28-30 Sept 2026 – Asia-Pacific Spatial Translational Research Alliance (ASTRA) conference in Nara.
Conferences
[Upcoming] 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.
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!
ASTRA 2025
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.
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.
SMA Lab 