School of Biomedical Sciences cordially invites you to join the following TRS Seminar Series (T11-709/21-N):

Date: 14 December 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Venue: HKJC-S3, Room G-05, G/F, Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road

Speaker: Professor Zhaohui Qian, National Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Talk Title: Coronavirus entry: from binding to fusion
Theme-based Research Scheme (T11-709/21-N): Ecology, molecular virology and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2: From bedside to bench and back

Biography

Zhaohui Qian, Ph.D., is a senior principle investigator at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College and currently serves as a member of National Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory Biosafety Expert Committee of China. He received the bachelor and master degree from Peking University and the doctoral degree in Virology from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and completed his two postdoctoral research trainings at the VAMC, Memphis under Dr. Ed Rosloneic and at the University of Colorado School of Medicine mentored by Dr. Kathrine V Holmes. At the beginning of 2014, he returned to China and established his own laboratory at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, dedicated to advancing virology research with a specific focus on studying the entry mechanisms of coronaviruses, a topic of increasing relevance in the face of recent global challenges. His lab has made impactful contribution on findings of entry of HKU1, the fusion peptide of CoVs, and endocytic entry of SARS-CoV-2.

ALL ARE WELCOME

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Miss Angela Wong at 3917 9216.