Date: 25 June 2021 (Friday)
Venue: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Date: 15 June 2021 (Tuesday)
Venue: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Date: 11 May 2021 (Tuesday)
Venue: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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. Read more

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. Read more