Seminar Talk at Shiu Pong College – The destiny of the skeletal muscle and the fat
紹邦書院講座——脂肪和肌肉的前世今生
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Department :SPCPosted Date : 04/10/2019
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Seminar Talk at Shiu Pong College –

The destiny of the skeletal muscle and the fat


On September 25, 2019, Dr. Li Wang of the Faculty of Health Sciences was invited to deliver a seminar talk on “The destiny of the skeletal muscle and the fat”. Around 60 students participated in this seminar.
Dr. Wang introduced the topic by mentioning two hormones: leptin and adiponectin. Leptin is predominantly the energy expenditure hormone. It is released from fat but it signals a feeling of fullness in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. In other words, the hormone acts on the hypothalamus to induce satiety or to control appetite. For adiponectin, it contributes to increased insulin sensitivity and increases fatty acid oxidation. Besides, three adipocytes: brown, white and beige, were also introduced in the seminar. Dr. Wang summed up the seminar by suggesting effective ways to be healthier: to get enough sleep, to deal with stress properly, and to do exercises in the morning, etc.
Aiming to popularize cutting-edge scientific discoveries and technology among students, SPC has organized a seminar-talk series on a vast range of topics which are not yet available in textbooks. These topics include: how Omega-3 prevents cognitive dysfunctions, current research on Alzheimer’s disease, the misconceptions and truth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the development of stem cells and cloning technology.
紹邦書院講座——脂肪和肌肉的前世今生

九月二十五日,澳門大學健康科學學院王麗博士蒞臨紹邦書院主持講座, 題目是“脂肪和肌肉的前世今生”,吸引了約60名同學出席。

王麗博士首先介紹了瘦素和脂聯素。瘦素是能量消耗的主要激素,下視丘會根據瘦素數量先確認人體吸收了足夠的脂肪,然後再發出停止進食的訊號。可見,瘦素可引起飽腹感從而控制食慾。至於脂聯素,它有助於增加胰島素敏感性及促進脂肪酸氧化。除此之外,講座上也有提及三種不同的脂肪,即棕色脂肪、白色脂肪及米色脂肪。最後,王博士向同學建議了健康生活的方式,如保持睡眠充足、妥善應對壓力,以及在早上進行運動鍛煉等。

紹邦書院致力舉辦科學發展前沿系列講座,鼓勵同學以科學角度探索未知的世界,曾介紹的主題包括﹕OMEGA-3如何預防認知功能衰退、阿茲海默症的研究進展、人工智能的迷思與真相、幹細胞和克隆技術的發展。