BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IHSS - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IHSS X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ihss.hku.hk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IHSS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:HKT DTSTART:20180101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20210118T203000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20210118T203000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240723T191123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103339Z UID:85852-1611001800-1611001800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Commodifying Development: The Meaning\, Consequences\, and Politics of Inclusive Innovation in India DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/commodifying-development-the-meaning-consequences-and-politics-of-inclusive-innovation-in-india/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-prof-shobita-parthasarathy-20210308-1440x810-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20201126T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20201126T173000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240723T220448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103340Z UID:85900-1606406400-1606411800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Lager\, or The Doublet of History: Ten Centuries of Asian Influence in Europe DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/lager-or-the-doublet-of-history-ten-centuries-of-asian-influence-in-europe/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-dr-jenny-l-smith-20201126-1920x1080-1-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200110 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240723T234902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102349Z UID:85992-1578528000-1578614399@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:China’s Domestic Infrastructures DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chinas-domestic-infrastructures/ LOCATION:Room 201\, May Hall\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20191112T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20191112T180000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20260311T065606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102830Z UID:101984-1573576200-1573581600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Rise (and Fall) of the Food-Drug Line: Classification\, Gatekeepers\, and Spatial Mediation in Food and Health Markets DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-food-drug-line-classification-gatekeepers-and-spatial-mediation-in-food-and-health-markets/ LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mmea-lecture-by-dr-xaq-frohlich-20190729-960x1358-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20191104T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20191104T130000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T002535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102349Z UID:86011-1572868800-1572872400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Eat Good\, Be Healthy (好好吃飯) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/eat-good-be-healthy-%e5%a5%bd%e5%a5%bd%e5%90%83%e9%a3%af/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screening-of-eat-good-be-healthy-20191104-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190919T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190919T173000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T010654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102402Z UID:86070-1568908800-1568914200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Written in the Stars: Digitising an Astrological Archive DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/written-in-the-stars-digitising-an-astrological-archive/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-professor-lauren-kassell-20190919-1920x1080-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190618T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190618T173000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T174235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102403Z UID:86101-1560873600-1560879000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Medicines Across Eurasia: A Digital Humanities Experiment DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/medicines-across-eurasia-a-digital-humanities-experiment/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190530T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190530T183000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T175355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102403Z UID:86115-1559235600-1559241000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Popularizing Potatoes: Technology and Tradition in the Creation of a National Chinese Staple DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/popularizing-potatoes-technology-and-tradition-in-the-creation-of-a-national-chinese-staple/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-dr-jakob-klein-20190530-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190530 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190531 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T180156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102404Z UID:86139-1559174400-1559260799@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Making East Asian Foods: Technologies and Values\, 19th to 21st Centuries DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/making-east-asian-foods-technologies-and-values-19th-to-21st-centuries/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20190530-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190529T153000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190529T170000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T180918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102404Z UID:86162-1559143800-1559149200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Micropolitics and the Reproduction of Tin Hau Communitas in Hong Kong DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/micropolitics-and-the-reproduction-of-tin-hau-communitas-in-hong-kong/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190516T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190516T173000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T183044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102406Z UID:86210-1558022400-1558027800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Forum on “Climate Change and its Politics” DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-forum-on-climate-change-and-its-politics/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190517 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T182236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102405Z UID:86192-1557964800-1558051199@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Weather\, Climate\, and Everyday Life: Environmental Technologies in Modern East Asia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/weather-climate-and-everyday-life-environmental-technologies-in-modern-east-asia/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20190516-1920x1080-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190508T183000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190508T203000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T183824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102406Z UID:86230-1557340200-1557347400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Is Guanyin (And Everything Else) a Palimpsest? DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/is-guanyin-and-everything-else-a-palimpsest/ LOCATION:Drake Gallery\, 1/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190402T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190402T140000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T192411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102407Z UID:86274-1554208200-1554213600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Post-Secular Problematic and the Theory of Secularization DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-post-secular-problematic-and-the-theory-of-secularization/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190401T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190401T173000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T193022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102407Z UID:86281-1554134400-1554139800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Birth of the Modern Global Script Regime: From the Typewriter to Unicode DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-birth-of-the-modern-global-script-regime-from-the-typewriter-to-unicode/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-dr-raja-adal-20190401-1920x1080-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190401T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190401T153000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T193521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102408Z UID:86296-1554120000-1554132600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Raising the Dead = Girl Power? Charismatic Practice and Women’s Authority in a Chinese Christian Church DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/raising-the-dead-girl-power-charismatic-practice-and-womens-authority-in-a-chinese-christian-church/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190321T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190321T163000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T194906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102408Z UID:86312-1553180400-1553185800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Boxer Crisis in Comparative Perspective: Visions of Divine Intervention and Monuments of Martyrdom DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-boxer-crisis-in-comparative-perspective-visions-of-divine-intervention-and-monuments-of-martyrdom/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190319T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190319T130000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T220145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102409Z UID:86341-1552996800-1553000400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Globalizing