16 April 2021 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (6) Innovative Solutions for Plant Breeding: a Biotechnology Research Company’s Perspective

On 16 April 2021, ‘Innovative Solutions for Plant Breeding: a Biotechnology Research Company’s Perspective’ was held online via zoom with a total of 40 participants attended. In this talk, Dr Michiel van Eijk from Genetwister Technologies B.V., the Netherlands provided the audience with an overview of research projects performed in…

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16 February 2021 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (4) Digital Transformations Effects on Agricultural Products and Methods to Assess Market Trends

On 16 February 2021, ‘Digital Transformations Effects on Agricultural Products and Methods to Assess Market Trends’ was held at the CUHK and online via zoom with a total of 52 participants attended. In this talk, Prof Francisco Cisternas, Assistant Professor of Marketing, CUHK Business School, introduced digital transformations effects on…

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4 December 2020 – Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (2) Food Safety Policies to Protect Global Public Health: Challenges to Enforcement and Motivations for Compliance

On 4 December, 2020, ‘Food Safety Policies to Protect Global Public Health: Challenges to Enforcement and Motivations for Compliance’ was held online via zoom with 47 participants attended. In this talk, Prof May Chu from the CUHK introduced how food risks are regulated globally and discussed the challenges to regulatory…

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3 February 2020 – Recent Publication on Plant Physiology

Our Center’s Deputy Director Prof. Ting Fung Chan has teamed up with Prof. Hon Ming Lam, our Center’s Director and Prof. Sai Ming Ngai, our Center member in a recent research project. With joint efforts, the team revealed that some non-coding RNA can produce very short proteins (small peptides), which…

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