Hang Lung Mathematics Awards proudly present a panel discussion titled “From Lab to Life: How Science Rewrites the World”, featuring Prof. David Ho (何大一), Director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Columbia University, who transformed HIV from a fatal infection into a manageable disease, and Prof. Dennis Lo (盧煜明), Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, who discovered fetal DNA in maternal blood plasma and revolutionized prenatal testing and cancer screening. The discussion will be moderated by Prof. Stephanie Ma (馬桂宜), Assistant Dean of Innovation and Technology Transfer in the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
In collaboration with Asia Society Hong Kong Center, this event forms part of the Hang Lung Mathematics Awards Public Talk series under the theme “Shaping our Future”. It aims to underscore the significance and importance of basic sciences in our rapidly evolving world.
Event details:
Date: Monday, August 26, 2024
Time: 5:30 p. m. – 6:45 p. m.
Venue: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Hall, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty
Join us for this highly anticipated panel discussion in medical science. This program is free of charge. Reserve your seat now! For registration, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gG7C6zfx
Not all heroes wear capes. Some don lab coats and help millions of people through their work!
Hang Lung Mathematics Awards and Asia Society Hong Kong Center are pleased to host a panel discussion featuring Professor David Ho, who helped to transform HIV from a fatal infection into a manageable disease, and Professor Dennis Lo, who discovered fetal DNA in maternal blood plasma and revolutionized prenatal testing and cancer screening. These two titans of medical science have taken their groundbreaking discoveries from bench to bedside and beyond.
Join us on 26 August at Asia Society Hong Kong Center to hear from Professors Ho and Lo, in conversation with Professor Stephanie Ma, Assistant Dean of Innovation and Technology Transfer in the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong. Together, they will take us on an insightful journey through the worlds of virology, genetics, and biotech entrepreneurship.
The program is free-of-charge, but registration is required, register here: https://bit.ly/3yor3PS
Students are welcome!
In collaboration with Asia Society Hong Kong Center, this event forms part of the Hang Lung Mathematics Awards Public Talk series under the theme “Shaping our Future”. For more information about the Hang Lung Mathematics Awards, please visit https://lnkd.in/geJFEt_J.
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