News and Announcements

FHS seminar series by Prof. Xiaoyu TIAN
Talk title Immunometabolism and macrophage function: influence from environmental cues Speaker Prof. Xiaoyu TIAN, Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong Date & Time 31 October 2017 (Tuesday) 10:30-11:30 Venue Room G004, E12 ... + More

FHS seminar series by Prof. Xiaoyu TIAN

FHS seminar series by Prof. Weihuan FANG
Talk title Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes: mechanisms of acid tolerance and regulation Speaker Prof. Weihuan FANG, Professor, Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Zhejiang University Date & Time 25 October 2017 (Wednesday) 10:00-11:00 Venue Room G004, E12 Building (University of ... + More

FHS seminar series by Prof. Weihuan FANG

World-renowned oncology experts visit UM to seek collaboration
Three world-renowned oncology experts recently visited the University of Macau (UM) and were warmly received by Lam Kam Seng, chair of the UM University Council; and Patrick Huen Wing Ming, director of the Dr Stanley Ho Medical Development ... + More

World-renowned oncology experts visit UM to seek collaboration

FHS seminar series by Dr. Miguel Esteban
Talk title Activation and repression in somatic cell reprogramming Speaker Dr. Miguel Esteban, Principal Investigator, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences Date & Time 25 August 2017 (Friday) 16:00-17:00 Venue Room G004, E12 Building ... + More

FHS seminar series by Dr. Miguel Esteban

UM’s multidisciplinary research collaboration achieves breakthrough in precision cancer therapy, enabling drug screening results within 24 hours
A multidisciplinary research team from the University of Macau (UM) recently achieved a significant breakthrough in drug susceptibility test for cancer cell lines and human primary cancers by combining their expertise in precision medicine, microfluidic chip, and image ... + More

UM’s multidisciplinary research collaboration achieves breakthrough in precision cancer therapy, enabling drug screening results within 24 hours

FHS seminar series by Prof. Swaine CHEN
Talk title Definitive elucidation of virulence mechanisms: Lessons from Campylobacter for understanding why bacteria cause disease Speaker Prof. Swaine CHEN Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Date & Time 15 August 2017 ... + More

FHS seminar series by Prof. Swaine CHEN

FHS holds Biomedical Sciences Summer Camp 2017
The Faculty of Health Sciences recently held the Biomedical Sciences Summer Camp 2017. The event attracted 30 students from different secondary schools in Macao. There were three themes for the experiments in this year’s camp: basic techniques of ... + More

FHS holds Biomedical Sciences Summer Camp 2017

UM scholar publishes research work in Molecular Cell
Another professor from the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), University of Macau (UM), has made remarkable scientific discoveries. The research work of Dr Vivien Wang Ya-Fan, an assistant professor from the FHS, was recently published in Molecular Cell. A peer-reviewed ... + More

UM scholar publishes research work in Molecular Cell

FHS seminar series by Prof. Bin LIANG
Talk title Lipid droplets and fat accumulation in Caenorhabditis elegans Speaker Prof. Bin LIANG Professor, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Date & Time 24 July 2017 (Monday) 14:30-15:30 Venue Room G004, E12 Building (University of ... + More

FHS seminar series by Prof. Bin LIANG

FHS seminar series by Prof. Baojie LI
Talk title The function of mTOR signaling in adult stem cells Speaker Prof. Baojie LI Changjiang Scholar Program Professor and Associate Director, Bio-X Institutes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Date & Time 21 July 2017 (Monday) 10:00-11:00 Venue Room ... + More

FHS seminar series by Prof. Baojie LI