[February, 2009]

Serial Lecture IX
Angiogenin in cancer and Neurodegeneration

Speaker: Dr. Guo-fu Hu
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Harvard Medical School.

Time: Feb 9th, 6:30-8pm, Monday
Location: TMEC-447

[January, 2009]

Scientific Serial Lecure VIII
Genetic association studies of cancer
Speaker; Dr. Jiali Han
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Epidemiologist, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital

TMEC447, 1/26/2009 6:00pm - 8:00pm.

Scientific lecture VII
Speaker: Qiufu Ma, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Title:Molecular control of pain circuitry development
Time and location: Jan.12th, 2009, 6:30PM-8:00PM, TMEC 447.

[December, 2008]

Speaker: Cheng Li, Ph.D.
associate professor of Dept. of Biostatistics, HSPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Cancer Bilogy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Title: Overview of microarray data analysis and other bioinformatics topics
Time: 6-7:30pm, 12/1/2008
Location: TMEC L-007
Language: English and Chinese

Career Lecture IV
Speaker: Zhe Zhou, Ph.D.
Laurion Capital Management
Title: A Biologist's View of the Wall Street
Time: 6 pm, 12/13/2008
Location: TMEC L-007
Language: English and Chinese

[November, 2008]

Serial seminar V
Speaker: Ting Wu, Professor of Genetics, HMS
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Nov. 17th, 2008
Location: TMEC L-007
Title: Thinking about homology: transvection, pairing, and ultraconserved elements

Career choice serial talk III

Speaker: Can Cui, Ph.D
Working Language: Chinese and English
Time: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 6:30 pm
Location: T-MEC L-007
Title: Is a career in patent law right for you?

[October, 2008]

Serial Lecture III
Speaker: Jean Zhao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Cancer Bilogy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Title: Targeting PI3 kinase in cancer - from PI3 kinase to kinome and the next frontier
Time: Monday, Oct. 6, 6:00PM to 7:30 PM
Location: TMEC L-007.
Language: English and Chinese

Career choice serial talk II
Starting your own lab
Speaker: Dr. Hui Ge
Fellow in Whitehead Institute
DMS graduates 2003-2004
Thesis adviser: Marc Vidal
Research interest: Understanding embryonic development of the C.elegans
on a system-wide level
Time: 6:00 pm, Mondy, Oct. 13th
Location: T-MEC L-007
Working Language: English and Chinese

Serial Lecture IV
Speaker: Dr. Kunping Lu M.D. Ph.D
Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS, BIDMC
Title: Pin1 twists and turns in phosphorylation signalling and disease 
Time: Monday, October 27, 6:00PM to 7:00 PM
Location: TMEC 447.
Language: English and Chinese

[September, 2008]

Career choice serial talk I:
Stepping into the Industry
Speaker:
Dr. Fei Lan
Scientist in Constellation Pharmaceuticals
DMS graduates 2007-2008
Thesis Lab: Yang Shi
Thesis topic: Dynamic regulation of the histone code by histone demethylase
Time: 6:30 pm, Mondy, Sep. 22nd
Location: T-MEC L-007
Working Language: Chinese and English

Serial Lecture II
Speaker: Dr. Lee Zou
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, HMS 
Assistant Professor, MGH
Title: Sensing and signaling of DNA damage by the Checkpoint pathways 
Time: Monday, September 15, 6:30PM to 7:30 PM
Location: TMEC 447.
Language: English and Chinese

[Aug, 2008]
Serial Lecture I
Speaker: Dr. Yujiang Shi
Assistant Professor of Medicine, HMS
Title: "CBS(O) Study in Harvard Graduate School, Prospects,Excitements and Challenges"
Time: Monday, August.25th, 6:00PM to 7:30 PM
Location: TMEC 447

[May, 2008]
Memorial Service and Fundraising Event for 5.12 Earthquake at Harvard - Co-organized by HMS-CBSO

A memorial service and candlelight vigil was held on Sunday (May 18, 2008) at Harvard’s MemorialChurch, marking the culmination of university-wide effort by Chinese students at the University to mourn the dead and to help survivors in the Sichuan earthquake.

