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The following is issued on behalf of the University Grants Committee:
The Research Grants Council (RGC) will present the third public lecture for this year on Saturday (September 15) at the Hong Kong Science Museum with a theme entitled "Genomic and Personalised Medicine".
The lecture is co-organised with the Hong Kong Science Museum. The RGC has invited Professor Nathalie Wong of the Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Professor Tse Hung-fat, William M W Mong Professor in Cardiology of the Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, to share their research findings and knowledge with the public. Details are as follows:
Time: 2.30pm to 4.30pm
Venue: Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
Language: Cantonese
Free admission on a first-come, first served basis.
Professor Wong will give a talk entitled "Cancer Genomics and Personalised Medicine". The talk will cover the use of gene medicine in clinical practice, and how the genome information underpins the development of personalised medicine as a driver of medical progress.
Professor Tse will deliver a lecture entitled "Personalised Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases". The lecture will introduce the findings of Genome-Wide Association Scan Studies (GWASs) and explain how GWASs can offer novel insights into the complex pathophysiology of human diseases that might translate into new approaches to personalised medicine for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
Since 2009, leading scholars in their respective fields have been invited to deliver public lectures organised by the RGC. These lectures aim at arousing the public's interest in local research development. For enquiries, please call 2524 3987 or visit the University Grants Committee webpage (www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/lectures/lectures.htm).
Ends/Monday, September 10, 2012
Issued at HKT 17:35
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