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80th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture – DAAD Science Lecture - German
Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment Innovations, Research Facilities and
and Textile Forms of International Cooperation in
Life Sciences

Date Date
29 Dec 2017 02 Mar 2018

Speaker Abstract

• Professor Yi Cui, Department of Materials Science As another highlight of the German Innovation Day at PolyU,
and Engineering, Stanford University PolyU and The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
co-organized a Science Lecture which aim to develop
academic and educational collaborations and to explore
Abstract further opportunities, including funding options, to cooperate
in the area of research and development particularly in various
Professor Yi Cui was invited to give a lecture on nanotechnology, areas particularly Life Sciences. Topics included:
which has provided a novel technology platform to address • Recent Advances and Challenges in Extracorporeal
critical energy and environmental problems and enable new Therapies and Complex Diseases
opportunities. He also elaborated the group has conducted
research on innovative ideas to address problems related By Prof. Dr. Reinhold Wasserkort, Head of Laboratory,
to energy conversion, storage and saving, and environment Extracorporeal Immunomodulation Unit – EXIM, Fraunhofer
(air, water and soil) cleaning, to create new opportunities in Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology – IZI, Rostock, Germany
wearable applications. • Bioactives from Herbs for Bone Protection
By Prof. Wong Man-sau, Associate Dean, Faculty of Applied
Science and Textiles, Professor of Department of Applied
Biology and Chemical Technology, PolyU
• Autophagy in Kidney Diseases and Non-invasive
Assessment of Kidney Allograft Fibrosis
By Dr. Helen Law, Associate Professor, Department of
Health Technology and Informatics, PolyU
• The German Research Landscape and Funding Options
for International Collaboration
By Dr. Siegbert Klee, Director, DAAD Information Centre Hong
Kong & Macau, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Innovation & Technology Lecture Series 45