The Diversity and Equal Opportunities Unit is delighted to invite you to join an inclusion workshop to be supported and facilitated by HSBC Hong Kong. 

Date and time: 2:30-4:30p.m., October 9, 2025 (A shuttle bus will be reserved to take registrants from HKUST Clear Water Bay campus at 1:45p.m. on the day.)  
 
Venue: HSBC Office, HSBC Main Building, Central 

Language: English  

Highlights: 

1. To learn more about inclusion and accessibility in a banking context

2. To understand more about accessible banking, digital accessibility and community banking

3. To learn more about HSBC’s Employee Resource Groups, network with their members and how these groups advance inclusion effort at HSBC 

Audience: Open to all HKUST students and staff. 

How to register: We have received an overwhelming response. Registration is now closed.  

Kind reminders:   

1. Staff members are encouraged to check with their managers first on attendance before registration and to apply for special leave as per HKUST policy once registration is confirmed. (You can refer to guideline for special leave for more information)

2. This is a HMAW1905-recognized event in the “Personal Enrichment & Community Service" category under the "Self-directed Experience" of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. To receive 2 hours, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 mins.

3. We will only arrange one-way shuttle bus to take the participants from HKUST Clear Water Bay campus to HSBC Main Building. No return transportation will be arranged.

Enquiry: deoc@ust.hk

Description

Description

Program Website

http://ias.ust.hk/events/202511fcbe/

Overview

Epigenetics is the study of how gene activity is controlled in a heritable manner without altering the DNA sequence. Epigenetic changes refer to chemical modifications to DNA that can turn genes on or off, or to histone modifications that mark the chromatin for transcriptional instructions. A unit of chromatin is known as a nucleosome, which consists of eight histone subunits bound to DNA. Epigenetic inheritance refers to the transfer of histones from parental DNA to daughter DNAs while coupled to DNA replication and is known to be a key factor in cancer development. The aim of this focused program is to bring together diverse participants interested in this broad topic to share the latest in their respective subfields. We hope to bring together scientists who are interested in epigenetics, DNA replication, transcription and cancer biology with a focus on chromatin biology.


Organizers

• Yuanliang ZHAI, HKUST (Chair)

• Bik-kwoon TYE, Cornell University & HKUST
  (IAS Senior Visting Fellow)

• Toyotaka ISHIBASHI, HKUST

• Danny LEUNG, HKUST

• Xiang David LI, The University of Hong Kong

• Keda ZHOU, The University of Hong Kong

Co-sponsors

• Croucher Foundation

• K. C. WONG Education Foundation

• Global Engagement and Communications Office, HKUST

• School of Science, HKUST

• Division of Life Science, HKUST

Enquiries

For further enquiries, please contact the program secretariat at ias2025fcbe@ust.hk.

Are you ready to unlock your full academic potential in university? In this workshop, you will discover why you are studying, identify your learning style, and overcome any challenges that may hold you back. Come and equip yourself with effective study habits to achieve the academic goals you set for yourself!

Remarks: This is a HMAW1905-recognized event in the “Personal Enrichment & Community Service” category under the "Self-directed Experience" of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. To receive 1.5 hours, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 mins.

Enquiry email: dstohmw@ust.hk

Abstract

The studies of neutrino physics and searches of Dark Matter are subjects at the frontiers of fundamental physics research. Many of the experimental techniques and facilities are common or related. The speaker will present the broad landscape of both subjects, as well as the evolution and experimental efforts pursued by the Taiwan-based TEXONO and China-based CDEX programs, using novel germanium ionization detectors with sub-keV sensitivities [1]. The experiments are performed at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory [2] near Taipei, the China Jinping Underground Laboratory [3] in Sichuan, and the forthcoming Sanmen Reactor Neutrino Laboratory in Zhejiang.


Reference

1. “Characterization and Performance of Germanium Detectors in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments”, A.K. Soma et al., TEXONO Collaboration, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 836, 67 (2016).

2. “Taiwan EXperiment On NeutrinO: History and Prospects”, Henry Tsz-King Wong, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A33, 1830014 (2018).

3. “The China Jinping Underground Laboratory and Its Early Science”, J.P. Cheng et al., Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci., Vol. 67, 231 (2017).

About the Speaker

Dr. Henry T. WONG is a particle physicist based in Taiwan. He grew up in Hong Kong, studied physics at the University of Oxford and the California Institute of Technology, has held junior research positions at the European Laboratory of Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, and is currently a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

Dr. Wong has played a pivotal role in the TEXONO Collaboration—a Taiwan-based international effort in neutrino and astroparticle physics research, in which the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory is the flagship facility. He is also a founding partner in the CDEX dark matter searches program at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. Dr. Wong and his collaborators have pioneered the use of germanium ionization detectors with sub-keV sensitivities in neutrino and dark matter researches.

Dr. Wong was elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society (2023) and of the Taiwan Physical Society (2017), and have garnered numerous academic research awards.


About the Center for Fundamental Physics

For more information, please refer to https://cfp.hkust.edu.hk/.


For Attendees' Attention

Seating is on a first come, first served basis.