Local Seminars

On Tuesday, 14^th January 2003, a joint scientific meeting will be held by Hong Kong Medical Technology Association and Hong Kong Society for Microbiology and Infection. Dr Paul Kellam, Senior Lecturer of Wohl Virion Centre, Department of Immunology and Molecular Pathology, Windeyer Institute, University College of London, England, will present his recent finding on “Host and Virus Interactions viewed from the Trasncriptone”. The talk will commence at 7:00 pm in the Lecture Room, 4^th floor of the Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

The forth coming scientific meeting scheduled in February and March 2003 will be delivered by Dr Thomas Wan and Dr Richard Pang from Haematology and Clinical Chemistry laboratories of Queen Mary Hospital, respectively. Dr Wan will elaborate the potential applications of fluorescent in-situ hybridization and spectral karyotyping to supplement conventional Cytogenetic analyses, whereas Dr Pang will focus on the physiological roles of cholesterol. Details of the 2 seminars will be announced and disseminated to members in due course.