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DNA Day 2018: Junior Genomicists Go Hong Kong

April 25, 2018 by Scott Edmunds Leave a Comment
DNA Day

Today is DNA Day, commemorating the day the structure of DNA was published in 1953, as well as the day that the human genome project was completed in 2003. Being the 65th and 15th anniversary of these two scientific milestones makes it a good time to reflect at how DNA sequencing has gone from an … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: bauhiniawatch, cooking, education

Bauhinia x goes TEDx

May 11, 2017 by Scott Edmunds Leave a Comment

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…]

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Bauhinia Art Meets Bauhinia Science, Pt. 2

September 29, 2016 by Scott Edmunds Leave a Comment

Following our previous posting on a Bauhinia-inspired art exhibition from Avon Lee, our second update on Bauhinia art covers new and ongoing work from from multi-genre artist, critic and teacher Ellen Pau. This is currently on at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre in Kowloon Park, and is organised by the Hong Kong Museum of … [Read more…]

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Bauhinia Art meets Bauhinia Science, Pt. 1

September 25, 2016 by Scott Edmunds 1 Comment

As you’ll have seen in our previous posting, the main rationale for the Bauhinia Genome project is education. Both of the mysterious history of the Hong Kong’s floral emblem, and of the study of DNA to improve the genomic literacy of the public. We are communicating this via various forms, but one we haven’t touched … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: art, education, Media, news, video

Education, education, education. The reason for BauhiniaGenome.

August 9, 2016 by Scott Edmunds 1 Comment

To paraphrase Tony Blair on his priorities when becoming UK Prime Minister, the three reasons we are carrying out the Bauhinia Genome Project are education, education, education. Through motivating the Hong Kong public to help solve the interesting origin mysteries of their floral emblem we hope to educate in three ways. Firstly, educate the general … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: education, genomics, Press

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