So happy to finally be able to attend a conference in person. A pleasure to participate in this year’s Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APPLE) 2023 held at the Taipei International Convention Centre from Feb 15-19, 2023 as a speaker and moderator. Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Jia Jian on securing two awards – The Best Poster Award in the Young Investigators Workshop as well as Second Place in the Young Investigator Award. Well done!