In the summer of 2019, two Science Academy of Young Talent (SAYT) coureses were offered: CUSA1103 and CUSA2013. CUSA1103 was a brand new course; while CUSA2013 was offered every other year. As a tradition, many talented Biochemistry students and alumni have been recruited to … Continue reading CUSA Student/alumni teaching team 2018/19
As discussed last year, in 2018/19, I tried to employ some new pedagogical approaches to teach Biochemistry for Secondary School students between the age of 12 and 14. A brand new course, CUSA1103 Learning Biochemistry through games, was offered on … Continue reading Learning Biochemistry through games
It has been quite some time since I first started to be a manuscript reviewer, when I was receiving post-doctoral training in Japan. After the completion … Continue reading My journey to be a reviewer
In the Chinese University of Hong Kong, there is a ‘Student Campus Work Scheme’. In this summer, I have applied for the scheme to recruit some outstanding students to test run the virtual lab. We have some fun working on … Continue reading Student Campus Work Scheme
On 2 June (Sunday), I had the pleasure to be the judge of a debate competition between Chu Hai College and the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), with a meaningful topic. The Team from EdUHK was the host and I had a chance to visit the nice campus located in Taipo. It was the third time I served as the judge of a debate competition: I remembered the first time was held in Hong Kong Polytechnic University; while the second time was in the University of Hong Kong. In my humble opinion, serving as the judge is not only a … Continue reading My journey to be a debate judge
‘Biochemistry and Infections‘ was first offered last year; this year, the course was held again on 27 April and 4 May. In spite of the rainy weather, we had two interesting weekends studying something related to the immunity against infection. … Continue reading PGT Biochemistry and Infections in 2019 Spring
I am glad to offer two PGT courses (Applied Biochemistry I & II) again in the winter of 2018/19. ‘Applied Biochemistry I’ was held on 22 and 29 December 2018; whereas, ‘Applied Biochemistry II’ was held on 26 January and … Continue reading PGT winter courses 2018/19
As shared in one of my previous posts, I have been teaching the General Education courses for Chung Chi College and Shaw College for some years. I am feeling grateful right at the beginning of 2019 that my effort in General … Continue reading College General Education
The Orientation Day 2018 was held on 20 October (Saturday). This year, the School of Life Sciences (SLS) made some major effort to renovate and modernize … Continue reading Orientation Day 2018
I am excited to learn about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year has just been awarded to Prof Allison and Prof Honjo for their profound discovery of cancer immunotherapy. Many students in my classes were very interested … Continue reading The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018
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