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AREA OF EXELLENCE SCHEME (7TH ROUND), RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL, HONG KONG SAR
CENTER FOR GENOMIC STUDIES ON PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

27 June 2021 – Exhibition「時代精神耀香江」之百年中國科學家主題展
Center Director Prof HM Lam’s research on stress tolerant soybean cultivars have been featured in the “「時代精神耀香江」之百年中國科學家主題展 from Jun 27...
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21 June 2021 – Prof JHL Hui Representing Hong Kong on iBOL’s Science Committee
CUHK has officially joined the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Consortium and its global research program, BIOSCAN. Our AoE member...
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18 June 2021 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (8) Intangible Assets of Agrobiotechnology
Agrobiotechnology talk (8) – Intangible Assets of Agrobiotechnology was delivered online by lawyer Dr Albert Wai‐Kit Chan from...
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19 June 2021 – STEAM@Soybean Teacher Training Workshop on DNA extraction and DNA marker
To kick-start Phase 2 of the STEAM@Soybean Project this year, a teacher training workshop was organized on 19 June to equip teachers the...
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8 June 2021 – Recent publication “Dating Alphaproteobacteria evolution with eukaryotic fossils” in Nature Communications
A new computational strategy has been developed by Prof Haiwei Luo’s team to date the origin and diversification of alphaproteobacteria...
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30 May 2021 – Prof HM Lam interviewed with TVB
Our Center Director Prof. Hon-Ming Lam was interviewed by Sunday Report on TVB on “Father of Hybrid Rice – Yuan Longping” , and has been...
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26 May 2021 – Prof HM Lam interviewed with RTHK
Our Center Director Prof. Hon-Ming Lam was interviewed by Backchat on RTHK on “Rice that saved China” , and has been broadcast on 26...
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12 May 2021 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (7) Crop and Food: Soybean in Chinese Food Culture
The 7th talk of Agrobiotechnology Talk series ‘Crop and Food: Soybean in Chinese Food Culture’ was held online via zoom on May 12, 2021,...
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3 May 2021 – Prof HM Lam Interviewed by MingPao Daily
Our Center Director Prof. Hon-Ming Lam was interviewed by MingPao Daily on seed cultivation and local agricultural industry, and has been...
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16 April 2021 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (6) Innovative Solutions for Plant Breeding: a Biotechnology Research Company’s Perspective
On 16 April 2021, Agrobiotechnology Talk on ‘Innovative Solutions for Plant Breeding: a Biotechnology Research Company’s Perspective’ was...
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3 April 2021 – STEAM@Soybean Enrichment talk III X HK SciFest – Roles of Science and Technology in Agriculture
STEAM@Soybean has held the third enrichment talk jointly with HK SciFest 2021 on April 3, 2021, which was well received by nearly 80...
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30 March 2021 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (5) Insects and other arthropods in agriculture: field survey, biotechnology, and genomics
The fifth talk of Agrobiotechnology Talk Series has been conducted on 30 March by Prof Jerome Hui from the CUHK on ‘Insects and other...
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26 February 2021 – STEAM@Soybean Breeding Workshop
STEAM@Soybean program has launched the 2nd Phase in which students would have a taste in the breeding exercise. On February 26, nearly...
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16 February 2021 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (4) Digital transformations effects on Agricultural Products and methods to assess market trends
The fourth agrobiotechnology talk has been delivered by Prof Francisco Cisternas, Assistant Professor of Marketing, CUHK Business School...
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8 January 2021 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (3) The Importance of Seed Quality in International Seed Trade
The third of the Agrobiotechnology Talk series – The Importance of Seed Quality in International Seed Trade’ was held with a total of 50...
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