Symposium 2005

2:00 pm: Welcome address
Prof. Kathy Cheah, Interim President
2:05 pm: Molecular basis for cell fate decision making in the neurosensory development of the ear
Prof. Bernd Fritzsch, Creighton University, USA
3:00 pm: Homeobox gene Irx5 is essential for the differentiation of cone bipolar cell in mouse retina
Dr. Chi Wa Cheng, City University, HK
3:30 pm: Tea break
4:00 pm: Proteomic investigation of polyglutamine disease pathogenesis in Drosophila
Miss Jessica Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK
4:30 pm: Conservation of a genetic network guiding the sensory organ development in C. elegans
Dr. King Chow, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK
5:00 pm: Genomic instability in laminopathy-based premature aging
Dr. Zhong Jun Zhou, The University of Hong Kong, HK
5:30 pm: General meeting and Dinner

Hong Kong Society for Developmental Biology