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HKU William Mong Distinguished Lecture - Application of Nano-technology to Gene and Cell Therapy
11 Sep 2007
Nano-technology has been opening up promises for inventions and discoveries for various aspects in recent years, in particular in the medical field.
Professor Kam W. Leong of Duke University of the United States is to present at the William Mong Distinguished Lecture in Engineering and Computer Science tomorrow (September 12) on nano-therapeutics developments.
In his lecture entitled "Nano-therapeutics: Application of Nano-technology to Gene and Cell Therapy", Professor Leong will discuss, among others, the new developments in applying DNA nano-particles for non-viral gene therapy and continuous nano-structures for tissue engineering.
Media representatives are cordially invited to cover the Lecture, the details are:
Date: September 12, 2007 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Venue: Theatre T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Language: English
Brief Biography of Professor Kam Leong
Kam Leong is the James B. Duke Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At Duke University, he is leading a research initiative on applying nanotechnology to drug, gene, immuno-, and cell therapy. The major research areas of his laboratory involve applying nano-particles for gene delivery and in understanding the response of stem cells to nano-topographical cues for stem cell tissue engineering. He holds a Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and also directs the Stem Cell Bioengineering Laboratory at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore. He owns more than 30 issued patents, and has published over 190 peer-reviewed research manuscripts.
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