department of
Anatomical and Cellular Pathology
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The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
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Shatin,
Hong Kong
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- Host:
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Research
Centre
- Date:
June
27, 2008 (Friday)
- Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30
p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar
Room)
- Title:
Crosstalk between pre- and post-synaptic changes during
mGluR-dependent long term depression
- Speaker:
- Dr. Wong,
Tak Pan
- Assistant
Professor
- Department
of Psychiatry
- McGill
University
- Douglas
Mental Health University Institute
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Montreal, Canada
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
June 19, 2008 (Thursday)
- Time: 4:00 -
4:45 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Anti-proliferative effects and signaling mechanisms of
sPDZD2 and melatonin, two potential prostate tumor
suppressor
- Speaker:
- Miss. Bo PANG
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of
Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Research
Centre
- Date:
June 12, 2008 (Thursday)
- Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Cellular adaptations of the basal ganglia in mouse
models of Parkinson's Disease
- Speaker:
- Dr. C. Savio
Chan
- Department of Physiology
- Feinberg School of Medicine
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Northwestern University
- Chicago,
USA
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- Host: Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Date:
April
30, 2008 (Wednesday)
- Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building G/F, Seminar Room 4
- Title:
Mechanisms of obesity-induced hypertension
- Speaker:
- Professor
Jean-Pierre Montani
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Professor
and Chairman
- Department of Medicine,
Division of Physiology
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University of
Fribourg
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Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
March
18, 2008 (Tuesday)
- Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building LG1, Seminar Room 7
- Title:
What is hydrogen sulfide doing in the heart?
- Speaker:
- Dr.
J. S. Bian
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Assistant
Professor
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Cardiovascular Biology Research Group
- Department of Pharmacology
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National
University of Singapore
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Singapore
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- Host: Department of Physiology and HBHA Research Centre
- Date:
February 4, 2008 (Monday)
- Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building LG1, Seminar Room 7
- Title:
Epsin in Clathrin/Ubiquitin-Mediated Endocytosis:
Implication in Normal and Patho-Physiology
- Speaker:
- Dr. Chen,
Hong
- Department of Cell Biology and
Pathology
- Yale University School of
Medicine
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New Haven, Connecticut
- USA
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- Host: Department of Physiology and HBHA Research Centre
- Date:
January
30, 2008 (Wednesday)
- Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building LG1, Seminar Room 7
- Title:
O-GlcNAc
and Circadian Clock: Emerging Players in Metabolism
- Speaker:
- Dr.
Yang, Xiaoyong
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Gene
Expression Laboratory
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The Salk
Institute
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La Jolla, California
- USA
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
December 17, 2007 (Monday)
- Time: 10:00 -
10:45 a.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Detecting Interactions between Gadd153 mRNA and Proteins
- Speaker:
- Miss. Leung Mei Chi
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Biochemistry
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- and
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- Time: 11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
- Title:
Yes Associated Protein (YAP) is an independent
prognostic factor in hepatocellular carcinoma
- Speaker:
- Ms. Xu Zhi
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Surgery
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology and
Centre of Human Reproduction
- Date:
November 26, 2007 (Monday)
- Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building Seminar Room 6
- Title:
Biological Actions of GnRH in Human Implantation
- Speaker:
- Professor
Peter C. K. Leung
- Department of Obstetric and
Gynaecology
- University of British
Columbia
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Vancouver
- Canada
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- Host: Department of Physiology and
Neuroscience Research Centre
- Date:
November 12, 2007 (Monday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
The septohippocampal system: neuronal oscillations and
behavioral significance
- Speaker:
- Professor
Stan L. Leung
- Department of Physiology and
Pharmacology
- University of Western
Ontario