Jewish Studies in China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/globalizing-jewish-studies-in-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190123T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20190123T173000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T222550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102411Z UID:86372-1548259200-1548264600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Chinese Cultural Essence? DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-chinese-cultural-essence/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181215 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T224650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102412Z UID:86410-1544572800-1544831999@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Transport Infrastructure & The Making of Modern East Asia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/transport-infrastructure-the-making-of-modern-east-asia/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20181212-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181210T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181210T180000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T225118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102412Z UID:86420-1544459400-1544464800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Hormones\, Hospitals\, and the Green Revolution: Thinking about Scientific Innovation and Health Care Models Using Mexico as the Pivot DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/hormones-hospitals-and-the-green-revolution-thinking-about-scientific-innovation-and-health-care-models-using-mexico-as-the-pivot/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-professor-gabriela-soto-laveaga-20181210-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181212 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T225815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102412Z UID:86428-1544400000-1544572799@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:MMEA Second Plenary Conference DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/mmea-second-plenary-conference/ CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/second-plenary-conference-20181210-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181025T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181025T130000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240724T235703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102415Z UID:86542-1540468800-1540472400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Dynamic of Memory and Religious Nationalism in a Sino-Vietnamese Border Town DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/dynamic-of-memory-and-religious-nationalism-in-a-sino-vietnamese-border-town/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181024T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20181024T180000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240725T000805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102415Z UID:86549-1540398600-1540404000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Nationalism and Religion in India and China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/nationalism-and-religion-in-india-and-china/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/srs-lecture-by-professor-peter-van-der-veer-20181024-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20180910T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20180910T183000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240725T003254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102416Z UID:86591-1536597000-1536604200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Chinese Pursuit of Happiness: Meaning\, Morality\, and Everyday Life DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-chinese-pursuit-of-happiness-meaning-morality-and-everyday-life/ LOCATION:Social Sciences Chamber\, 11/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20180905T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20180905T173000 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240725T003616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102417Z UID:86598-1536163200-1536168600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Culinary Colonialism and the Frontiers of Russian Food Cultures DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/culinary-colonialism-and-the-frontiers-of-russian-food-cultures/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-lecture-by-professor-melissa-l-caldwell-20180507-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180827 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180829 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240725T004204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102417Z UID:86606-1535328000-1535500799@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Instruments\, Meteorological Forecasting and Everyday Technology in China\, Hong Kong and Japan\, 1870 – 1950 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/instruments-meteorological-forecasting-and-everyday-technology-in-china-hong-kong-and-japan-1870-1950/ LOCATION:Multi-purpose room\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20180827-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180625 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240725T004939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102417Z UID:86627-1529712000-1529884799@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Sociotechnical Systems of Pharmacotherapy in Modern East Asia\, 1800 – 2020 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/sociotechnical-systems-of-pharmacotherapy-in-modern-east-asia-1800-2020/ LOCATION:CPD-4.17\, The Jockey Club Tower\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20180623-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180519 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240725T011656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102419Z UID:86707-1526515200-1526687999@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Phones\, Drones\, and Disease: Epidemic Intelligence and the Future of Communication in East Asia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/phones-drones-and-disease-epidemic-intelligence-and-the-future-of-communication-in-east-asia/ LOCATION:CPD 2.42\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20180517-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180511 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180512 DTSTAMP:20261011T212803 CREATED:20240725T012749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102419Z UID:86719-1525996800-1526083199@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Technological Innovations and Social Change: The History of Automation and the Future of Work in East Asia\, 1960s – 2010s (at HKUST) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 22\, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n Michurinist biology was a state enforced doctrine in the former Soviet Union and its satellites during the Cold War. It was not a coherent system but consisted of four separate parts: agrobiology of Lysenko and dialectical cell biology of Lepeshinskaya\, which will be discussed in my talk\, soil science of Wiljams\, and neurobiology of Pavlov. Lysenko rejected the existence of genes and their role in heredity\, Lepeshinskaya rejected Virchow’s thesis that cells arise only form other cells (omnis cellulae cellula) and that new cells can arise de novo from non-cellular living matter. These restrictive and experimentally unsupported versions of important aspects of biology led to significant damage to Soviet biology\, and also to practical agriculture and clinical medicine. They developed essentially independently and were linked to each other only in the mid-1940s. Agrobiology had the greatest impact outside of the USSR\, including China and Japan. Dialectical cell biology also became an important reference point in various nonorthodox biological and medical schools\, especially in the Orient: Bei Shizhang’s theory of cell reformation in China\, Chishima’s and Morishita’s neo-haematology in Japan and Kim-Bonghan’s primo-vascular system in Korea. Major criticism started in the former Soviet Union already in the 1950s. Agrobiology essentially disappeared by the mid-1960s. In recent years\, however\, significant attempts are being made to revive Lysenko’s fame in Russia. A number of monographs and articles claim that Lysenko’s theories were right and presaged modern developments of molecular biology. There is a violent debate ongoing in Russia on this point. There are also claims that Lepeshinskaya’s dialectical cell biology was a pioneer of the study of stem cells. I will discuss the scientific and political motivations for this resurgence. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Miklós Müller is Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at The Rockefeller University. A native of Hungary\, he received his medical diploma from Budapest Medical University in 1955. In 1964 he joined The Rockefeller University as a research associate in the cell biology laboratory of Christian de Duve and later became a tenured full professor in 1999. In 2006\, he was the sixth recipient of the Eduard Reichenow Medal from the German Society for Protozoology; in 2007\, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his scientific work and support of art in Hungary. He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Professor Muller is currently interested in the history of twentieth-century biology\, including the comprehensive analysis of metabolic organization and the evolutionary history of different types of mitochondrion-related organelles. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ORGANIZER \n \n \n \n This is an event organized by the “Science\, Technology\, and Medicine in Asian Societies” Cluster. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/technological-innovations-and-social-change-the-history-of-automation-and-the-future-of-work-in-east-asia-1960s-2010s-at-hkust/ LOCATION:Room 5504\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mmea-sub-project-workshop-20180511-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR