The Division of Life Science at HKUST

LIFS Seminar Series "Modulating lipid droplet dynamics in response to metabolic stress" by Prof. Alan Jian ZHU
2026-01-28 16:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Hong_Kong) | LT-K
Prof. Alan Jian ZHU
School of Life Sciences,
Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University
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LIFS Special Seminar Series "Evolutionary and Neural Mechanisms of Cooperative Behavior" by Dr. Mengping JIANG
2026-02-02 10:30 - 11:30 | Room 2303 (Lift No. 17/18)
Dr. Mengping Jiang
Department of Neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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LIFS Seminar Series “DNA methylation in neural development and disease” by Prof. Guoping FAN
2026-02-06 04:00 - 17:00
Prof. Guoping FAN
Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
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LIFS/CBE Joint Seminar "De Novo Design of Controllable and Functional Self-assembling Protein Filament Biomaterials" by Dr. Hao SHEN
2026-02-23 10:30 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom
Dr. Hao SHEN
Institute for Protein Design, Department of Biochemistry
University of Washington, Seattle
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"A New Principle in Vesicle Trafficking" by Prof. Da JIA
2026-02-27 16:00 - 17:00 | LT-C
Prof. Da JIA
Sichuan University
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IAS Distinguished Lecture "The Nervous System Shaped by Evolution, and Its Limits — The Evolutionary Cost of Neurodegeneration" by Prof. Seung Hyun KIM
2026-03-13 10:30 - 12:00 | LT-G
Seung Hyun KIM
Professor of Neurology, and
Director of the ALS Clinic and Stem Cell Therapy Center
Hanyang University Hospital, South Korea
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LIFS Seminar Series “Molecular mechanisms of cellular lipid storage and metabolism” by Prof. Maria BOHNERT
2026-03-13 16:00 - 17:30
Prof. Maria BOHNERT
Professor of Organelle Communication, University of Munster, Germany
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LIFS Seminar Series "Invertebrate oncology: tumor-host interactions in the Drosophila model" by Prof. David BILDER
2026-03-20 16:00 - 17:00 | LT-C
Prof. David BILDER
University of California, Berkeley, USA
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LIFS Seminar Series “Cut off the oily supply – A new approach to fulfil the promise of immunotherapy" by Prof. Alfred Sze Lok CHENG
2026-03-27 16:00 - 17:00
Prof. Alfred Sze Lok CHENG
Assistant Dean
Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
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LIFS Seminar Series "Synaptic Mechanisms of Neuropeptides in Energy Balance" by Prof. Zhiping PANG
2026-04-10 16:00 - 17:00 | LT-C
Prof. Zhiping PANG
Rutgers University
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LIFS Seminar Series "Transcription factor encoded visions, dreams and memories - exploring stem cell potency in differentiation and regeneration" by Prof. Joshua M Brickman
2026-04-17 16:00 - 17:00
Prof. Joshua M Brickman
Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Copenhagen
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LIFS Special Seminar Series "Methylation Biology: Mechanisms and Physiological Relevance" by Dr. Yoichi Shinkai
2026-04-23 11:00 - 12:00
Dr. Yoichi Shinkai
RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute
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"Spatial heterogeneity and resistance of bacterial biofilms" by Associate Professor. Jintao LIU
2026-04-24 16:00 - 17:00 | LT-C
Associate Professor. Jintao LIU
Tsinghua University, School of Basic Medical Sciences
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LIFS Seminar Series "Programmed Cell Death and Immune Responses in Diseases" by Prof. Yi-Nan GONG
2026-05-08 16:00 - 17:00
Prof. Yi-Nan GONG, Ph.D.
Associate Member
Department of Urology, Neal Cancer Center,
Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas, USA.
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