Event

Dear CUHK members,

You are cordially invited to join this CUHK and CUHK(SZ) Joint Academic Seminar “Discovery of Disease Biomarkers and Drug Targets Based on Multi-omics Data Analysis”, to be delivered by Professor Hsien-Da Huang and Professor Tzong-Yi Lee on Nov 22, 2021 (Monday). 

(Registration not required!)

Time & Date: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm, Nov 22, 2021 (Monday)
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/3nuJoT7
Meeting ID: 964 7777 5349
Passcode: 564511
Medium: English

Co-Chairs:

Professor Li Xuejin, Associate Vice President, CUHK(SZ)
Professor Sham Mai Har, Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President (Research), CUHK

Speakers:

Professor Hsien-Da Huang, Associate Dean of School of Life and Health Sciences, CUHK(SZ)

Professor Tzong-Yi Lee, Programme Coordinator of Bioinformatics, School of Life and Health Sciences, CUHK(SZ)

Abstract:

With the advent of high-throughput biotechnologies, molecular biology is experiencing a surge in both growth and scope. Not only the next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has generated various genome and transcriptome data, but also mass spectrometry (MS)-based technology comes the opportunity to analyze a vast amount of proteome data. Rapidly advancing technologies have offered us the opportunities to examine the genome, transcriptome, and proteome in comprehensive ways. Yet, extracting meaningful information from this vast sea of data and approaching biological problems from a systems biology perspective have become the Holy Grail in bioinformatics. As the amount of Omics data increases, so is the demand for the development of new schemes to dig out their meanings.

Topic1: Multi-omics Approaches for MicroRNA-related Drug Targets: Potentials and Challenges

Speaker: Prof. Hsien-Da Huang, Associate Dean of School of Life and Health Sciences, CUHK(SZ)

About the speaker:

Prof. Hsien-Da Huang is a Bioinformatics, who uses a multi-disciplinary approach in researching in biological sciences, biomedical & health sciences, and biotechnology. Prof. Huang is the executive director of Warshel Institute for Computational Biology and was selected for Highly Cited Researchers in 2019, 2020 2021 by Web of Science.

Topic2: Digging for Meaning in the Big Data of Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics: from Basic Research to Clinical Applications

Speaker: Associate Prof. Tzong-Yi Lee, Programme Coordinator of Bioinformatics, School of Life and Health Sciences, CUHK(SZ)

About the speaker:

Prof. Tzong-Yi Lee’s research team particularly specializes in protein kinases and phosphorylation networks, protein ubiquitylation and E3 ligases regulations, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), multidrug-resistant pathogens diagnosis, and AI-based drug design. Dr. Lee has published over 100 articles on high-quality SCI journals in bioinformatics field, with the number of citations over 5,100.

Enquiry: Research Administration Office CUHK(SZ), (nikkichen@cuhk.edu.cn; 0755-23515205)