B.1.1.7, what a bad coincidence!
There has been a breaking news from the United Kingdom that a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.7) was confirmed to acquire 17 effective mutations. Until today … Continue reading B.1.1.7, what a bad coincidence!
A new approach to capstone courses
As the coordinator of the capstone courses, such as LSCI4000 Literature Review, in the School of life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, we have adopted the distance learning mode. I would humbly suggest one of the highlights of … Continue reading A new approach to capstone courses
CUSA3003 went online
It has been the third offering of CUSA3003 Biological Science Student Knowledge Enhancement Course since 2016. Unlike the previous two classes, the class in 2020 went … Continue reading CUSA3003 went online
A new approach to tutorial class
Similar to laboratory courses, tutorial classes have also been conducted online in 2020/21. Online-and-offline mode was practised in my Chung Chi College General Education course, in which the tutorial was conducted on Zoom as well as through face-to-face meeting; interestingly, … Continue reading A new approach to tutorial class
Re-connected to the world
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the world has been shut down. My plan to attend international conferences was greatly affected because the traffic around the globe has been blocked. Fortunately, I managed to join the 2nd International Academic Conference on … Continue reading Re-connected to the world
Business as usual
I am so glad that, in spite of the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe, business seems to be as usual. After a quiet period during … Continue reading Business as usual
Face-to-face well timed
With reference to my prediction based on the most relevant data to Hong Kong, I scheduled four face-to-face practical sessions on 15, 20 and 29 October and 3 November for BCHE4640 Aspects of Neuroscience Laboratory and BCHE4760 Haematology and Immunology … Continue reading Face-to-face well timed
Virtual Orientation Day 2020
The Orientation Day in 2020 was special; as one might have anticipated that no face-to-face activities involving tens of thousands of students could be possible, the … Continue reading Virtual Orientation Day 2020
CUSA Student/alumni teaching team 2020/21
CUSA3003 Biological Science Student Knowledge Enhancement Course will be offered in the autumn of 2020 because of suspension of face-to-face teaching during the summer time. As … Continue reading CUSA Student/alumni teaching team 2020/21
A good introductory video for students who are interested in the modelling of infectious disease
I have just come across a great video from Oxford about the mathematical model of infectious diseases. It is highly recommended for students who are interested in infectious diseases; and it also shows that mathematics are very important for the … Continue reading A good introductory video for students who are interested in the modelling of infectious disease
