Johnson and Ianto shared their research findings at the annual SKLLR Internal Meeting that was held on August 20th. Always lovely to gather with different research groups working in the same field to catch up, share and discuss. Well done to both and in particular Johnson who won one of the Best Presentation Awards 🙂
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Happy Farewells
Our best wishes to Carol, Yunong, and Justin!
I cannot be more proud of Carol and am thrilled to see her start her own independent lab in the School of Biomedical Sciences at CUHK this summer. Carol was my first PhD student and I have witnessed her growth and achievements, both academically and personally, over the years. I have no doubt she will continue to fly high and look forward to seeing her further accomplishments in the future.
Yunong is finishing off his MPhil study under the supervision of Carol, and will be beginning his PhD program with Carol in her new lab at CUHK.
Justin is finishing off his MBBS Enrichment Year and MRes[Med] study with us. Justin – Best of luck as you begin clinical rotations in medical school. I hope to see you continue doing research as a medical doctor in the future!
Thank you all for your contribution to the SMA lab. It has been a pleasure working with you!
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Our review paper in Hepatology
Thrilled to have an opportunity to contribute a review article to the journal Hepatology. Our Ph.D. student Sheree provided a nice summary of our current understanding of noncellular components of the liver cancer stem cell niche and their potential clinical implications. 
It has been a while!
Very strict dining and gathering restrictions in HK for the most part of the first and second quarters of 2022. Finally had an opportunity to gather and celebrate birthdays in the lab.
Our latest lab group photo with new members Angela Kong (RA) and Grace Guan (summer intern). Welcome!
InnoHK Launch Ceremony
The InnoHK Launch Ceremony was held on May 25th, 2022, marking a new milestone in the HKSAR Government’s commitment to promoting HK’s innovation and technology. Blessed to be part of this era of new research and innovation opportunities in HK through participation in Prof CM Che’s Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Prof Pentao Liu’s Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology.
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6th IASCBC 2022
Stephanie shared the team’s latest research work on the liver CSC tumor microenvironment at the recent 6th International Anatomical Sciences and Cell Biology Conference (IASCBC) held virtually from February 21 to 23, 2022. Thank you to Leilei Chen for the invitation and for chairing the session on Cancer Biology. Hope to visit Singapore in person next time! 
Review paper in Exp Cell Res
Happy to share our new review paper on ‘Organoids as research models for hepatocellular carcinoma’ published in Experimental Cell Research. A great way to wrap up 2021. Congrats to Justin, our MRes(Med) student, on his very first paper!
Christmas 2021
Team lunch to celebrate Christmas and a year of hard work. Thank you all for your dedication and passion in what we do. Picture taken after lunch buffet at Cafe Too, Island Shangri-la. Merry Christmas from all of us to you!
Our joint publication in Cancer Research
Happy to share our new Cancer Research paper from a fruitful collaboration with Dr. Alan Wong’s team. Thank you Alan for leading this project and for involving us. Congrats to the two co-first authors Xu Feng and Carol!
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State Key Lab of Liver Research Internal Research Meeting 2021
December 11, 2021 – Huajian, Matthew and Yunong of the team presented at this year’s State Key Laboratory of Liver Research (SKLLR) Internal Research Meeting. Morning well spent sharing our work and also learning about other liver disease-related studies! Congratulations to Matthew on securing one of the three Best Oral Presentation Awards and Yunong on securing the Best Poster Presentation Award. Proud of you all!
The SMA Lab 