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2012-12-18
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to give a plenary lecture on "Drug Screening
to Treat Early-Onset Eye Diseases: Can Zebrafish Expedite the Discovery?"
and chair the "Cellular & Histopathological Ophthalmology
Session" at the CUHK Ophthalmology Forum 2012 cum HKEH 20th Anniversary
Symposium at the Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Hong Kong.
See the photo album of the forum in our blog.
2012-12-14
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to give a lecture on "Drug Screening to Treat
Early-Onset Eye Diseases: Can Zebrafish Expedite the Discovery?" and chair
the "Laboratory
investigations and vision research symposium I" at The 8th
International Symposium of Ophthalmology, Hong Kong.
See the photo album of the conference in
our blog.
2012-12-05
Prof. Pamela Raymond
from the University of Michigan gave a departmental seminar on "Retinal
Regeneration in Zebrafish" and met with the members of the Leung lab.
2012-12-05
Sylvia Bonilla won a Yeunkyung Woo Achieve
Excellence Travel Award to support her attendance and presentation at the ARVO annual meeting 2013.
Congratulations Sylvia!
2012-11-22
Liyun Zhang, Leelyn Chong, Jin Cho and Yuk Fai Leung published an invited
review paper: "Drug
Screening to Treat Early-Onset Eye Diseases: Can Zebrafish Expedite the
Discovery?" in the Asia-Pacific Journal of
Ophthalmology. Congratulations!
2012-11-12
Prof. Calvin
Chi-Pui Pang from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prof. Haoyu Chen
from the Joint Shantou International
Eye Center, Shantou University & the Chinese University of Hong Kong
visited the Leung Lab and
the research facilities at Purdue University.
2012-11-11
Liyun Zhang attended the Annual Joint Meeting of The American Academy of
Ophthalmology and The Asia-Pacific Academy of Opthalmology 2012.
2012-10-15
Prahatha Venkatraman joined us as a rotation student. Welcome Prahatha!
2012-09
Meng She joined us as a research undergraduate student. Welcome Meng!
2012-08
Leelyn Chong joined us as a visiting scholar. Welcome Leelyn!
2012-08
Skye Brown joined us as a technician. Welcome Skye!
2012-08-10
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to give a lecture on “Disease-causing gene network and novel
therapies for retinal degeneration” in the Department of Anatomy and Eye
Institute, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2012-08-07
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to organize and lead a “Workshop on Immunohistochemistry and in situ
hybridization” in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2012-08-08
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to give a lecture on “Disease-causing gene network and novel
therapies for retinal degeneration” in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2012-08-06
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to give a lecture on “Egr1 controls retinal lamination through
regulating p35, a neuronal specific activator of Cdk5” in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2012-08-06 – 07
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to organize and lead journal clubs on human genetics and
retinal development in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2012-08-03
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to organize and lead a “Workshop on Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization”
at the Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China.
2012-08-02
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to give a lecture on “Disease-causing gene network and novel
therapies for retinal degeneration” at the Joint Shantou International Eye
Center of Shantou University and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou,
China.
2012-07-28
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to give a lecture on “Disease-causing gene network and novel
therapies for retinal degeneration” at the Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical
College, Wenzhou, China
2012-06-27
Zeran Li, an
undergraduate student in the laboratory, has led a project and published a
paper “Phenylthiourea
specifically reduces zebrafish eye size.” in PLOS ONE. Congratulations Zeran!
2012-06-20 – 24
Sylvia Bonilla presented a poster entitled "The Roles of DeltaC and DeltaD in Zebrafish Retinal Development" at the 10th International Zebrafish Genetics and Development. Sylvia also received a travel award from the organizer to attend the meeting. Congratulations Sylvia!
2012-06-20 – 24
Monica Hensley presented a poster entitled "ZeBase: An open-source relational database for zebrafish laboratories" at the 10th International Zebrafish Genetics and Development. Monica also received a travel award from the organizer to attend the meeting. Congratulations Monica!
2012-06-20 – 24
Yuk Fai Leung presented a poster entitled "Phenylthiourea specifically
reduces zebrafish eye size by inhibiting thyroid peroxidase" at the 10th International Zebrafish Genetics and Development.