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London, Ontario
- Canada
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
October 23, 2007 (Tuesday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Mitotic kinase network: CDK1, Mos/MAPK, Polo-like
kinases, and others
- Speaker:
- Dr.
J. B. Yue
- Research Assistant Professor
- Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Institute of Cardiovascular Science & Medicine and Department of Physiology
- Date:
September 27, 2007 (Thursday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Virtual Histology (VH-IVUS): A New Diagnostic Paradigm
for Coronary Artery Disease
- Speaker:
- Dr. William Kongto Hau
- Volcano Corporation and
- Department of Physiology and
ICSM
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
June 1, 2007 (Friday)
- Time: 10:30 -
12:00 noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Neuroprotective effect of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
after transient focal cerebral ischemia in mice
- Speaker:
- Mr. Chan Chu Fung
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Medicine
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- and
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- Title:
The
cognitive assessment during the early stage of
Alzheimer's disease and aging
- Speaker:
- Mr. Gao Junling
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Medicine
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
30 May 2007
(Wednesday)
- Time: 10:30 -
12:00 noon
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Signaling
mechanisms of melatonin in antiproliferation of porcine kidney
epithelial cells
- Speaker:
- Miss. Ma Yan
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- and
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- Title:
Glucose Toxicity in Pathogenesis of Diabetic
Cardiomyopathy
- Speaker:
- Mr. Cheng Wing Tim
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
and Neuroscience Research Centre
- Date:
May 25, 2007 (Friday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Neural inhibition: the
motive force in sharpening and modulating signal processing
- Speaker:
- Professor Philip H.-S. Jen
- Division of Biological
Sciences
- University of Missouri
- Columbia, MO 65203
- U. S. A.
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
May 22, 2007 (Tuesday)
- Time: 4:00 -
4:45 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Research on the disease
and therapy of Neuroblastoma: starting from Arsenic Trioxide
- Speaker:
- Mr. Cheung, Tung Lung
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Paediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
May 16, 2007 (Wednesday)
- Time: 3:30 -
5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Commissural projection
from the vestibular nuclei in the hindbrain of rat embryo: role of
chondroitin sulfate
- Speaker:
- Miss. Yuen, Ying Lai
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- and
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- Title:
Reduction in Calcium Refilling of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Impairs Ventricular Twitch Contractions in Septic Shock
- Speaker:
- Mr. Lau, Chun Hung
- Research Postgraduate
student
- Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
May 15, 2007 (Tuesday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Advances in molecular
signaling and potential therapy for angiotensin II-mediated
cardiovascular fibrosis
- Speaker:
- Professor Lan, H. Y.
- Department of Medicine
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
April 26, 2007 (Thursday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Steroid hormones and the
cardiovascular system: an update
- Speaker:
- Dr. Faye Suk Ying Tsang
- Department of Biochemistry
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Shatin, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
March 27, 2007 (Tuesday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
A journey through
cellular networks: From communication to infection
- Speaker:
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Professor Roberto Bruzzone
- Hong Kong University-Pasteur
Research Center
- The University of Hong Kong
- Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
March 6, 2007 (Tuesday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue:
Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title:
Conversion of a GPCR to RTK-like receptor provides an alternative
signaling pathway after receptor desensitization
- Speaker:
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Professor Law, Ping Yee
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Department of Pharmacology
- University of Minnesota
- Minneaspolis
- U. S. A.
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Host: Institute of
Cardiovascular Science and Medicine and Departments of Physiology
and Pharmacology
- Date: February
6, 2007 (Tuesday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building Seminar Room 5
- Title:
The
Na+/H+ exchanger as a therapeutic target in cardiac disease
- Speaker:
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Metin Avkiran, PhD DSc
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Professor of Molecular Cardiology
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Deputy Head of Division
-
Cardiovascular Division
- King's College London
- London, UK

- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
December 15, 2006 (Friday)
- Time: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Physiology Seminar Room L4-28, Faculty of Medicine Building
- Title:
Glutamate transmission and developmental establishment of
gravity-related spatial reference in the vestibule-olivary pathway
- Speaker:
- Mr.
Raymond W. P. Lee
-
Postgraduate Student
-
Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
-
- and
-
- Title:
Chondroitin endoeliminase and exoeliminase from proteus vulgaris:
cloning and characterization
- Speaker:
- Mr.
Anthony K. W. Tam
-
Postgraduate Student
-
Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong

- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
December 13, 2006 (Wednesday)
- Time:
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Physiology Seminar Room L4-28, Faculty of Medicine Building
- Title:
Aldose reductase inhibition confers cardioprotection by attenuating
the increase in transferrin-bound iron uptake during post-ischemic
reperfusion
- Speaker:
- Mr.
Jack W. H. Tang
-
Postgraduate Student
-
Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
-
- and
-
- Title:
Functional and receptor binding studies of sPDZD2 on prostate cancer
cells
- Speaker:
-
Ms. Amy
S. Cheng
-
Postgraduate Student
-
Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
-

- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
November 23, 2006 (Thur)
- Time:
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Physiology Seminar Room L4-28, Faculty of Medicine Building
- Title:
An Introduction to the 2007 Hong
Kong “Joint Universities Summer Teaching Laboratory” at the Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
- Speaker:
- Professor Andrew L. Miller, Ph. D.
- Department of Biology
- Hong Kong University Science and Technology
- Hong Kong

- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
November 9, 2006 (Thur)
- Time:
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building Physiology Seminar Room
L4-28
- Title:
Cathelicidin: a unique
antibacterial peptide on ulcer healing
- Speaker:
- Professor C. H. Cho, Ph. D.
- Department of Pharmacology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong

- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: November 1, 2006 (Wed)
- Time:
2:00
- 3:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building Physiology Seminar Room
L4-28
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- Title: Structural Biology: coming of age
- Speaker:
- Dr. Quan HAO, Ph. D.
- Director of MacCHESS
- High Energy Synchrontron Source
- Cornell University, NY
- U.S.A.
-
- and
-
- Title: Revealing Mechanisms of
Transcription Control Using Crystallography
- Speaker:
- Dr. Jianhua FU, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
- Cornell University
- Ithaca, NY 14853
- U.S.A.

- Host: Department of Physiology and Department of Biochemistry
- Date:
October 16, 2006 (Mon)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building G/F
Seminar Room 1
- Title:
Inhibin, Activins and Follistatin: actions from reproduction to
inflammation
- Speaker:
- Professor
David de Kretser
- The Governor of Victoria
- Australia

- Host: Department of Physiology and Department of Biochemistry
- Date: June 29, 2006 (Thursday)
- Time: 11:30 - 12:30 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building Seminar Room 5
- Title: Structure-Function Studies of a Calcium Signaling Pathway Mediated by Cyclic
ADP-ribose and NAADP
- Speaker:
- Professor Hon Cheung LEE, Ph. D.
- Distinguished McKnight University Professor
- Department of Pharmacology
- University of Minnesota
- U.S.A.
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: May 9, 2006 (Tuesday)
- Time: 11:00 - 12:00 a.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Isolation of skeletal vascular endothelial cells
- Speaker:
- Ms. LE Gengyun
- Postgraduate Student
- Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine Building
- 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
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Host: Department of Physiology
Date: May 8, 2006 (Monday)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Adenomedullin in metabolic syndromes
Speaker:
Mr. CHOW Hei Man
Postgraduate Student
Department of Physiology
The University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: March 31, 2006 (Friday)
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Testosterone and the heart-cross-talks with adrenoceptors
Speaker:
Miss. TSANG Sharon
Postgraduate Student
Department of Physiology
The University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: March 30, 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 a..m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: The Biological Safety of Bacterial and Viral Work - the role of Risk Assessment
Speaker:
Dr. Mike Mackett
Biological Safety Officer
Safety Office
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: March 24, 2006 (Friday)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Calcium handling mechanism of cardioprotection induced by intermittent hypoxia
against ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat hearts
Speaker:
Miss. YEUNG Hang Mee
Postgraduate Student
Department of Physiology
The University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

