The International Conference 2025 for Drug Discovery and Development, organized by the Laboratory for Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Limited (LSCCB), took place successfully in Hong Kong from March 17 to 19, 2025. The three-day event facilitated in-depth discussions on various topics, including synthetic chemistry, chemical biology, diagnostics, theranostics, and multi-omics. During the conference, Stephanie presented on the team’s recent research, focusing on the use of a chemical biology approach to discover a small molecule inhibitor targeting the oncometabolite AGPAT4. Special thanks to Prof. CM Che for the invitation to speak at the event.

Happy to have the opportunity to co-organize and serve as a moderator for one of the sessions in the Young Academy of Sciences Summit sub-conference on “From Cancer Discovery Science to Therapeutic Innovation”.

14-15 Dec 2024 – Thank you Prof Ying Xu for the invitation to this year’s ICSB held at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen. A weekend well spent meeting people whose work we have followed on PubMed but first time meeting in person! Stephanie shared the team’s latest work on therapeutic targeting of HCC cell plasticity.

4-5 Dec 2024 – Congratulations to our two PhD students Venus and Angel on getting best oral and best poster presentation awards at this year’s HKUMed Research Postgraduate Symposium. Very well done and proud of you!

November 3rd 2024 – Thank you Shi-Yong for the invitation to speak. Sunday morning was well spent sharing the team’s research on oncofetal proteins in maintaining a more stemness state in HCC at the Anti-Cancer Together (ACT) Online Forum.

Stephanie shared the team’s latest findings on the discovery of potential therapies for CTNNB1 mutation-driven HCC using a genetically defined, syngeneic mouse organoid platform at this year’s SKLLR Symposium, held on October 16th, 2024, at Renaissance Harbor View Hotel HK.

Thank you Yan Yan of Huazhong Agricultural University for the invitation to speak at this international symposium. Saturday afternoon well spent in an engaging session on mechanisms of tumorigenesis and prevention strategies.

Sept 19-21, 2024 – 83rd Annual Meeting of JCA at Fukuoka, Japan

Stephanie gave a talk in the International Session on ‘”Cellular Plasticity: How do cancer cells rewire molecular, biochemical and phenotypic pathways for adapting to malignant progression?”. Thank you Wai-Leong Tam and Hiromichi Ebi for the invitation to speak. A pleasure to meet both in person and reconnect with old friends.

June 10-13, 2024 with Huanwen, Huajian and Jia.