The HK Inter-University Postdoctoral Symposium in Biomedical Sciences was held on 15 April 2025 at the School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK. Building upon the resounding success of last year’s symposium, this event aims to bring together postdoctoral fellows in the field of Biomedical Sciences from CUHK, HKU, and HKUST to exchange research ideas and foster collaborations.
Congratulations to PDF Huajian for achieving the First Place Oral Presentation Award out of over 20 oral presentations delivered. Well done on this outstanding accomplishment!
Awards
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!
SBMS RPG Poster Presentation 2024
The School of Biomedical Sciences had its annual RPG Poster Presentation on May 21, 2024. Congratulations to Angel on securing one of the Best Presentation Awards.
HKU Outstanding Researcher Award 2022-23
March 16, 2024 – Ecstatic to be recognized by HKU with this year’s Outstanding Researcher Award and honored to be sharing the stage with my wonderful colleague David Li. I am particularly grateful for my team (past and present) for this would not have been possible without their hard work. Thank you to every one of you who has been on this journey with me.
A recap of the award ceremony can be found here.
Congrats to Elok on her Croucher Studentship
A big round of applause to our new PhD student Elok on securing the prestigious Croucher Foundation Studentship! Well done!
SBMS RPG Poster Presentation 2023
May 5, 2023 – Well done to PhD students Venus, Toni, Huanwen, and Huajian for preparing and performing so well. Congratulations to Huajian on securing one of the best poster awards!
HKUMed Faculty Prize Presentation Ceremony 2023
April 28, 2023 – Celebration of our Faculty Output Prize for our publication in Gut. Admirable perseverance and hard work of Lena, Eric and the team, and a wonderful collaboration with Joshua and Ken. 
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme 2022-23 – Poster Presentation Session
The lab hosted two brilliant BBMS summer interns Elok and Phoebe under the HKU Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme #URFP 2022-23 in the summer of 2022. Both students shared their work at the Poster Presentation Session held on April 19, 2023. Congratulations to Phoebe on securing one of the six Best Presentation Awards. Well done to both!
HKU Graduate School Award Presentation Ceremony 2023
Ph.D. graduate Dr. Jane Loong and current Ph.D. student Yingjia Huang (Angel) were recognized at the HKU Graduate School Award Presentation Ceremony on March 7th, 2023 with the HKU Foundation Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Students 2020-21 and HKU Presidential Ph.D. Scholar Program 2022-23, respectively. Congratulations!!
APASL 2023 in Taipei
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!
SMA Lab 