Fundraising activities have been held since last week in different schools of the university.By Sunday, more than $31,000 was raised.Organizers are also in talks with companies for matching that amount, according to Li Gang, a key organizer of the event.

"If we have choice, I hope the money can be used to rebuild schools," said a donator at the event who donated $3,000 but would only identify himself as Wu.
Li, from HarvardMedicalSchool, said it was also the organizers’ intention to use the money for education.

The Sunday service brought together about 500 people -- students and scholars from the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as Harvard faculty members, American students and international students from other countries.
Church pastor Rev. Jonathan C. Page and Harvard professor in humanitarian crisis management Jennifer Leaning both called for support that transcends boundaries in face of a human disaster like the one in Sichuan.

Liu Jianing, ceremony master of the event, said what struck her the most had been the support from people from all different backgrounds.

"You can tell that people attending are of different races, from different countries and have different faith, but they all came to this event because they all cherish life," said Liu, who is also from the medical school.

The Sunday memorial service was a joint endeavor by HarvardMedicalSchool, Business school, Kennedy School of Government, LawSchool, Harvard School of Public Health Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and HarvardCollege. About 30 organizers pulled together the event during their final exam period, which is the busiest time of the school year.

[May, 2007]
10th SAPA-NE Annual Conference - "Trend in Drug Discovery and Development, the Impact of Globalization" - Co-organized by HMS-CBSO
We are very excited to announce that HMS-CBSO is co-organizing a conference with SAPA (Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professional Association) on May 6th in amphitheater, New Research Building, Harvard Medical School. The theme of this conference is: "Trend in Drug Discovery and Development, the Impact of Globalization". Speakers include senior Vice President from Novartis, Genzyme, WuXi Government, China, and Harvard Professors. The tentative program of the conference can be found at:
http://www.sapa-ne.org/conference/2007_announcement.html .

The conference will be free to HMS-CBSO members. If you are interested in being volunteers for organizing the conference, please contact Mr. Yang Mao at ymao@fas.harvard.edu. We sincerely look forward to your participation and help.
[March, 2007]
HMS-CBSO Launching Dinner & Chinese Lantern Festival Celebration
[January, 2007]

In general, our events & activities will include:
A.  Conferences in biomedical sciences and technology for the Harvard Chinese community
Many distinguished Chinese scientists and researchers are faculty at Harvard or at other institutes all over the world. High profile conferences held at least annually and hosted or co-organized by HMS-CBSO will offer great opportunities for large-scale interaction with leading Chinese biologists on cutting edge science and technology.
Major themes of our conferences will include:
- Milestone discoveries and latest achievements in biomedical sciences and cutting edge technologies by Chinese researchers at Harvard, in the U.S. and throughout the world.
- Strategies to improve the scientific research environment, productivity, and life science education in mainland China, as well as the Chinese community in the U.S.
B.  Seminars for Chinese professor-student interaction
In addition to conferences, HMS-CBSO will organize a series of interactive seminars with outstanding Chinese professors, featuring their research work and highlighting successful career pathways in academia.
C.  Panel discussions with Chinese Harvard alumni
These panel discussions help students interact informally with successful Chinese Harvard alumni in both academia and industry. A variety of topics from adjustment to life at Harvard to planning one?ˉs career will be chosen and addressed based on students?ˉ interests.
D.  Interaction with mainland China
Most Chinese students in the Harvard community are from mainland China and follow the development of scientific research and education in China. Collaborating with local Chinese consuls, HMS-CBSO will help organize formal reception/information sessions for various Chinese delegations such as Chinese overseas recruiting groups.
E.  Social activities for Chinese community in biomedical sciences
Frequent social events in forms of journal club, data club, new students and faculty welcoming parties, celebrating Chinese traditional festivals etc. will be organized by HMS-CBSO throughout the year to help build up a warm Chinese community that will provide social and intellectual support for Chinese students.
Your ideas about events are welcome too!