Young Scholar TechTalk – High-throughput Cell Mechanics Characterization with Microfluidics

All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Dr Johnson Q Cui, Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, HKU
Date: 9th May 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:30pm
Mode: Mixed
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About the Tech Talk
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Dr Johnson Q Cui, Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, HKU
Moderator: Dr Yuan Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, HKU
Date: 9th May 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:30pm
Mode: Mixed (both face-to-face and online). Seats for on-site participants are limited. A confirmation email will be sent to participants who have successfully registered.
Language: English

Cells can sense mechanical stimuli and convert them to biochemical signals for various specific cellular responses, such as stem cells differentiation, initiation of transcriptional programs, and cell migration. Cell mechanics focuses on the mechanical properties and behaviours of living cells and how cell mechanics relates to various cell functions. Currently, traditional cell mechanics measurement methods are cumbersome, low-throughput, and expensive to deploy. By exploiting microfluidic technology, Dr Johnson Cui is investigating the cancer cell mechanics and developing an accurate, easy-to-use cell mechanics measurement platform for cell mechanics research and also for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics in the future.

Registration
  • The tech talk “High-throughput Cell Mechanics Characterization with Microfluidics” will be organized in the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two (G/F, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU) on 9th May 2023 (Tuesday), 4:30 pm.
  • Seats are limited. Zoom broadcast is available if the seating quota is full. 
  • Registrants on the waiting list will be notified of the arrangement after the registration deadline (with seating/free-standing/other arrangement)

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About the speaker

Dr Johnson Q Cui

Dr Johnson Q Cui received his bachelor’s degree in Precision Instrument from Tsinghua University in 2017, and later got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from HKUST in 2021. During his PhD, his research mainly focused on microfluidics, Point-of-Care devices, and diagnostics. After which he joined Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre, where he aims to utilize microfluidic technology to build a platform to facilitate the study of cell mechanics.

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