The lab had a great time hosting Ernesto at the School of Biomedical Sciences in HKUMed on 13 Nov 2024. I have followed his work for years, and it was nice to finally have a chance to sit down and talk about science! We ended the day with some horse racing at the HK Jockey Club and Typhoon 8 with dinner on the house!
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Anti-Cancer Together (ACT) Online Forum
November 3rd 2024 – Thank you Shi-Yong for the invitation to speak. Sunday morning was well spent sharing the team’s research on oncofetal proteins in maintaining a more stemness state in HCC at the Anti-Cancer Together (ACT) Online Forum.
SKLLR Symposium 2024
Stephanie shared the team’s latest findings on the discovery of potential therapies for CTNNB1 mutation-driven HCC using a genetically defined, syngeneic mouse organoid platform at this year’s SKLLR Symposium, held on October 16th, 2024, at Renaissance Harbor View Hotel HK.
2nd International Symposium on Frontiers of Biomedicine and Health
Thank you Yan Yan of Huazhong Agricultural University for the invitation to speak at this international symposium. Saturday afternoon well spent in an engaging session on mechanisms of tumorigenesis and prevention strategies.
83rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association
Sept 19-21, 2024 – 83rd Annual Meeting of JCA at Fukuoka, Japan
Stephanie gave a talk in the International Session on ‘”Cellular Plasticity: How do cancer cells rewire molecular, biochemical and phenotypic pathways for adapting to malignant progression?”. Thank you Wai-Leong Tam and Hiromichi Ebi for the invitation to speak. A pleasure to meet both in person and reconnect with old friends.
SKLLR Internal Research Meeting 2024
PhD students Venus, Angel, Huanwen, and Jingyi presented their research projects at the SKLLR Internal Research Meeting on August 17, 2024. Congratulations to Angel on securing the one and only Best Poster Award!
Congrats to Dr. Huajian Yu!
Congratulations to Huajian on getting her PhD! Very happy to witness her growth over the years. Well done!
HKU Pasteur Cell Biology Course 2024
Stephanie lectured on cancer stemness at this year’s HKU Pasteur Cell Biology Course, which is already running in its tenth year. Happy to have the opportunity to participate. Thank you Roberto for the invitation.
Highlights of the event available here through IG.
RGC Theme-Based Research Scheme Funding
Ecstatic to be funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong on our project “Understanding Phenotypic Plasticity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma to Mitigate Therapy Resistance and Tumor Recurrence” this year. Fortunate to be collaborating with a stellar team. Looking forward to doing some cross-disciplinary science with the TRS group with PIs who span HKU, CUHK, PolyU, and HKUST in the next five years. Thank you RGC for the trust and support!
Oct 2024 update – Unveiling our new TRS grant logo 🤩
EACR 2024 in Rotterdam
June 10-13, 2024 with Huanwen, Huajian and Jia.
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