Fai has just participated in the 8th ISO-HK from December 14-16, 2012 and interacted with many colleagues around the world.
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The visit of a delegation from the Joint Shantou International Eye Center
Thursday, November 22, 2012
On 12th November 2012, Prof. Calvin Chi-Pui Pang from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prof. Haoyu Chen from the Joint Shantou International Eye Center (JSIEC), Shantou University & the Chinese University of Hong Kong visited the Leung Lab and the research facilities at Purdue University. Prof Pang and Chen first met with Prof. […]
The public’s discussion on open access to scientific research
Thursday, November 15, 2012
I have been paying attention to the ongoing discussion on open access to scientific research in the news media and have collected a number of interesting articles. Here I will keep a record of a few interesting ones 2012-11-08 From the Guardian: “Open Access: ‘we no longer need expensive publishing networks‘” 2012-06-19 From the New […]
One of the many causes of the financial crisis in universities these days
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A colleague at Purdue puts it in perspective in a Bloomberg News article: College Costs Rise With $250,000-a-Year Bureaucrats
A guy tested positive on a pregnancy test.. it turns out that he had cancer
Saturday, November 10, 2012
This is an interesting story that I came across last week. It started with a guy playing with his ex-girlfriend’s pregnancy test… and the result was positive! He told his friend about it and he made a rage comic and posted it on reddit. Several users pointed out that he should check with his oncologist, […]
Sense of fairness in animals
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Just come across this interesting video the other day.. which is an except from this TED talk : Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals
Why is it dark at night?
Saturday, October 6, 2012
This is not related to biology but is a question that is in my mind for a while….
Robotic researcher
Sunday, July 8, 2012
It is interesting that I come across this article about a robot that can conduct research and the article about the lack of jobs for scientists at the same time. A group of Japanese scientists have built a robot for conducting research experiments that may be too dangerous for human. From the cnet.com by Tim […]
Research Career
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Having a good science education is essential for all of us, because that trains one’s critical thinking; while asking a lot more students to join the field is a whole different issue. A number of factors comes into play for one to decide whether he would want to pursue this career, including one’s personality, dedication, […]
An interesting article about the resolution of retina display and the resolving power of retina
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Since our lab is studying retina, I am intrigued in reading this article about the limitation of retina display by Apple, how we see and the future of developing better displays. From cultofmac by John Brownlee: Why Retina Isn’t Enough Apple’s new MacBook Pro follows the fine tradition of the iPhone 4 and third-gen iPad […]