Department of Physiology
Date: March 17, 2006 (Friday)
Time: 11.00 - 12.00 noon
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building, L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Pulmonary hypertension related to high altitude and diseases
Speaker:
Professor Ri-Li Ge
Vice President of Qinghai University
Research Center for High Altitude Medicine
Qinghai
China

Host: Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Research Centre
Date: March 14, 2006 (Tuesday)
Time: 3.30 - 4.30 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building, L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Form, Function and Development of Retinal Ganglion Cells
Speaker:
Professor Shigang He
Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
China

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: February 23, 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 4.00 - 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building, L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Oxygen sensing by hydroxylation of HIF in glomus cells of the carotid body
- Speaker:
Professor Sukhamay Lahiri
- Department of Physiology
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Philadelphia
- U.S.A.

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- Host: Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Research Centre
Date: January 4, 2006 (Wednesday)
Time: 4.00 - 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building, L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Auditory Cortex in Human: Electrophysiological Studies of Its Functional
Organization
- Speaker:
Professor J. F. Brugge
- Department of Physiology
- University of Wisconsin
- Madison, WI 53760
- U.S.A.

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- Host: Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Research Centre
Date: November 29, 2005 (Tuesday)
Time: 4.00 - 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building, L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Functional significance of ARF-GEF (ADP ribosylation factor-guanine nucleotide
exchange factors) in neuronal dendritic formation
Speaker:
Professor Hisatake Kondo
Department of Cell Biology (Division of Histology),
Graduate School of Medicine,
Tohoku University,
Sendai, Japan

- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: November 24, 2005 (Thursday)
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
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- Time: 3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
- Title: Intermittent hypoxia time-dependently reduces large conductance calcium-activated
potassium channel activities via redox mechanism in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons
- Speaker:
- Mr. TJONG Yung Wui
- Postgraduate Student, Department of Physiology, The Unversity of Hong Kong
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- Time: 3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
- Title: The influence of muscle contractions on interstitial ATP of canine gracilis
muscle
- Speaker:
- Miss. TU Jie
- Postgraduate Student, Department of Physiology, The Unversity of Hong Kong
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- Time: 4:00 - 4:15 p.m.
- Title: Evaluation of methodology for isolation of vascular endothelial cells
- Speaker:
- Miss. LE Gengyun Coco
- Postgraduate Student, Department of Physiology, The Unversity of Hong Kong
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- Time: 4:15 - 4:30 p.m.
- Title: Intermittent hypoxia improves calcium homeostasis and confers cardioprotection
against ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat hearts
- Speaker:
- Miss. YEUNG Hang Mee
- Postgraduate Student, Department of Physiology, The Unversity of Hong Kong
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- Time: 4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
- Title: Melatonin is cardioprotective against ischemia/reperfusion injury and attenuates
hypertensive response to intermittent hypoxia
- Speaker:
- Mr. HUNG Ming Wai
- Postgraduate Student, Department of Physiology, The Unversity of Hong Kong
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- Time: 4:45 - 5:00 p.m.
- Title: Developmental and physiological consequences of sodium/myo-inositol
co-transporter 1 deficiency
- Speaker:
- Miss. CHAU Fung Ling
- Postgraduate Student, Department of Physiology, The Unversity of Hong Kong
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- Time: 5:00 - 5:15 p.m.
- Title: Study on the role of osmotic and oxidative stresses in the pathogenesis of
diabetic cataract
- Speaker:
- Mr. CHAN Wai Ho
- Postgraduate Student, Department of Physiology, The Unversity of Hong Kong
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- Time: 5:15 - 5:30 p.m.
- Title: Testosterone is required for the activation of HSP70 that mediates delayed
cardio-protection of Preconditioning
- Speaker:
- Miss. LIU Jing
- Postgraduate Student, Department of Physiology, The Unversity of Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology and Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine
- Date: September 21, 2005 (Wednesday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Genetic models for cardiac arrhythmogenesis: Brugada Syndrome and sudden cardiac
death
- Speaker:
- Professor C. L. Huang
- Department of Physiology
- Cambridge University
- UK
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: August 26, 2005 (Friday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Calcium Stores and Messengers: A perspective from cyclic ADP-ribose and NAADP
- Speaker:
- Professor Hon Cheung LEE, Ph. D.
- Distinguished McKnight University Professor
- Department of Pharmacology
- University of Minnesota
- U.S.A.
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: May 26, 2005 (Thursday)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Interstitial ATP concentration during muscle contractions
- Speaker:
- Ms. Jie Tu
- Postgraduate Student
- Department of Physiology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine Building
- 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: March 31, 2005 (Thur)
- Time: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Understanding the potential role of the secretory protein sPDZD2 in modulating
the proliferation of prostate cancer cells
- Speaker:
- Mr. C. W. Tam
- Postgraduate Student
- Department of Physiology
- University of Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine Building
- 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: November 26, 2004 (Fri)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Cardiac protection by adaptation to intermittent hypoxia
- Speaker:
- Professor Yang, Huang-Tian
- Head of Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology
- Health Science Center, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
- Shanghai
- China
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- Host: Department of Physiology, Neuroscience Research Centre, HBHA Research Centre
- Date: November 15, 2004 (Mon)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Antioxidant Actions of Melatonin and Implications for the Aged
- Speaker:
- Professor Russel J. Reiter
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology
- University of Texas Health Science Center
- San Antonio, Texas
- U.S.A.
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: June 9, 2004 (Tue)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: The Roles of Adrenomedullin in Liver Metabolism: Effects of Starvation
- Speaker:
- Miss. Man, Siu Yin
- Postgraduate Student
- Department of Physiology
- University of Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine Building
- 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: June 3, 2004 (Thur)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Polyol Pathway in Diabetic Complications, Obesity and Kidney Function
- Speaker:
- Dr. Stephen S. M. Chung
- Institute of Molecular Biology
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: March 9, 2004 (Tue)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Mechanisms and regions for generation of respiratory rhythms
- Speaker:
- Professor Walter M. St.John
- Department of Physiology
- Dartmouth Medical School
- Lebanon, NH 03756
- USA

