Public Lectures

Supported by the Shirley Boyde Trust, the Shirley Boyde Memorial Lecture is to be given by a leading scientist in an important area of research.

Established in 1989 in memory of Mrs. Shirley Boyde, the Shirley Boyde Trust was funded by family and friends; to a much less extent by donations from the business community of Hong Kong. The Trust exists to support original scientific research in medical topics or directed at improved conservation of wildlife and the environment.

Speakers	Date	Title
Dr. John Craig Venter Founder, Chairman, and President of the J Craig Venter Institute	March 15, 2012	From Reading to Writing the Genetic Code
Professor Sir Alec Jeffrey Professor of Genetics and the Royal Society Wolfson Research Professor, The University of Leicester, UK	Feburary 19, 2008	Genetic Fingerprinting and Beyond
Professor Sir David Lane Executive Director, The Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Singapore; Chair, Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, UK	January 29, 2007	Curing Cancer
Professor Sir Paul Nurse President, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA; 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine	September 26, 2005	The Great Ideas of Biology
Dr. Sydney Brenner Founder and President The Molecular Sciences Institute Berkeley, California; 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine	June 28, 2001	Inverse Genetics

Dr. Veronica Lam Memorial Lecture

The Dr. Veronica Lam Memorial Lecture is sponorsed by the Veronica M.S. Lam Memorial Fund. Dr. Veronica Lam, a long-serving member of the Department, died tragically with her daughter in the Tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. The Fund was set up by Veronica's husband Mr. Peter Lam and her son, Mr. Cyril Lam in memory of Dr. Veronica Lam. The aim of the Fund is to enrich and expand the scientific horizons of students and staff, and to inspire them in their learning and research by sponsoring visits and lectures by eminent scientists. Apart from delivering a public lecture and research seminars, they will spend time with our postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows and academic staff.

Speaker	Date	Title
Dr. David Cox Senior Vice president and Chief Scientific Officer, Biotherapeutics and Innovation Center, Pfizer Inc., USA	December 15, 2008	Improving Health Outcomes Using Knowledge of Human Genetic Variation

Royal Society Kan Tong Po Public Lecture

Speaker	Date	Title
Professor Jurg Ott Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Statistical Genetics, Rockefeller University; Adjunct Professor, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York.	December 5, 2001	Finding Disease Genes on the Human Gene Map
Professor Gillian Murphy University of Cambridge	November 29, 2000	Understanding Arthritis: A Destructive Disease

Lo Yuk Tong Foundation Lecture

Speaker	Date	Title
Professor Sir Walter Bodmer, FRS Oxford University, UK	January 26, 2005	Control of Expression of the Homeobox Gene CDX1 in Colorectal Cancer and Barrett's Esophagus
Professor Patrick Tam Head of Embryology Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, Australia	December 4, 2002	Studying the Genetic Basis of Birth Defects: From Disease to Embryology

Public Lecture in Hong Kong Science Museum

Speakers	Date	Title
Dr. Danny Chan Department of Biochemistry, HKU Professor Ken Cheung Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, HKU	May 26, 2007	Genetics and Back Pain

“Celebrating 120 Years of Medical Education: Explore the World of Medicine” Public Lecture Series in Central Library

Speakers	Date	Title
Dr. Danny Chan Department of Biochemistry, HKU Professor Ken Cheung Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, HKU	September 22, 2007	What is the Role of Genetics in the Treatment and Prevention of Back Pain and Related Diseases?
Dr. KM Yao Department of Biochemistry, HKU Dr. YP Ching Department of Anatomy, HKU	September 22, 2007	How Does Basic Medical Research Help in Drug Discovery?

Department of Biochemistry

The University of Hong Kong

Public Lectures