SEMINARS
The goal of the ISE Science Seminars is to promote the exchange of latest scientific research and professional practices on topics of Natural Sciences and Environmental Sciences. Events are free and open to the public (also via Zoom). Check out our Events page for the talk’s poster of the upcoming talks.
The up-to-date schedule of confirmed talks can also be found below.
ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
The objective of the ISE PhD Seminars is to give ISE doctoral students the opportunity to present their research findings in front of an audience and receive feedback from fellow students and experienced academics. Each PhD student is expected to give 1 presentation every year and a minimum of 3 talks during his/her PhD study period (for 2021/2022 intake and after) [Read the Guideline to ISE PhD Seminars: PhD_seminar_v3.pdf]:
| End of Year 1 | Year 2-3 | Year 3-5 |
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| Thesis proposal | Research progress | Pre-defense talk |
Venue: The Speaker’s Hall at the NAPE campus
Zoom: Meeting ID 832 0934 8959 (Passcode 275261)
The up-to-date schedule can be found below.
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ISE Science Seminars
2023
Here are some of the scheduled talks, more will be announced upon confirmation.
| Date | Time | Speaker, Affiliation | Title of the Talk | Host | Venue/Link |
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| 18 Jan (Wed) | 17:00-18:00 | Deo Florence L. Onda UP Marine Science Institute, Philippines | Plastic pollution in the South China sea: a shared problem and responsibility | Karen | Zoom: 816 3910 3643 Pass: 919631 |
| 8 Feb (Wed) | 18:00-19:00 | Kin Chung Ho Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China University of Hong Kong, HK | Environmental research: from Hong Kong to polar regions, from harmful algal blooms to beneficial microalgae industry | SK Chan |
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| 13 Feb (Mon) | 18:00-19:00 | Teresa Firmino Journalist, Science Editor | Journalists and Scientists – A kind of Love Story? | Agata + José Manuel Simões (FAH) | Zoom: 894 4750 8219, Pass: 334801 |
| 16 Feb (Thur) | 17:00-18:00 | Ricardo Ramos (known as Xicogaivota), Artist, Portugal | Beach plastics and art | Agata + Filipa Martins (FAH) |
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| 23 Feb (Thur) | 17:00-18:00 | João Duarte Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), Portugal | Plate tectonics, big earthquakes, and tsunamis (examples of Portugal and South China) | Agata |
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| 8 Mar (Wed) | 18:00-19:00 | Pratiti Bhadra Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India | How does the accessory proteins Sec62 and Sec63 affect the conformation of Sec61 from yeast? | Shirley |
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| 26 Apr (Wed) | 18:00-19:00 | Chi-Fang Chen Underwater Acoustics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University | Review of Passive Acoustics Monitoring Results in the Coastal Waters of Western Taiwan | Raquel |
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| 5 May (Fri) | 18:00-19:00 | Siu-Tai Tsim Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University | Assessing the biodiversity potential of urban parks in Zhuhai | Thomas |
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| 5 Jul (Wed) | 18:00-19:00 | Francisco Ferreira NOVA University Lisbon (FCT-NOVA), Portugal | Air quality and climate change – policies and measures for a double win | Thomas |
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ISE PhD Seminars
2023
| Date | Time | Speaker | Title of the Talk | Supervisor(s) |
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| 25 May (Thur) | 19:00 | Bianca Fusani | Stress in fish – the role of oxytocin and vasopressin | David, Rui Oliveira |
| 15 Jun (Thur) | 19:00 | Muhammad Bashir Saidu | Isolation of conventional plastic Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) degrading and Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) producing bacteria from sediment and water samples | David, Paula M. L. Castro, Irina Sousa Moreira |
| 20:00 | Pedro Roseira Reis Costa | Mineralogical and Geochemical Signatures of Mid-Ocean Ridge Hydrothermal Oxyhydroxide Deposits | Agata | |
| 6 Jul (Thur) | 19:00 | Jijo Kandamkulathy Paulose | A comparative study on the spatial and temporal vibritactike acuity of the skin of the visually impared and the sighted | David, Kristian Tylen (Uni of Aarhus, Denmark) |
| 14 Sep (Thur) | 19:00 | Melina Coelho da Silva | Chemical communication and aggressive behaviour in Fighting fish | David, Adelino Canario and Peter Hubbard |
| 20:00 | Alexandre Lebel | Marine medaka as a behavioral model to assess the role of ocean acidification on chemical communication | David | |
| Oct (Wed) – TBC | 19:00 | Guilherme Cordes Aniceto Leite Martins | Thesis Proposal Presentation: A symbiotic food waste and microalgae decentralised system: An approach towards bio structures | David |
| 19:00 | Wong Lap Yan, Nathan | Thesis Proposal Presentation: TBC | TBC | |
| 20:00 | Manuel Sin | Thesis Proposal Presentation: TBC | TBC |