- Host: Neuroscience Research Centre and Department of Physiology
- Date: February 13, 2004 (Fri)
- Time: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
- Venue: Seminar Room 4, G/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building
- Title: Drug Discovery in the 21st Century an Industry Prospective
- Speaker:
- Professor Erik H.F. Wong
- Director
- CNS Pharmacology
- Pflizer Global R&D
- Ann Arbor
- &
- Adjunct Professor
- Department of Psychiatry
- Michigan State University
- USA

- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: December 19, 2003 (Fri)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Roles of nitric oxide pathways in hippocampal calcium response to hypoxia and
oxygen-glucose deprivation
- Speaker:
- Mr. Tjong, Yung Wui
- Postgraduate Student
- Department of Physiology
- University of Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine Building
- 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: December 19, 2003 (Fri)
- Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: The role of Ca2+ in ischemia-induced ischemia and preconditioning
- Speaker:
- Miss. Yan, Wing Yi
- Postgraduate Student
- Department of Physiology
- University of Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine Building
- 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: December 18, 2003 (Thur)
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Nitric oxide release in the renal circulation of normoxia- or hypoxia-adapted
rats in response to acute local hypoxia
- Speaker:
- Mr. Tam, Leonard Tin Lap
- Postgraduate Student
- Department of Physiology
- University of Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine Building
- 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date: December 18, 2003 (Thur)
- Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
- Title: Heat shock protein 70 mediates delayed cardiac preconditioning through calcium
- Speaker:
- Ms. Liu, Jing
- Postgraduate Student
- Department of Physiology
- University of Hong Kong
- Faculty of Medicine Building
- 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

