Congrats to Natalie Li on completing her MPhil degree. All the best to you in your future endeavours!
News
Cancer: myths, misconception and truths
August 26 2018
Translating our knowledge to the public
Our article in Now.com (Life) – 〈好Heal〉拆解癌症迷思
Part of the article shown below.
Full version can be found here.
New Academic Year 2018/19
This year, we welcome Matthew (our new PhD student) as well as Marco and Alan (our BBMS FYP students) to the team. Best of luck with your studies ahead!
TBRS Symposium: Gastric Cancer Genomics and Beyond
August 28 2018 – Theme Based Research Scheme (TBRS) Symposium: Gastric Cancer Genomics and Beyond – Organoids, Genomics and Cell Biology
Stephanie presented the team’s latest work on use of organoids for the studies of gastric and liver cancer biology.
CSHL Meeting – Mechanisms and Models of Cancer 2018
August 14-18 2018 – Cold Spring Harbor Lab Meeting – Mechanisms and Models of Cancer.
Great meeting! Stephanie shared the team’s work ‘Arginine methylation by PRMT6 as a novel stemness and metabolic regulator in hepatocellular carcinoma”. Bonus: meeting James Watson! #watsonandcrick #thedoublehelix #nobellaureate #DNA #90yo
Cancer Stem Cell Conference 2018
Aug 6-8 2018 – Cancer Stem Cell Conference 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the third meeting series of this biannual event. Stephanie presented the team’s work on PRMT6 and its effect through post-translational modification via arginine methylation in the context of liver cancer.
Catching up with Jack in NYC
Great catching up with Jack our former PhD graduate in NYC! Thanks for coming out all the way from Connecticut. All the best to your research at Yale!
Standing on the shoulders of giants
In the blink of an eye, 11 years have gone by since my PhD studies at HKU. Thank you HKU Graduate School for the interview. The article is included as part of the August 2018 issue of the HKU Graduate School Newsletter.
Patents Granted!
Some time ago, our team developed a monoclonal antibody specific against ANXA3. We are happy to share that after years of work, we have successfully obtained two US patents for the use of this antibody for HCC detection, prognosis and therapy (US 9,487,831 granted November 2016 and US 10,000,558 granted June 2018). Congrats to the 3 inventors on the patents – Stephanie Ma, Man Tong and Xin-Yuan Guan!
What’s it like being a scientist?
Stephanie is super happy to have had the opportunity to participate in the Croucher Science Week – What’s it like Being a Scientist? School Tours this year. She, along with her partner Krates, performed at the HK Science Museum during HK SciFest 2018 and at a number of local primary schools from March to November, spreading science fun.
Details to the show:
Science is fascinating. It brings wonder and understanding to the world. But, what is it like to be a scientist? In this entertaining show, you’ll meet scientists who will re-enact one of the greatest scientific experiments of all time – Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment. They will let you in on what it feels like to be a scientist doing cutting-edge research in modern day Hong Kong – and will lead the entire audience in a scientific experiment that everyone can do.
