The Drug Delivery & Translational Medicine Seminar series, initiated by Dr. Weiping Wang in 2022, aims to invite the renowned scientists and rising star researchers to introduce cutting-edge technologies and breakthroughs on drug delivery systems and translational medicine. The seminar series was sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacy, HKU.
The students and faculty members across different disciplines are welcome to join in the coming seminars! We hope to create an interdisciplinary communication platform for knowledge exchange and potential collaborations.
For enquiries, please contact us at [email protected]
Next Seminar

Title: Novel inhalation aerosol delivery: From charged particles to nebulised probiotic
Speaker: Dr. Philip Kwok
Senior Lecturer
School of Pharmacy
The University of Sydney, Australia
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 28 Sept 2023 (Thursday)
Venue: HKJC-S3, G/F, G-05, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam

Title: Notch signaling in vascular health and disease
Speaker: Prof. Urban Lendahl
Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Karolinska Institute
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 26 Sept 2023 (Tuesday)
Venue: SR2, 4/F, 3 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam
Past seminars

Title: Nano-/microscale materials-enabled drug delivery technologies
Speaker: Dr. Wei Tao
Principal Investigator
Center for Nanomedicine
Havard Medical School
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 21 July 2023 (Friday)
Venue: Zoom Seminar

Title: Neutrophils mediate cutaneous extravasation of liposomes via complement pathway
Speaker: Prof. Changyou Zhan
Professor
School of Basic Medical Sciences
Fudan University
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 13 June 2023 (Tuesday)
Venue: Seminar Room 608, 6/F, 21 Sassoon Road

Title: Nanotherapeutics for neonatal and pediatric brain disease
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Nance
Associate professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Washington
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 12 May 2023 (Friday)
Venue: Zoom Seminar

Title: Nano-cell interactions of non-cationic bionanomaterials
Speaker: Dr. C. H. Jonathan Choi
Associate professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
CUHK
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 21 Apr. 2023 (Friday)
Venue: Seminar Room 609, 6/F, 21 Sassoon Road

Title: Developing advanced biomaterials and devices for type 1 diabetes cell replacement therapies
Speaker: Prof. Minglin Ma
Professor
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
Cornell University
Time: 09:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 31 Mar. 2023 (Friday)
Venue: Zoom Seminar

Title: Minimalist design of biomimetic materials
Speaker: Prof. Ying Chau
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
HKUST
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 24 Feb. 2023 (Friday)
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, G/F, 21 Sassoon Road

Title: RNA delivery for cancer immunotherapy and beyond
Speaker: Dr. Jinjun Shi
Associate professor
Harvard Medical School
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 31 Jan. 2023 (Tuesday)
Venue: Zoom Seminar

Title: Microneedle-based skin patch for transdermal drug delivery and biosensing
Speaker: Dr. Chenjie Xu
Associate professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
City University of Hong Kong
Time: 03:00 p.m. - 04:00 p.m. 16 Dec. 2022 (Friday)
Venue: Seminar Room 1, G/F, 21 Sassoon Road

Title: Paediatric pharmaceutics: a taster
Speaker: Prof Catherine Tuleu
Professor in Paediatric Pharmaceutics
School of Pharmacy University College London, UK
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. 11 Nov. 2022 (Friday)
Venue: Zoom Seminar