2012-05-07
Yuk Fai Leung gave an oral presentation "The Expression of Irx7 In The
Inner Nuclear Layer Of Zebrafish Retina Is Essential For A Proper
Retinal Development And Lamination" at The ARVO Annual Meeting 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
2012-04-23
Yuqing Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory, led an
investigation on studying the establishment of retinal architecture
which has just been published in PLoS ONE. The co-authors include lab members Yifan Yang, Caleb Trujillo, Yuk Fai Leung and collaborator Wenxuan Zhong from UIUC. Congratulations Yuqing!
2012-03-24
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give a keynote lecture "Phenylthiourea
specifically reduces zebrafish eye size" at the Beta Beta Beta
Northeast District 4 Convention, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN,
USA.
2012-03-10
Yuk Fai Leung gave an oral presentation "Phenylthiourea specifically
reduces zebrafish eye size" at The 127th Annual Academy Meeting, Indiana
Academy of Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
2012-03
Yuk Fai Leung has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Shantou
University Medical College, Shantou, China and a Scientific Advisor to
Post-graduate Research at the Joint Shantou International Eye Center of
Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou,
China.
2012-03
Monica Hensley has co-authored with members from the IT groupa zebrafish inventory database - ZeBase and published a report in Zebrafish. Congratulations Monica!
2012-02-06
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give a lecture on “Elucidation of Disease-Causing Gene Network for Retinal Degeneration in Zebrafish” in the Basic Medical Sciences Seminar Series in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University
2012-01
Devon Ptak, an undergraduate researcher in the laboratory, has received a National Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid for her research on photoreceptor development in zebrafish. She has also been invited to join Sigma Xi because of her research achievement. Congratulations Devon!
2012-01
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give a talk to freshmen about adapting to new culture as an international scholar and embracing cultural differences in BIOL 135, “Boot Camp for Biology Lab”.
2011-12-19 – 20
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to visit Eye Hospital at Wenzhou Medical College and give two lectures on “Elucidation of Disease-Causing Gene Network for Retinal Degeneration in Zebrafish” and “Frontiers in Developmental Biology”
2011-12-14 - 15
Yuk Fai Leung has organized a two-day workshop on “Frontiers in human genetics and eye research” in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and led 15 students to have an in-depth review of current literature on human disease genetics and eye development.
2011-12-12
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give a Plenary Lecture on “Elucidation of Disease-Causing Gene Network for Retinal Degeneration in Zebrafish”, moderate a Special Lecture Section, and assess graduate student presentations at the 2011 Symposium on Biology of Ophthalmology, Hong Kong. He has received a Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) International Travel Grant to partially support this trip.
2011-12-12
Liyun Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow and a Charles Kelman, M.D. Scholar in the laboratory, has been invited to give a lecture on “Disease‐causing gene network in the retina and RPE of a zebrafish mutant of human cone dystrophy”, moderate a Molecular Ophthalmology Section and assess graduate student presentations at the 2011 Symposium on Biology of Ophthalmology, Hong Kong.
2011-11-04 – 06 Sylvia Bonilla, Liyun Zhang and Yuqing Zhang presented a poster about their research projects in the Department of Biological Sciences 2011 retreat.
2011-11-08
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give a talk about the research direction and a laboratory tour of his laboratory to students from Beta Beta Beta - Biological Honor Society (Tri-Beta) at Purdue University
2011-08-04 – 05
Monica Hensley presented an oral presentation and a poster entitled "ZeBase: An open-source relational database for zebrafish laboratories" at the Midwest Regional Zebrafish Conference in Rochester, MN
2011-07-01
Liyun Zhang has been named a Charles D. Kelman MD Scholar for her work on "Disease-causing Gene Network in the Retina and RPE of Zebrafish Retinal Degeneration Mutants". Congratulations Liyun!
2011-06-28
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give two seminars "Disease-Causing Gene Network in Zebrafish Retinal Degeneration Mutants" and "The Role of Phenylthiourea in Zebrafish Eye Development" at Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shantou, China.
2011-06-27
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give two seminars "Disease-Causing Gene Network in Zebrafish Retinal Degeneration Mutants" and "The Role of Phenylthiourea in Zebrafish Eye Development" in Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2011-06-23 - 24
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give two lectures "Developmental Biology and Genomics I & II" in OVSC 5580: Genetic Eye Diseases in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2011-05-07
Yuk Fai Leung has been awarded a senior research grant from the Indiana Academy of Science to study the role of phenylthiourea in zebrafish eye development.
