Register today for our June 18 public lecture “What is Life?”🌏 by Sir Paul Nurse (Francis Crick Institute Director, University of Bristol Chancellor, 2001 Nobel Laureate), a geneticist and cell biologist who works on how the eukaryotic cell cycle is controlled.

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👋🏻Join us! 2024 HK Inter-University Postgraduate Symposium in Biochemical and Life Sciences aims to foster inter-institutional connections & interactions among local post-grads & PIs from various biochemical, biological, and life sciences research fields. 2024hkinteru.com/guidelineandre…

We asked three HKUMed scientists how they are using artificial intelligence to aid their research.

From detecting cancers to assessing heart attack risk, here’s a snapshot of how AI is being used in medical research: buff.ly/3v6KU4m

Joshua Ho Celine Chui HKU

Discover what art has got to do with DNA next weekend as Simon Chi-Chin Shiu displays the work and creative process of his cross-disciplinary collab with 2 artists at 𝘋𝘯𝘈𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, a DNA-themed exhibition with interactive workshops. See you there!

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Congrats to Prof Rio Sugimura and his team from Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology HKU SBMS on their latest publication! The paper titled 'SARS-CoV-2 infection activates inflammatory macrophages in vascular immune organoids' has been published in Scientific Reports

Read the paper here: bit.ly/3QAaCpt

The HKU delegation won 2 Special Grand Prizes, 2 Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury, as well as 15 gold, 19 silver and 4 bronze medals at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva – our best result ever. Meet HKU's record-breaking team of innovators!

SBMS PIs won 4 gold and 2 silver medals at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. Big round of applause to our winning teams!
Prof Jiandong Huang🥇🥈
Prof Pengtao Liu🥇
Joshua Ho🥇 w/ Congrats of the Jury
@AWHKU🥈
zhiqin chu🥇
More at bit.ly/3wbr2xq

Research co-led by Professor Philip Li, Professor Liu Pengtao and Professor CS Lau has pioneered a new stem cell model to help personalise treatment for patients with rare forms of immunodeficiency.

For more: hkumed.hk/wsh

Researchers HKUMed and the Faculty of Engineering The University of Hong Kong have developed an innovative screening platform to rapidly assess the impact of SARS-CoV-2 mutations on disease severity.

For more on their work: buff.ly/3xjazYe

Here is a recap of the inaugural HKU-CUHK Joint Postdoctoral Biomedical Sciences Symposium! This was a fantastic opportunity for postdocs from HKU SBMS and CUHK School of Biomedical Sciences to come together, share research ideas👩🏼‍🏫, and build connections👨🏻‍🔬.

See you in 2025!

SBMS Newsletter Issue 15 is now released!🥳📷 It includes most recent happenings of our School. E-copy and previous issues available at sbms.hku.hk/news-and-event…

#HKUMed #HKUBiomed #Biomed #Newsletter #hkusbms #港大生物醫學 #香港大學 #港大生物訊息學

It is my pleasure to share with the global anatomy community #AnatomyConnected24 our work on Human Body Donation: Infusing medical humanity in anatomy education through body donation program. Check out the ePoster.

Congratulations to the four teams of students and their teacher advisers from HKUMed who picked up five prizes at the 4th Symposium on Redesigning Student Learning Experience in Higher Education!

#MedEd

Congratulations to our School members Stephanie Ma Julian Tanner Dr. Jian Yang Enoch Chan who have received recognition for their talents and expertise at the HKU Excellence Awards 2023. Salute to their exceptional and inspirational accomplishments🥳

Our Lead Scientist Joshua Ho today met with the Jockey Club Global STEM Post-doctoral Fellowship for Translational Research and Application Selection Committee. Professor Ho highlighted the innovative work by Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, with a special focus on #Vitogram . Vitome Limited

Researchers from HKU SBMS have developed an innovative method to transform blood and skin cells into brain stem cells, opening up new possibilities for studying and working towards treatments for age-related diseases.

Ralf Jauch

For more: hkumed.hk/s2u

Thanks, Mingxi for your fantastic work in the last 5 years it's been a privilege to have you on the team. Wishing you a terrific start at Altos Labs San Diego next month. Looking forward to getting rejuvenated!

Researchers from HKU SBMS and HKUST have developed a breakthrough platform to generate functional immune cells from human expanded potential stem cells.

The team expects the findings will provide new avenues for cancer treatment.
Rio Sugimura

For more: hkumed.hk/vuz

First-year medical students recently joined a respect ceremony to thank the people who donated their bodies for anatomy teaching, known as Great Body Teachers.

Dr Yang Jian (Dr. Jian Yang) of HKU SBMS told students to reflect and “think about what kind of doctor you want to be”.