Thank you for the invitation to speak at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Cancer Prevention. Good to see old friends (though virtually) and learn about new cancer studies. Hope to visit and attend the conference in person next time! Program here.
News
Our new paper in Cancer Research
Very happy to see our work on FSTL1+ CAFs in driving HCC stemness and metastasis finally published in the most recent issue of Cancer Research. Also out is our recently published and related mini-review article on the role of CAFs in the maintenance of stemness in the tumor microenviornment. Very well done, JJ, Carol, Natalie, and the team. We also thank our collaborators for their support.
Read the Cancer Research and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology articles here.
Our new publication in Gut
Stepped out of our comfort zone and explored into lineage tracing and scRNA-seq. Years of hard work with great preserverance from our three leading authors Lena, Ken and Eric; and a wonderful collaboration with Dr. Joshua Ho. Excited to share our lab’s latest work published in Gut.
Lineage tracing and single-cell analysis reveal proliferative Prom1+ tumor-propagating cells and their dynamic cellular transition during liver cancer progression – read all about it here!
Lowy Cancer Seminar Series at UNSW Sydney
Stephanie gave a virtual talk on “Cancer stem cell niche in hepatocellular carcinoma” at the monthly Lowy Cancer Seminar Series, Lowy Cancer Research Centre at the University of South Wales in Sydney on September 29, 2021. Thank you for the invitation. Hope there are opportunites to collaborate in the future! Details of the seminar series can be found here.
Congrats and Goodbye
Congrats to Lena on her paper in Gut (more details to follow) … and thank you for your contribution to our lab. Your dedication to research is admirable. All the best to you in your new adventures. Hope we can continue to work together as collaborators in the future!
Congrats to Dr Jane Loong!
Congrats to Jane on her PhD! All the best in your new endeavor at the Francis Crick Institute!
Our review in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology
It’s finally out! Check out our review in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology detailing the most updated knowledge of liver cancer stem cell biology. Thanks to the authors involved. Truly a pleasure to be able to work with NatRevGastroHep. Read here.
Our new paper in Cell Reports
Happy to share our lab’s latest work published in the Aug 24 2021 issue of Cell Reports. Loss of tyrosine catabolic enzyme HPD promotes glutamine anaplerosis through mTOR signaling in liver cancer. Great work by Carol with collaborations from Zongwei Cai’s group of Baptist University in Hong Kong. Open access here.
Hello and Welcome … 2021 version
August 2021 – A very warm welcome to all the new members of the team. This includes our not so new postdocs Ianto, Sara and Gao (sorry for the late update), PhD students Sheree, Huanwen and Venus as well as our MRes(Med) student Justin! And congratulations to Eric on his recent promotion to RAP! 
10th International Workshop on Cancer Systems Biology at Jilin University
Happy to have the opportunity to participate in the 10th International Workshop on Cancer Systems Biology (ICSB2021) hosted by Jilin University from July 31 to August 1, 2021. The workshop gathered 20 chinese academics working in different parts of the world. I was told the presentations attracted over 10,000 audience on various social platforms. The power of virtual conferences!
The SMA Lab 