19-21 Nov 2025 – The inaugural Asian Pacific Spatial Translational Research Alliance (ASTRA) 2025 took place at Rydges Resort, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Thank you, Ankur, for the invitation to speak at the meeting and for joining the alliance. I look forward to building our collaboration across the APAC region.
Conferences
Post-Meeting Report: FASEB SRC 2025 on Cellular Plasticity in Cancer
Delighted to share a recap of the discussions we had at our FASEB SRC 2025 on Cellular Plasticity in Cancer, published as a post-meeting report in the new journal Cancer Heterogeneity and Plasticity. Read about it here. 
SKLLR Symposium 2025
25 Oct 2025 – Our Postdoc Venus shared her research findings at this year’s SKLLR Symposium held at the JW Marriott Hotel.

LSCCB 4th Symposium for Anticancer Drug Discovery and Development
21 Oct 2025 – Stephanie gave a talk on the team’s latest work at the LSCCB 4th Symposium for Anticancer Drug Discovery and Development held at HKSTP. 
2025 International Conference on Translational Medicine
17-19 Oct 2025 – Stephanie gave a keynote at the International Conference on Translational Medicine (ICTM 2025). The event was organized by Peking University International Cancer Institute and took place at the Beijing International Convention Centre. It was great to visit Beijing again after so many years, catch up with old friends, and meet some new ones!

NSFC-RGC Forum in Nanjing
27-28 Jun 2025 – Wonderful time spent in Nanjing making new friends, meeting colleagues and touring the beautiful city with the lab. Thank you to the organizers, Prof Jie Li and Prof Walter Seto, for putting this forum together and for hosting our stay.



ISSCR 2025 Annual Meeting
11-14 Jun 2025 – ISSCR Annual Meeting in HK!
I had the fortunate opportunity to speak in the concurrent session on ‘Metabolism, Stem Cells and Cancer” under the theme of “Somatic Stem Cells and Cancer” that is chaired by Prof Lijian Hui and Prof Richard Gilbertson. Great to see so many friends in town!![]()
ISSCR 2025 Public Symposium
10 Jun 2025 – Innovating the Future – The Power of Stem Cells For Regenerative Medicine & Biotechnology
It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to share our research work with a broader audience at the ISSCR 2025 Public Symposium held at HKSTP. Thank you to the organizers, in particular Prof. Kathy Cheah, for the invitation.



2nd Edinburgh – HK Joint Symposium on Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
3 Jun 2025 – Despite losing my luggage, I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the University of Edinburgh with colleagues from the School of Biomedical Sciences and had the opportunity to share my team’s research. A big thank you to Ralf Jauch and Marieke Hoeve for their meticulous organization.


Asia Summit on Global Health 2025
26-27 May 2025 – An incredible honor to chair the panel discussion on ‘The Changing Face of Cancer’ with Kwan-Hyun Cho, Xianding Ma, Dr. Diana Pignalosa, Min-Han Tan, Jody TIAN and Leo Wang at Asia Summit on Global Health 2025 held at the HK Convention Center. Very insightful discussions from our esteemed panelists on reversal therapy, liquid biopsies, immunotherapies, and strategic funding and acceleration in oncology innovation. 

