Date: August 21, 2020 (Friday)
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Venue: via ZOOM
Expanded Potential Stem Cells: A New Tool for Fundamental and Translational Research
by
Professor Pengtao Liu
School of Biomedical Sciences
Deputy Director, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Speaker
Professor Liu graduated from Henan Normal University in China. He obtained his MPhil from Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and received a Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine USA. Professor Liu did his postdoc training at National Cancer Institute USA. He is currently a Professor in stem cell biology at the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining the HKU, he was a Senior Group Leader at Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, U.K. Professor Liu’s laboratory have been working on stem cells, development, genomics, immunity and cancer. His research group has successfully isolated new stem cells that display totipotency features from multiple mammalian species including mouse, human and pig. These stem cells offer new tools for studying embryonic development and human disease, and open avenues for translational research in cancer therapy, regenerative medicine, biotechnology and agriculture.
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