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.
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SKLLR Internal Research Meeting 2024
PhD students Venus, Angel, Huanwen, and Jingyi presented their research projects at the SKLLR Internal Research Meeting on August 17, 2024. Congratulations to Angel on securing the one and only Best Poster Award!
Congrats to Dr. Huajian Yu!
Congratulations to Huajian on getting her PhD! Very happy to witness her growth over the years. Well done!
HKU Pasteur Cell Biology Course 2024
Stephanie lectured on cancer stemness at this year’s HKU Pasteur Cell Biology Course, which is already running in its tenth year. Happy to have the opportunity to participate. Thank you Roberto for the invitation.
Highlights of the event available here through IG.
RGC Theme-Based Research Scheme Funding
Ecstatic to be funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong on our project “Understanding Phenotypic Plasticity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma to Mitigate Therapy Resistance and Tumor Recurrence” this year. Fortunate to be collaborating with a stellar team. Looking forward to doing some cross-disciplinary science with the TRS group with PIs who span HKU, CUHK, PolyU, and HKUST in the next five years. Thank you RGC for the trust and support!
Oct 2024 update – Unveiling our new TRS grant logo 🤩
EACR 2024 in Rotterdam
June 10-13, 2024 with Huanwen, Huajian and Jia.
All the best Jia-Jian!
May 24, 2024 – Bidding farewell to our PhD graduate Jia-Jian, and wishing him all the best in his new endeavors at the Francis Crick Institute!
SBMS RPG Poster Presentation 2024
The School of Biomedical Sciences had its annual RPG Poster Presentation on May 21, 2024. Congratulations to Angel on securing one of the Best Presentation Awards.
Cell Stem Cell – Hallmarks Review Series
Fortunate to have the opportunity to contribute a review article on Hallmarks of Cancer Stemness in the Hallmarks Reviews Series of Cell Stem Cell.
The series of review articles apply the hallmarks framework to define distinct aspects of stem cell biology, spanning from stem cell aging, metabolism, and potency to cancer stem cells and tissue regeneration. Read all about it here.
AACR 2024 in San Diego
April 5-10, 2024 with Johnson, Ianto, Venus, Angel, Elok and Matt.
SMA Lab 