2011-05-01 – 05-05
Liyun Zhang and Yuk Fai Leung presented a poster entitled "Genomic Analysis of Zebrafish Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) Differentiation and Paracrine Signal Transduction" at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
2010-11-13
Liyun Zhang and Yuk Fai Leung participated in an evening ritual with the Knights Templar and Liyun received her fellowship award from them. "Congratulations to Liyun Zhang!"
2010-10-13 – 24
Liyun Zhang was selected to attend the Gene Regulatory Networks for Development Course 2010 at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Congratulation Liyun!
2010-09
Yifan Yang joined us as a visitor scholar, welcome Yifan!
2010-07-20
Yuk Fai Leung was invited to give a talk on "Irx7 gene regulatory network for zebrafish eye development" in XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research in Montreal, Canada.
2010-06-27
Liyun Zhang published a paper entitled “Microdissection of Zebrafish Embryonic Eye Tissues” in the Journal of Visualized Experiments. Congratulations Liyun!
2010-06-19
Yuqing Zhang presented a poster entitled “The Role of Irx7 in Zebrafish Retinal Differentiation” in the Ninth International Meeting on Zebrafish Development and Genetics.
2010-06-19
Liyun Zhang presented a poster entitled “Disease Causing Gene Network in Zebrafish Retinal Pigment Epithelium” in the Ninth International Meeting on Zebrafish Development and Genetics. Liyun also received a travel award from the organizer to attend the meeting. Congratulations Liyun!
2010-06-18
Zeran Li presented a poster entitled “The Role of Phenylthiourea in Zebrafish Eye Growth Regulation” in the Ninth International Meeting on Zebrafish Development and Genetics.
2010-06-17
Monica Hensley presented a poster entitled “A Convenient Dry Feed for Raising Zebrafish Larvae” in the Ninth International Meeting on Zebrafish Development and Genetics.
2010-06-12 – 7-25
Sylvia Bonilla has been selected to attend the Embryology Course 2010 at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Congratulations Sylvia!
2010-06-08
Monica Hensley published a paper entitled “A Convenient Dry Feed for Raising Zebrafish Larvae” in the Zebrafish journal. Congratulations Monica!
2010-06-04
Yuk Fai Leung has been awarded a Showalter Research Trust Award for a collaborative project “Elucidating Genetic Pathways for Curing Retinal Degeneration” with Prof. Daisuke Kihara. Congratulations Fai!
2010-03-26
Liyun Zhang has been awarded a Knights Templar Pediatric Ophthalmology Research Grant by The Knights Templar Eye Foundation to study disease causing gene network in zebrafish retinal pigment epithelium. Congratulations Liyun!
2010-03-25
Zeran Li has been awarded a Dr. William H. Phillips Undergraduate Research Internship for the Summer 2010 to study eye growth regulation in zebrafish. Congratulations Zeran!
2010-01-18
Zeran Li has been awarded a National Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research to study eye growth regulation in zebrafish and has been invited to join Sigma Xi because of her research achievement. Congratulations Zeran!
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2009-12-02
Yuk Fai Leung has been invited to give a talk entitled "Gene Regulatory Network for Zebrafish Eye Development" in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at Indiana University School of Medicine.
2009-12
Zeran Li has been awarded the Sandy and Zippy Ostroy Research Experience for Undergraduates Award for 2010. Congratulations Zeran!
2009-10-18
Yuk Fai Leung presented a poster entitled "Gene regulatory network of zebrafish eye development" in the Neuroscience 2009.
2009-08-31
Yuk Fai Leung presented a poster entitled "Gene regulatory network of zebrafish eye development" in the 10th International Conference on Systems Biology.
2009-04
Purdue professor's insight leads to better understanding of vision loss
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Researcher looks for link between human and fish retinal diseases
PDF article here
2009-03-25
Yuqing Zhang has been awarded a Knights Templar Pediatric Ophthalmology Research Grant by The Knights Templar Eye Foundation to study retinal patterning in zebrafish and its link with retinal degeneration. Congratulations Yuqing!”
2009-03-15 Liyun Zhang joins us as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome Liyun!
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