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11 May 2021
Prof. Pei-Yuan Qian met the Founder and CEO of Y-Lot Foundation
Date: 11 May 2021 (Tuesday)
Venue: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Venue: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
17 Mar 2021
On March 4, 2021, an inter-disciplinary research team led by Prof. Pei-Yuan Qian, Director of the Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), in collaboration with Prof. Wen-Jun Zhang and Prof. Roya Maboudian from University of California at Berkeley, and Prof. Robert Burne from College of Dentistry, University of Florida, unraveled how a novel microbial small molecule released by human oral Streptococcus mutans clinical isolates promotes the development of dental caries. This is a research breakthrough by extending their research scope from the microbe-animal interactions mediated by biofilm-derived signal molecules to public health. The research findings were recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Chemical Biology.
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22 Feb 2021
Recently, Professor Pei-Yuan Qian’s research team of the Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) decoded a deep-sea vent-endemic snail hologenome for the first time, and unveiled its living strategies in the extreme environment, through the integration of multiple omics approaches, including genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics. The research findings have been published on the scientific journal Nature Communications.
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01 Feb 2021
Hong Kong Branch 1st Annual Meeting (Area 3)
Date: 1 February 2021 (Monday)
Time: 14:30 – 18:00 pm
Venue: Zoom Meeting Platform
Time: 14:30 – 18:00 pm
Venue: Zoom Meeting Platform
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28 Jan 2021
Hong Kong Branch 1st Annual Meeting (Area 4)
Date: 28 January 2021 (Thursday)
Time: 9:30 am – 13:30 pm
Venue: Zoom Meeting Platform
Time: 9:30 am – 13:30 pm
Venue: Zoom Meeting Platform