News and Events
February 1, 2012: Congratulation to Mr. Chan Yiu Ming and Ms. Chan Ling Chim who who were presented with the Long Service Awards by the Vice Chancellor to honour their 25 years (Mr. Chan Yiu Ming) and 15 years (Ms. Chan Ling Chim) of service and contributions to the University.
January 9, 2012: Our friend and former teaching consultant Joseph Desmond Robinson passed away on January 9, 2012. Read more...
December 8, 2011: Congratulations to Ms Shen Yun, PhD candidate at the Department of Biochemistry, for being awarded the Best poster presentation at the 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium.
November 28, 2011: Congratulations to Dr. Julian Tanner for being awarded the Faculty Teaching Medals at the Faculty Graduation and Prize Presentation Ceremony.
November 8, 2011: Department of Biochemistry, HKU and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint PhD research programme. Read more...
September, 2011: Congratulations to Miss Pearl Chen Lu Hua, PhD candidate, Department of Biochemistry. She received a Travel Fellowship to the 2011 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease in France in July 2011. She also received the Best Paper Award from the Faculty for her paper entitled “Association between CLU Polymorphisms and Clinical Phenotypes in Alzheimer’s Disease”.
June 21, 2011: Congratulations to Yalun Zhang (PhD student under the supervsion of Dr. YQ Song) for winning the championship in the first Three Minute Thesis (3MTTM) Competition for HKU. Read more...
June 1, 2011: Congratulations to Dr. Kato Shum for being awarded second prize in the 'Johnson & Johnson Asia Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award in Bio-tech'. Read more...
Feb 17, 2011: Dr. Martin Cheung, Professor Kathryn Cheah, and Dr. Danny Chan were awarded the Research Output Prize at the Award Presentation Ceremony for Excellence in Teaching and Research 2010 for their paper entitled "A Mutation in Ihh that Causes Digit Abnormalities Alters Its Signaling Capacity and Range", published in Nature, April 2009.
Feb 15, 2011 Congratulation to Ms. Yuk Kuen Woo and Mrs. Irene Poon who were presented with the Long Service Awards by the Vice Chancellor to honour their 35 years (Ms. Woo) and 15 years (Mrs. Poon) of service and contributions to the University.
Feb, 2011: Dr. Zhongjun Zhou, and collaborators from the Mainland, has been awarded the Second Class State Scientific and Technological Progress Award by the National Office of Science and Technology Awards for the project entitled "Study on the molecular mechanisms modulating aging as well as the establishment and application of individual aging-evaluating system".
Jan 15, 2011: Dr. Nai Sum Wong was awarded a Faculty Teaching Medal in recognition of teaching excellence during the Faculty Graduation and Prize Presentation Ceremony 2010.
Jan 5-6, 2011: The Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute on "Fundamental Biology of Aging and Aging Disorders"
Dec 2-3, 2010: Mr. Kin Shing Lee (PhD student in Department of Biochemistry) received a Certificate of Merit for his poster presentation in the 15th Research Postgraduate Symposium.
Jun 2, 2010: Mini-symposium: Department of Biochemistry, HKU - Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Manchester, UK
Jan 2010: Congratulation to Dr. MH Sham who won the Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award in the 2008-9 round of the University's OutstandingResearcher Awards Scheme. Dr. Sham was honoured at the Award Presentation Ceremony for Excellence in Teaching and Research 2009 held in Jan 28, 2010.
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Jan 2010: Congratulation to Mr KY Kong, PhD student in Department of Biochemistry, for being awarded University Postgraduate Fellowships (2009-10) by the University.
Dec 2-3, 2009: Congratulation to Miss Chung-nga Tam, PhD student in Department of Biochemistry, for being awarded the Certificate of Merit in the 14th Research Postgraduate Symposium.
Oct, 2009: Mr Kato Shum, PhD candidate of the Department of Biochemistry, represented Hong Kong to participate in the Novartis Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp) held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, from October 26-30, 2009.
Jun 2009: Congratulation to Professor Kathryn Cheah who was presented with the Long Service Awards by the Vice Chancellor to honour her 25 years of service and contributions to the University. The full list of recipients can be found at http://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_5986.html
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March 24, 2009: Recruitment talk by PAREXEL APEX International. 
March 21, 2009: Feb 2009: Congratulation to Mr. Tse Shui Lun who was presented with the Long Service Awards by the Vice Chancellor to honour his 25 years of loyal service to the University.
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December 2008 - February 2009: Exercise classes for staff and students. 
Dr. Zhongjun Zhou (Principal Investigator), Professor Kathryn Cheah (Co-Investigator) and Dr. Randy Poon (Co-Investigator, HKUST) were awarded a $7.7m Central Allocation Grant by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council for research into aging and stem cells. Read more ...