Organized by the Cancer Biology and Experimental Therapeutics (CBET) Thematic Research Program of the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS), two Technological Workshops on the topics of “Single-cell Analysis” and “Big Data and Omics Analysis” were successfully held on 29 and 30 July 2020. The workshops were conducted in an online format and attended by over 300 participants from CUHK as well as other local and overseas tertiary institutions.

Prof. Andrew M. Chan, Director of SBS and Prof. Stephen K.W. Tsui, Associate Director (Research) of SBS, delivered the opening remarks in the beginning of the respective workshops. Eight speakers, including Prof. David Gorkin from University of California San Diego, U.S.; Prof. Paul Klenerman, the University of Oxford, U.K.; Prof. Guo Guoji, Zhejiang University, China; Prof. Wang Jiguang from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST); Prof. Kevin Y.L. Yip, CUHK; and three of our School members, Prof. Alfred S.L. Cheng, Prof. Vivian W.Y. Lui and Prof. So Hon-cheong were invited to give lectures in the workshops.

These two workshops kicked off our Technological Workshop Series which aims to gather experts of specific and cutting-edge techniques to further update our School members with the latest knowledge and significant know-how, and in turn strengthen our research capacity and competitiveness.

The Workshop Programme can be viewed HERE.

Speakers include Prof. Kevin Yip (1^st from left, first row); Prof. Vivian Lui (2^nd from left, first row); Prof. So Hon-cheong (1^st from right, first row); Prof. Paul Klenerman (1^st from left, second row); Prof. David Gorkin (2^nd from left, second row); Prof. Guo Guoji (3^rd from left, second row); Prof. Alfred Cheng (2^nd from left, third row); and Prof. Wang Jiguang (1^st from right, third row)