Autumn Scientific Meeting 2006

Date:: September 9, 2006
Venue:: Mrs. Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre,
LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
Rm. A2-08, 2/F., William MW Mong Block,
21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Enquiry:: Ms Irene Poon
Tel: 28199240
email: biochem@hkusua.hku.hk

9:00 am: Registration
9:10 am: Welcoming introduction by the President
Prof. Kathy Cheah, The University of Hong Kong
9:15 am: "Increased Susceptibility to Retinoic Acid Teratogenicity in Diabetic Pregnancy"
Dr. Alisa Shum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
9:45 am: "Aberrant Hoxb5 signalling causes migration defect of NCCs and abnormal enteric nervous system development"
Dr. Vincent CH Lui, The University of Hong Kong
10:15 am: "Genetic studies of the role of LIM-homeobox genes in cerebellum development"
Dr. Kin Ming Kwan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
10:45 am: Tea Break
11:00 am: "Molecule that sustain males in species"
Miss Gus Chan, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
11:20 am: "Role of Sox9 in the development of the mammalian inner ear"
Dr. Irene Szeto, The University of Hong Kong
11:50 am: "Human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes as a model to study human cardiogenesis"
Dr. Faye Tsang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
12:20 am: "Ifitm/fragilis and Importin13 activity for germ cell navigation and meiosis"
Prof. Patrick Tam, University of Sydney, Australia

Hong Kong Society for Developmental Biology