As a PhD student examining memory loss in Alzheimer's patients, Dr Cora Lai began to question how these memories were formed in the brain. Now at HKU SBMS, her research focuses on sleep and how it promotes memory formation and consolidation. For more: hkumed.hk/c2b9be

Cancer cells spread aggressively during sleep go.nature.com/3NhDRZE

nature.com/articles/s4139… Reset of balance.

Join us today for the Dean's Lecture Series celebrating HKUMed's 135th anniversary. Watch the lecture by Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham on "Innovating Our Way Out of COVID" online at 18:00HKT. Stream the lecture here: hkumed.hk/281237 #HKUMed135 #COVID19

In the dark of the ocean, some animals have evolved to use bioluminescence as a defense. Apogonidae obtains not only luciferin but also uciferase enzyme from ostracod prey, and emit light when mixed together [read more: buff.ly/3n3Emtd, buff.ly/3hxubfg]

Cancer cells spread aggressively during sleep go.nature.com/3nkvIcs

A postdoc’s guide to choosing the right lab go.nature.com/3NlZ0ll

Geomorphology of a river: what happens when you install a dam or a weir and how the sediment transport changes [full video + full explanation here: bit.ly/2v9gA7l]

HKUMed is the first medical school in Hong Kong to introduce hands-on teaching for point-of-care ultrasound as we seek to equip students with the skills required for modern healthcare settings. Find out what our medical students think about these tools: hkumed.hk/872c11

These cancer cells wake up when people sleep go.nature.com/3ADx75V

In the Galton Board 3000 steel balls fall through 12 levels of branching paths and always end up matching a bell curve distribution. An elegantly designed modern version to demonstrate the Central Limit Theorem [source, read more: buff.ly/3xNyzOY]

🤩This is how we celebrate neuroscience and welcome our community! #FENS2022 has officially started! 🎉 Thank you Sankofa for being part of FENS Opening Ceremony!

15 uncoupled pendulums of increasing lengths dance and produce visual traveling waves, standing waves and beating [source, by Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations: bit.ly/1eKRJUB]

To anyone who says "it's just summer"... here's NASA's climate spiral👇

Gravity demo [📹 Science Lobby: buff.ly/3PJNJxa]

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Happy to share our latest publication. Congratulations to Albert and Victor, thank you so much for everyone's hard work! cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Congratulations to Todd Zheng for the interesting study of targeted memory reactivation published in Advanced Science! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…