Dear Colleagues and Students,

I am pleased to announce that PENG Bo, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences in our Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is going to have the oral defence on 06 January 2025.

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Thesis Title: Multivariate Data Mining-Assisted Research and Development of Classical Prescriptions: Taohong Siwu Decoction as a Case Study

Venue: N22-9031

Examination Committee

Chair:

Prof. Peng LI, Professor, ICMS, UM

External Examiner:

Prof. Haiyu ZHAO, Professor, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China

Internal Examiners:

1. Dr Shengpeng WANG, Assistant Professor, ICMS, UM (Supervisor)
2. Dr Hua YU, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM
3. Dr Xiaojia CHEN, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM

Kindly note that video and/or audio recording is PROHIBITED while the oral defence is in progress. All participants should strictly follow all policies, guidelines and requirements of Macao SAR Government and the University.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Dear Colleagues and Students,

I am pleased to announce that CHEN Yibo, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences in our Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is going to have the oral defence on 18 December 2024.

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Thesis Title: Targeting TNFR2 for cancer immunotherapy: Mechanistic study and novel

therapeutic development

Venue: N22-9031

Examination Committee

Chair:

Prof. Jinjian LU, Professor, ICMS, UM

External Examiner:

Prof. Hongjun JIN, Professor, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China (Video Conference)

Internal Examiners:

1. Prof. Xin CHEN, Distinguished Professor, ICMS, UM (Supervisor)
2. Dr Ying WANG, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM
3. Dr Chon Kit CHOU, Assistant Professor, ICMS, UM

Kindly note that video and/or audio recording is PROHIBITED while the oral defence is in progress. All participants should strictly follow all policies, guidelines and requirements of Macao SAR Government and the University.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Dear Colleagues and Students,

I am pleased to announce that ZHU Baojie, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences in our Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is going to have the oral defence on 12 December 2024.

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Thesis Title: Characterization and Quality Evaluation of Polysaccharides from Selected Chinese Medicines with Improved Saccharide Mapping

Venue: N22-9031

Examination Committee

Chair:

Prof. Xiuping CHEN, Professor, ICMS, UM

External Examiner:

Prof. Lifang LIU, Professor, China Pharmaceutical University, China

Internal Examiners:

1. Prof. Shaoping LI, Distinguished Professor, ICMS, UM (Supervisor)
2. Prof. Ying ZHENG, Professor, ICMS, UM
3. Dr Qingwen ZHANG, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM

Kindly note that video and/or audio recording is PROHIBITED while the oral defence is in progress. All participants should strictly follow all policies, guidelines and requirements of Macao SAR Government and the University.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Dear Colleagues and Students,

I am pleased to announce that CHEN Ruie, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences in our Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is going to have the oral defence on 25 November 2024.

Time: 09:00 a.m.

Thesis Title: “Medicine-excipient integration” nanodrugs with natural compounds from

traditional Chinese medicine for enhanced ferroptosis tumor therapy

Venue: N22-9031

Examination Committee

Chair:

Prof. Hao HU, Professor, ICMS, UM

External Examiner:

Prof. Weiyue LU, Professor, Fudan University, China

Internal Examiners:

1. Prof. Meiwan CHEN, Professor, ICMS, UM (Supervisor)
2. Dr Yue LI, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM
3. Dr Wai San CHEANG, Assistant Professor, ICMS, UM

Kindly note that video and/or audio recording is PROHIBITED while the oral defence is in progress. All participants should strictly follow all policies, guidelines and requirements of Macao SAR Government and the University.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Dear Colleagues and Students,

I am pleased to announce that WU Rongrong, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences in our Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is going to have the oral defence on 08 October 2024.

Time: 02:00 p.m.

Thesis Title: The Study of the Causal Role of Gut Microbiota in Individual Vulnerability to Irinotecan-induced Gastrointestinal Toxicity in CRC Patients

Venue: N22-9030

Examination Committee

Chair:

Prof. Jinjian LU, Professor, ICMS, UM

External Examiner:

Dr Haitao LYU, Associate Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Internal Examiners:

1. Prof. Ru YAN, Professor, ICMS, UM (Supervisor)
2. Prof. Xiuping CHEN, Professor, ICMS, UM
3. Prof. Ruibing WANG, Professor, ICMS, UM

Kindly note that video and/or audio recording is PROHIBITED while the oral defence is in progress. All participants should strictly follow all policies, guidelines and requirements of Macao SAR Government and the University.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Dear Colleagues and Students,

I am pleased to announce that DING Moyu, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences in our Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is going to have the oral defence on 03 October 2024.

Time: 09:00 a.m.

Thesis Title: Discovery of Triptolide analogue 3e as a direct NLRP3 inhibitor and derivatives of Andrographolide as VDR signaling regulators

Venue: N22-9031

Examination Committee

Chair:

Prof. Xiuping CHEN, Professor, ICMS, UM

External Examiner:

Prof. Jing XU, Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Internal Examiners:

1. Dr Ying WANG, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM (Supervisor)
2. Prof. Jianbo WAN, Professor, ICMS, UM
3. Dr Jiahong LU, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM

Kindly note that video and/or audio recording is PROHIBITED while the oral defence is in progress. All participants should strictly follow all policies, guidelines and requirements of Macao SAR Government and the University.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Dear Colleagues and Students,

I am pleased to announce that CHEN Jiali, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences in our Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is going to have the oral defence on 28 August 2024.

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Thesis Title: Identification of molecules modulating the inflammatory crosstalk between

adipocytes and macrophages through integrative multi-omics

Venue: N22-9031

Examination Committee

Chair:

Prof. Xiuping CHEN, Professor, ICMS, UM

External Examiner:

Dr Jing JIN, Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Internal Examiners:

1. Dr Ligen LIN, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM (Supervisor)
2. Dr Wai San CHEANG, Assistant Professor, ICMS, UM
3. Dr Xiaowen MAO, Assistant Professor, ICMS, UM

Kindly note that video and/or audio recording is PROHIBITED while the oral defence is in progress. All participants should strictly follow all policies, guidelines and requirements of Macao SAR Government and the University.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Dear Colleagues and Students,

I am pleased to announce that WANG Ting, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences in our Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is going to have the oral defence on 29 August 2024.

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Thesis Title: Detection of pesticide residues and heavy metal ions in Chinese medicinal

materials based on core-shell SERS substrate

Venue: N22-9031

Examination Committee

Chair:

Prof. Jianbo WAN, Professor, ICMS, UM

External Examiner:

Prof. Yingchun LI, Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China

Internal Examiners:

1. Prof. Peng LI, Professor, ICMS, UM (Supervisor)
2. Dr Hua YU, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM
3. Dr Xiaojia CHEN, Associate Professor, ICMS, UM

Kindly note that video and/or audio recording is PROHIBITED while the oral defence is in progress. All participants should strictly follow all policies, guidelines and requirements of Macao SAR Government and the University.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences