Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (23) Introduction to CRISPR-Cas technology was held on 14 September 2022. In this talk, Dr Yiping Qi of University of Maryland, College Park provided a general overview of the landscape of the cutting-edge CRISPR genome editing tools, including CRISPR-Cas9, CRISPR-Cas12a, CRISPR-Cas12b, C-to-T base editors, A-to-G base editors, and…
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Center Director Prof. HM Lam has been invited for a speech “HK Letter” broadcast by RTHK Radio 1 on September 3. Click here to listen to the program (Cantonese). Image captured from RTHK website
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Center Director Prof. HM Lam was invited to deliver a talk at the CUAgro Edible Campus Symposium on September 3. The symposium can be revisited here.
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Center Director Prof HM Lam’s soybean research journey has been featured in “The Gold: A Soybean’s Mission” by China Daily on 31 August. Prof Lam’s story of of bringing hope of a better life to local farmers is being shared here.
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Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (22) When Social Entrepreneurship meets Science! was held on 10 August 2022. In this talk, Dr. Howard Ling shared his social entrepreneurship experiences with different scientists in Hong Kong, and shed light on the secret recipe of bridging science and social business Agrobiotechnology talk series aims to…
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Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (21) Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Agroecosystems was held on 20 July 2022. In this talk, Dr. Jin Wu gave a brief overview of hyperspectral remote sensing in agroecosystems, primarily focusing on the following four questions: 1) what it is? 2) why would it work? 3) what is…
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Center Director Prof HM Lam was interviewed by RTHK Radio 2 on Reintroduction of Heirloom Rice Varieties in the podcast program “STEM! Innovative Laboratory”. The interview has been released on Jul 3, 2022 and can be reviewed here (Cantonese only). (Screen capture from RTHK webpage)
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A press conference was held on 23 Jun 2022 to announce the result of collaborative project by The Hong Kong Seed Technology and Education Center (SeedTEC) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), led by Prof. HM Lam, our Centre Director, with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD)…
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Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (20) Phenotyping as an indicator of genetic diversity in soybean was held on 17 June 2022. In this talk, Prof. Ndomelele Ndiko Ludidi from the University of Western Cape, South Africa has focused on comparative qualitative and quantitative assessment of soybean lines as tools for determination of…
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Center Director Prof. HM Lam’s research story on “Developing stress tolerant soybeans to safeguard food security” was published on CUHK Innovation. Full text can be viewed here. (Photo captured from website of CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office’s website)
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