Orientation Day 2018
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
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 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
Adult education
Dated back to 2009, I have been involved in adult education, such as the Master of Science Programme in Biochemical and Biomedical Sciences (BBMS) and other Secondary School Biology Teacher and Technician training workshops offered by the Education Bureau. In BBMS, … Continue reading Adult education
CUSA1013 again!
It was my pleasure to offer CUSA1013 Great Discovery in Biomedical Discoveries again for the second time on 25 August 2018. This summer course was dedicated to Secondary 1 to 3 students, hoping to foster their interest in biomedical science. … Continue reading CUSA1013 again!
An episode of ‘PGT Biochemistry and Infections’
In an earlier Program for the Gifted Talented course titled ‘Biochemistry and Infections‘, we came across infectious diseases caused by viruses, such as dengue fever (DF). The current local cases of dengue fever in Hong Kong present a good illustration of that … Continue reading An episode of ‘Biochemistry and Infections’
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An episode of CUSA3003 II
Another interesting scenario during CUSA3003 Biological Science Student Knowledge Enhancement Course was that we discussed about microbiology, where influenza caused by virus was briefly discussed. From … Continue reading An episode of CUSA3003 II
An episode of CUSA3003
I remembered during CUSA3003 Biological Science Student Knowledge Enhancement Course this summer, we covered some basic topics, such as ‘cell cycle’ and ‘the central dogma’. I reminded the students that although the public exams might require the ‘model answers’ of the … Continue reading An episode of CUSA3003
CUSA3003 2017/18
I feel grateful to offer ‘CUSA3003 Biological Science Student Knowledge Enhancement Course‘ this summer. It was a long course lasting for four days on 18, 21, 25, and 28 July, where 17 students with great potential had completed. I would like … Continue reading CUSA3003 2017/18
FEBS2018
This summer, I had the opportunity to join the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) 2018 Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, and gave a speed talk … Continue reading FEBS2018
CUSA Student/alumni teaching team 2017/18
In the summer of 2018, I propose to offer two Science Academy of Young Talent (SAYT) coureses: CUSA1013 and CUSA3003. Both courses are offered every other year; where CUSA1013 was re-designed to be offered to Form 1 to 3 students … Continue reading CUSA Student/alumni teaching team 2017/18
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