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!


News
[Upcoming] 85th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association
24-26 Sept 2026 – 85th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association conference in Kyoto. Stephanie will be speaking in the International Session on Stem Cell Plasticity and Diversity, chaired by Yohei Shimono of Fujita Health University and Shang Cai of Westlake University.
[Upcoming] ASTRA 2026
28-30 Sept 2026 – Asia-Pacific Spatial Translational Research Alliance (ASTRA) conference in Nara.
RGC TRS Symposium 2026
3 Jul 2026 – RGC TRS Symposium 2026 – Understanding phenotypic plasticity in HCC to mitigate therapy resistance and tumor recurrence – at HKU.

EACR 2026
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.
International Conference on Innovations in Cancer Immunotherapy: Bridging Basic Research and Clinical Translation
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.


BBMS FYP Henry
Farewell to our final-year BBMS student, Henry, who spent a year with us in the lab. Wishing you all the best as you embark on your MBBS journey!
SBMS RPG Symposium 2026
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!
XPLORER SYMPOSIA – Lineage Tracing across Regeneration & Disease
14-17 May 2026 – Had a wonderful experience at my first XPLORER SYMPOSIA! Thank you Kathy and Bin for the kind invitation to speak. I learned a lot and also enjoyed catching up with some of my team over a lovely lunch in Shanghai.



HK Inter-University Postdoctoral Symposium in Biomedical Sciences 2026
13 May 2026 – Our four postdocs showcased their work at this year’s HK Inter-University Postdoctoral Symposium in Biomedical Sciences at HKUST. Congratulations to Venus for winning Best Oral Presentation (third place), and to Sheree and Lance for securing first and second places in the Best Poster Presentation category. Fantastic job, team!


