Bauhinia Genome Update While we’ve been quiet on the blog things are still progressing in the world of Bauhinia Genome. Data has been continued to be analysed by students at CUHK and their transcriptome assemblies have been made public from the GigaScience GigaDB platform. Prof Stephen Tsui presented this work at the International Botanical Conference … [Read more…]
The botanical (latin) name for the Hong Kong Bauhinia flower is Bauhinia x blakeana, with the x denoting it is a hybrid between two species. In the hierarchy of TED talks, TEDx are independent TED-like events organised by volunteers such as universities agreeing to follow certain principles. Bauhinia x has finally met TEDx, with Scott’s … [Read more…]
In the latest issue of CNN’s monthly ‘On China’ program, Kristie Lu Stout covered the cutting-edge science going on in China, and you may have spotted a certain emblematic genome project featured. On top of a video segment featuring BauhiniaGenome, she spoke with Dennis Lo, circulating DNA pioneer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; … [Read more…]
SCMP Bauhinia Cover Bags Bronze Hong Kong residents might be aware of the Bronze Order of the Bauhinia award, the most commonly handed out medal in the Hong Kong honours system, but now the Bauhinia flower itself has received a bronze gong. At the at the prestigious WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards in Manilla last week, … [Read more…]
Since we launched a couple of weeks ago, we’ve had quite a lot of interest in this Bauhinia Genome project. The SCMP put us on their front cover (see pic above) and ran a great article that described our project and the historical mystery around Bauhinia blakeana and its discovery on a Hong Kong hillside … [Read more…]