Stella Chai defended her PhD thesis with an outstanding ranking on 25 August 2015 and became the 2nd student to receive a PhD degree in our lab. Congrats Dr Chai. Well done!
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MBBS Year 3 Special Study Module 2014-2015
We are happy to have ‘soon doctors to be’ Ms. Rosemarie Hon Yiu Chiu and Mr. Kenneth Kwan Kit Chan to attach to our lab for 1 month in June 2015 as part of the MBBS Year 3 Special Study Module Elective. It was nice having you two in the lab. Thank you for your work. We hope you also found our research work interesting. Best of luck with your studies ahead!
Hello School of Biomedical Sciences!
Marking history. Out with the Department and in with the School.
Hello, School of Biomedical Sciences @ HKU!
Anatomy Dept Postgrad Symposium 2015
Congratulations to Steve on being awarded one of the Best Presentation Awards at this year’s (and the last) Anatomy Department Postgraduate Symposium. Stella, Jack and Marco should also be commended for their great presentations as well! Good job everyone!
International Symposium on Transplantation & Cancer Immunology
A big hand to Stella on being awarded one of the Outstanding Presentation of Young Investigator Awards at the International Symposium on Transplantation & Cancer Immunology, jointly organized by HKU and INSERM.
Higher Education Institution of China – Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Awards (Second-Class in Science and Technology Section)
Prof Xin-Yuan Guan, Dr. Leilei Chen, Dr. Stephanie Ma, Dr Yan Li, Dr. Ming Liu, Prof Ning-Fang Ma, Dr Liang Hu and Dr Tim Hon-Man Chan, leading the project entitled “Characterization of the molecular mechanism in the initiation and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma” were awarded the 2014 Higher Education Institution of China – Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Awards (Second-Class Award in Science and Technology Section). The award ceremony was held on 7 May 2015 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Congratulations to all the recipients!!
2014 中國高等學校科學研究優秀成果獎(科學技術二等獎)
研究項目:「肝癌發生發展的分子機制研究」
研究團隊: 關新元,陳蕾蕾,馬桂宜,李妍,劉銘,馬寧芳,胡亮,陳漢文
中國國家教育部
Welcome to the team, Eric and Lena!
Welcome to the team, Eric and Lena! Here is our latest group photo (April 2015).
Croucher Award Ceremony
A recap of the presentation ceremony for the 2014 and 2015 Croucher Innovation and Senior Fellowship Awards that was help on 14 April 2015. Again, our heartfelt thanks to Croucher Foundation for their support in our research work on liver cancer stem cells.
More details of the awards and recipients of HKU can be found here:
http://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_12611.html
http://uvision.hku.hk/playvideo.php?mid=19199
Details of the event can be found here through the Croucher Foundation website: https://www.croucher.org.hk/ten-distinguished-scholars-receive-croucher-innovation-and-senior-research-fellowship-awards#.VUnrTsscTL-
AACR 2015
Stella’s work on the interplay of miRNA-1246 and Wnt/beta-catenin in maintenance of HCC stemness was selected for oral presentation in a mini-symposium at the AACR Annual Meeting this year.
Croucher ASI on Stem Cells: Biology and Applications
5-7 January 2015 – Stephanie delivered a talk on “Clinical implications of cancer stem cell biology in hepatocellular carcinoma – CD133 and beyond” at the Croucher Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Stem Cells: Biology and Applications held at HKU.
SMA Lab 