- Host: Faculty of Medicine (Frontiers in Biomedical Research, HKU 2003)
- Anti-aging: Joint Scientific Meeting of the Centre of Endocrinology & Diabetes and
the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine
- Venue: Seminar Room, Faculty of Medicine Building
- Date:
December 12, 2003 (Fri)
Time: 12:10 - 12:30
Title: A novel ionic mechanism of verapamil in human atrial cells
Speaker: Dr. G. R. Li (Medicine, HKU)
Time: 12:30 - 12:50
Title: Effects of testosterone deficiency on cardiac functions implications on
ageing
Speaker: Professor T. M. Wong (Head of Physiology, HKU)

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: December 11, 2003 (Thur)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Perinatal nutrient programs fat metabolism in skeletal muscle
Speaker:
Miss. Mona P. M. Ip
Postgraduate Student
Department of Physiology
University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

- Host: Department of Physiology The Elaine C.F. Tso Memorial Lecture
- Date: December 8, 2003 (Mon)
- Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
- Venue: Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, (LT4) G/F, Academic and Administration Block,
Faculty of Medicine Building
- Title: The Older Heart Operates on the Edge
- Speaker:
- Professor Edward G. Lakatta
- Director
- Gerontology Research Center
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institutes of Health
- Baltimore, USA

- Host: Department of Physiology and Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine
- Date:
December 5, 2003 (Fri)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Human Embryonic stem cells for tissue engineering: A new era of regenerative
medicine
Speaker:
Dr. Ronald A. Li
Institute of Molecular Cardiobiology
School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: December 3, 2003 (Wed)
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title 1: Inhibitory effect of Hexarelin on angiotensin II-induced apoptosis in
cardiomyocytes in vitro
Title 2: Melatonin inhibits PRL tumor proliferation and its underlying mechanism
(to be conducted in Putonghua)
Speaker:
Professor W. Q. Tsui
PUMC
Basic Medical Sciences
Beijing
P. R. China

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- Host: Department of Physiology
- Date:
April 29, 2003 (Tue)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Oxidative stress on vascular smooth muscle contractile function
Speaker:
Professor C. Y. Kwan
Department of Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: April 2, 2003 (Wed)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Interleukin-2 as a modulator in cardiovascular system
Speaker:
Professor Q. Xia
Department of Physiology
Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou 310031
P. R. China

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: March 3, 2003 (Mon)
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Soy Isoflavones: Potential Benefits Against Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women?
Speaker:
Professor William W. L. Wong
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center
Department of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
Host: Department of Physiology
Date: February 18, 2003 (Tue)
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Reentrant rhythms and ion channel localization associated with junctional
complexes
Speaker:
Professor Alvin Shrier
Hosmer Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Host: Department of Physiology and ICSM
Date: January 7, 2003 (Tue)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Protein engineering, Gene therapy, Embryonic stem cells. How can we benefit?
Speaker:
Dr. Ronald A. Li
Institute of Molecular Cardiobiology
School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Host: Faculty of Medicine (Frontiers in Biomedical Research, HKU 2002)
Scientific Meeting of the Department of Physiology
Venue: Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, (LT2) G/F, Academic and Administration Block,
Faculty of Medicine Building
Date: December 6, 2002 (Fri)
Time: 12:10 - 12:45 p.m.
Title: Understanding brain death: From intensive care unit to laboratory
Speaker: Professor S. H. H. Chan
Vice-President (Academic Affairs)
Director, Center for Neuroscience
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Host: Faculty of Medicine (Frontiers in Biomedical Research, HKU 2002)
Scientific Meeting of the Department of Physiology
Venue: Seminar Room 6, LG1, Faculty of Medicine Building
Date: December 6, 2002 (Fri)
Time: 2:00 - 2:20 p.m.
Title: Plastic changes of vestibulo-cardiovascular interaction
Speaker: Professor Y. S. Chan (Physiology, HKU)
Time: 2:20 - 2:40 p.m.
Title: Some aspects of the control of blood pressure and blood flow in acute systemic
hypoxia
Speaker: Dr. H. J. Ballard (Physiology, HKU)
Time: 2:40 - 3:00 p.m.
Title: Is adrenomedullin a cardiac depressant in septic shock?
Speaker: Dr. J. P. Bourreau (Physiology, HKU)
Time: 3:00 - 3:20 p.m.
Title: Hypoxia - matters from molecules to physiology
Speaker: Dr. M. L. Fung (Physiology, HKU)
Time: 3:50 - 4:10 p.m.
Title: Modulation of volume-sensitive chloride current by protein tyrosine kinases in
human atrial myocytes
Speaker: Dr. G. R. Li (Medicine, HKU)
Time: 4:10 - 4:30 p.m.
Title: Adrenergic control of nasal venous vasculature
Speaker: Dr. M. A. K. Y. Lung (Physiology, HKU)
Time: 4:30 - 4:50 p.m.
Title: Use of opioid as a cardioprotective agent
Speaker: Professor T. M. Wong (Head of Physiology, HKU)

