28-30 Sept 2026 – Good times at the Asia-Pacific Spatial Translational Research Alliance (ASTRA) conference in Nara. Thank you, Yutaka Suzuki and Ankur Sharma for your leadership, vision, and hospitality. Wonderful to learn about all the exciting collaborations. Looking forward to Korea next year!

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24-26 Sept 2026 – 85th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association conference in Kyoto. Stephanie shared some of the lab’s latest research work at the International Session on Stem Cell Plasticity and Diversity, chaired by Yohei Shimono of Fujita Health University and Shang Cai of Westlake University.

22 Aug 2026 – Our team participated in the annual SKLLR Internal Meeting. Several of our PhD students showcased their research, and a big congratulations to Elok for winning the Best Oral Presentation and Changmo for earning the Best Poster Presentation awards. Well done to everyone for your hard work and dedication!

10-13 Aug 2026 – 32rd Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB) 2026 in Hong Kong

Thank you to Prof DY Jin, the event’s main organizer, for the invitation to chair a session on Cancer Cell Plasticity. The session was highlighted by our two invited speakers Prof. Ramanuj DasGupta of CRUK Scotland Institute / University of Glasgow and Prof. Shang Cai of Westlake University, as well as two short talks by Dr. Zhenghai Tang of the University of Macau and Dr. Lei Zhou from The First Affiliated Hospital of the Sun Yat-Sen University.

3 Jul 2026 – RGC TRS Symposium 2026 – Understanding phenotypic plasticity in HCC to mitigate therapy resistance and tumor recurrence – at HKU.

8-11 Jun 2026 – Our PhD students Elok, Angel, Jingyi, Yalu, and Angela participated in and presented their projects at the EACR Annual Congress 2026 in Budapest, Hungary.

10 Jun 2026 – The team spent a fruitful day at the Innovations in Cancer Immunotherapy conference held at the HK Polytechnic University, followed by a fun horse racing night at the HK Jockey Club.

21 May 2026 – Congratulations to Yuxin on winning one of the best oral presentation awards at this year’s School of Biomedical Sciences RPG Symposium.

Well done to PhD students Yalu, Elok, Angela and Changmo, who also shared their work through oral or poster presentations!