To facilitate the establishment of international collaborations on Agricultural Genomics that echoes with Sustainable Development Goals advocated by the United Nations, the AoE Center and the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (CUHK) have co-organized the International Symposium on Agricultural Genomics and Crop-Soil Biota Interactions which serves as a high-level academic…
Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (26) Thinking of novel ways for insect management in Soybean was held on 13 December 2022. In this talk, Dr Pan Liao of Hong Kong Baptist University introduced his recent work on isoprenoid and lipid biosynthesis and metabolism, and shared with us his thoughts about whether we could…
Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (25) Soybean An Agri-food Resource was held on 14 November 2022. In this talk, Dr Coty Carrera has shared the following topics with the audiences. 1) World Scenarios: Climate, Yield, and Population Evolution. 2) Soybean production, processing, and utilization in Argentina. 3) Soybean An Agri-food Resource. Defining “quality”.…
Center Director Prof HM Lam was interviewed by TV Programme “Pearl Magazine” on the feature story of “A Paddy Revolution”. The programme was broadcast on November 13, 2022 and can be revisited here. Screen captured from Pearl Magazine
The AoE Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security was honored to be selected as one of the flagship projects funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council. On behalf of the AoE Center, Center Director Prof HM Lam was interviewed by Wenweipo and…
Center Director Prof HM Lam has been interviewed by SingTao Daily on how development of stress tolerant soybeans can be beneficial to food security. Prof Lam has also shared how he overcome the challenges encountered in his research journey to encourage youngsters to take up challenges with courage. Image scanned…
Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (24)For whom the plant genome has been sequenced was held on 15 October 2022. In this talk, Dr. Sachiko Isobe, Lab head of Plant Genetics and Genomics, and leader of Lab of Plant DNA Analysis introduced the current status of plant genome sequencing. As development of an easy-to-use DB…
Center Director Prof HM Lam was interviewed by RTHK Pod-cast Program “Under the Sun” about his soybean research journey. The interviews have been pod-cast on October 2 and October 9 and can be visited by clicking the images below. Podcast on October 2: Development of Stress Tolerant Soybeans for Yield Improvement…
Center Director Prof HM Lam was interviewed by Legislative Councillor Mr Duncan Chiu in the Youtube Program “Tech-can-do”. The interview can be visited in the links below.
Center Director Prof HM Lam was interviewed by RTHK pod-cast program “Climate Watcher” on September 24 on the topic of “The Genes of Soybean”. The pod-cast can be replayed here (Cantonese only, starting from 33:00 of part II). Image from RTHK webpage