Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a commonly used technique in molecular biology. It is used to quantify the targeted DNA by detecting the fluorescence. Of course, there is a real-time PCR machine in my department. More than one week ago, the result of real-time PCR suddenly became strange. For the sample with different dilution, […]
Arts Festival in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is short for HKUST. The arts festival is a Hong Kong wide program. The HKUST Arts Festival 2009 is in this month, from 5 March to 27 March. It is composed of a variety of performances and events involving students and artists, including poetry appreciation sharing session, Western […]
Earth Hour in Hong Kong
“Earth Hour” is a worldwide activity initiated by a Sydney citizen. Its aim is to invite people around the world as many as possible to switch off the light for an hour at the same time. This activity began in 2007, which means it is the third year to have this activity. Through this activity, […]
Chinese Olympian Junquan He Swims Without Hands
I didn’t see the Paralympic Games in China although I am Chinese. I saw an article talking about one of the Chinese athletes, Junquan HE. He is a swimmer without hands. He got one Gold, two Silver and one Bronze in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Without hands, he must use more effort and has […]
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Today a professor from biochemistry gave us a seminar about his research on Chinese herbs. He really does lots of work, but in my opinion, his methods used to study Chinese herbs are not right. People always use the same method as Western drugs to study Chinese herbs, extracting the herbs to pure compounds. As […]
Graduate Program Wages Too Little To Live On, Say Hong Kong Students
The government of Hong Kong recently launched the Hong Kong University Graduate Internship Program, meant to encourage businesses to hire recent grads in the city. In the program, every graduate receives a minimum wage of 4,000 HKD ($516.00 USD), per month with 2,000 HKD paid by the government. The program is meant to encourage more […]