2014 Activities
Last update: 13/1/2015
2014.12.29
Seminar: New concepts in genetically encoded biosensors: Infrared fluorogenic protease reporters and singlet oxygen triplet energy transfer
Speaker: Dr. Tsz-Leung TO
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California San Franciso (UCSF), USA

2014.12.15-19
Annual Conferene of SKL Agrobiotechnology and Student Exchange Program
2014 SKL Annual Conference on Agrobiotechnology at Beijing

Prof. JH Zhang, Director of SKL (CUHK)

Reprentative presentations from CUHK.
First row from left to right: Prof. HM Lam, Prof. Jerome Hui, Prof. Faye Tsang, Prof. Danny Ng, Prof. JX He, Prof. SL Zhong

Partner SKL Director Prof. ZZ Gong (The China Agricultural Univeristy, CAU) and Prof. JH Zhang (CUHK)

Round table discussion between members of Partner State Key Laboratory from CAU and CUHK


Delegation visit to the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing

Delegation visit to Institute of Genetics and Development Biology Chinse Academy of Sciences
Student Exchange Program
Student representatives from SKL of CUHK and CAU presented their research projects


Students visited to the greenhouse and laboratories of China Agricultural University

Cultural exchange activities
2014.12.11-12
Mini-Symposium on Soybean Genomic Research
Organizer: Center for Soybean Research of the Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, CUHK
Co-organizers: Peacock Program, Shenzhen Research Institute and New Asia College, CUHK

Keynote speakers
From left: Dr. Brett Ferguson, Prof. Hon Ming Lam, Prof. Junyi Gai, Prof. Scott Jackson, Dr. Xun Xu and Prof. Sachiko Isobe
2014.10.23-25
Conference cum Visit : Biotechnology Committee of Chinese Grassland Society
Organizer: Chinese Grassland Society, Biotechnology Committee of Chinese Grassland Society
Co-organizer: The Chinese Univerisity of Hong Kong

2014.10.11
Seminar: SKL/IPMBAB Seminar Series 2014




Best presentation award

2014.9-10
Training workshop: Digital PCR
Date: 2014.9.19
Topic: The Application of Next Generation PCR Droplet Digital PCR
Date: 2014.9.22
Topic: QS3D Digital PCR technology and application
Date: 2014.10.7
Title: Pico-Liter Droplet-based RainDrop Digital PCR Enables Multiplexed Genetic End Point Detection with Unprecedented Dynamic Range and Sensitivity

2014.7.22
Press conference: Finding a Major Salt Tolerance Gene in Wild Soybean


Prof. Hon-Ming Lam, Director of the Center for Soybean Research at CUHK, and his team successfully cloned the salt tolerant gene from wild soybeans. This finding was just recently published in Nature Communications, a famous multi-disciplinary scientific journal.
CUHK Press Release: http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press_detail.php?id=1847

Ta Kung Pao http://news.takungpao.com.hk/paper/q/2014/0723/2619997.html

Sing Tao Daily
http://std.stheadline.com/yesterday/edu/0723go03.html

Ming Pao Daily News http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/dailynews3b.cfm?File=20140723/nalgh/ghb1.txt

Hong Kong Commerical Daily http://www.hkcd.com.hk/content/2014-07/23/content_3362376.htm

Apple Daily http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20140723/18808850

Wen Wei Po http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/07/23/a15-0723.pdf
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AM730 http://www.am730.com.hk/article-218104
Oriental Daily News http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20140722/bkn-20140722172110385-0722_00822_001.html
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The Sun http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20140723/00407_059.html
2014.7.15
Award: Prof. Zhang Jianhua - Honorary Doctor of Science degree, Lancaster University

http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2014/honorary-degree-for-crop-scientist-zhang-jianhua/
2014.6.12
Seminar: Next Generation Sequencing Applications for Crop Improvement
Speaker: Dr. Michiel J.T. van Eijk
Chief Scientific Officer, Keygene N.V. Wageningen, The Netherlands

2014.3.25
Visit: Tai Long Experimental Station

Delegation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences visited Tai Long Experimental Station