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: November 11, 2002 (Mon)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Delayed cardioprotection by pacing and exercise
Speaker:
Professor J. R. Parratt
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Strathclyde Institute for Biomedical Sciences
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow C4 ONR, UK

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: June 20, 2002 (Thur)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Regulation of cation channels by anion channels in rat heart
Speaker:
Professor Zhou, Shi Sheng
Department of Physiology
The Fourth Military Medical University
Xi'an, China

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: Cancelled
Time: Cancelled
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title:The cerebral cardiovascular responses to heat stress --- Heatstroke
Speaker:
Professor Lin, M. T.
Department of Medical Research
Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan
& Institute of Physiology
National Yang-Ming University Medical College
Taipei, Taiwan
Host: Department of Physiology
Date: June 4, 2002 (Tue)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Dysregulation of circadian rhythm by HIV protein Tat
Speaker:
Dr. Jian M. DING
Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minnesota
USA

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: May 30, 2002 (Thur)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: The role of adrenomedullin in inflammation
Speaker:
Ms. Y. Y. Li
Postgraduate student
Department of Physiology
University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
Host: Department of Physiology
Date: May 23, 2002 (Thur)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Faculty of Medicine Building L04-28 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Pre-existing interconnections between the hand and face representations in the
human primary motor cortex
Speaker:
Mr. Tommy C. Y. Chan
Postgraduate student
Department of Physiology
University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

Host: Department of Physiology
Date:
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue:
Title: Characterization of MT1 and MT2 melatonin receptor subtypes with transformed human placental
trophoblasts
Speaker:
Mr. K. W. Lau
Postgraduate student
Department of Physiology
University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: January 22, 2002 (Tue)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Li Shu Fan Building G-09 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Protective mechanisms against myocardial ischaemia
Speaker:
Professor T. M. Wong
Head of Physiology
Department of Physiology
University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine
Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

Host: Departments of Anatomy & Physiology and Neuroscience Research Centre
Date: December 11, 2001
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Li Shu Fan Building 5-30 (Anatomy Seminar Room)
Title: Roles of microglia in inflammation-related neurodegeneration mechanism,
therapeutic interventions and relevance to Parkinson's disease
Speaker:
Professor John Jau-Shyong Hong
Section Head
Neuropharmacology Section
Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
North Carolina, USA

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: November 22, 2001
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Li Shu Fan Building G-09 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: The Heart of the Survival Instinct: Macro to Micro
Speaker:
Professor Edward G. Lakatta
Director
Gerontology Research Center
National Institute on Aging, NIH
Baltimore, USA

Host: Department of Physiology & Neuroscience Research Centre
Date: October 5, 2001 (Friday)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Li Shu Fan Building G-09 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Human motoneurones: some surprising recent findings
Speaker:
Professor Simon Gandevia
Senior Principal Research Fellow
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Barker St, Randwick, Sydney
NSW Australia

Host: Department of Physiology
Date: September 19, 2001 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Li Shu Fan Building G-09 (Physiology Seminar Room)
Title: Store-operated Ca entry in vascular endothelial cells: role of cGMP and Trp
channels
Speaker:
Dr. Xiao Qiang Yao
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T.


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