#ISSCR2025 co-chaired by Prof Kathryn Cheah culminated in June with a panel session featuring members of the HK Spinal Muscular Atrophy community, highlighting the transformative power of patient advocacy, clinical expertise & gov't collaboration in improving treatment access.

We had an inspiring presentation when Ben Becker took us along to delve deep inside our brains and visualise how they process emotions, with implications for mental health. To all 50+ participants, thank you for coming!

Host: @ralfhku.bsky.social
#KEseminar #GermanConsulateGeneralHongKong

Less than a month left until our official QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! We will have an amazing list of guest speakers, including Ralf Jauch
@ralfhku.bsky.social from The University of Hong Kong. Book your free ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
#qmul #epigenetics

It's been great of have @alexdemendoza.bsky.social visit and inspire us at @hkusbms.bsky.social. It looks like DNA methylation has even deeper roots in our ancestry than Sox 🤔. But it's been the evolution of the latter connecting us scientifically and we could finally meet up in person.

Join us in-person on May 12 for a stimulating KE seminar by #HKU Prof Benjamin Becker on AI-inspired mind reading, brain scans and mental health, hosted by Prof Ralf Jauch @ralfhku.bsky.social. Do stay behind to network.

Register today: hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?

It's been an honour to be invited by the Hong Kong Laureate Forum to reflect on our work on the origins of animals and stem cells:
hklaureateforum.org/en/what-tool...

#𝗦𝗕𝗠𝗦 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟭𝟵🔥
Enjoy feature stories about SBMS’ teaching excellence, as well as innovation and connection in the fields of rare diseases, neuroscience, and entrepreneurship.

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Thanks, Kathy, for bringing this key event to Hong Kong

Our PIs are active in start-ups, spin-offs, and InnoHK centres, advancing biomedicine and bioinformatics. We drive translational research and KE activities and interdisciplinary collaborations to enhance HK's digital-tech & innovation leadership. (2/2)

What is true for the mouse is true for the elephant

It's been an inspiring meeting at an emerging research focused University founded just 10 years ago with superb facilities I'm sure we will hear much more of in the future. @liang-lab.bsky.social joined me to represent @hkusbms.bsky.social.

Save the date for the GSCN #Conference on #stemcell #research and #translation in #Munich at @www.helmholtz-munich.de from 15 - 17 Oct 2025. Registration is open gscn-conferences.org/gscn-confere...

An acidic residue within the OCT4 dimerization interface of SOX17 is necessary and sufficient to overcome its pluripotency-inducing activity:
www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...

The 2nd Edinburgh-HK Joint Symposium in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine by the IRR will take place on 3 June in Edinburgh with featured speakers from #HKU, #CUHK, and #UoE. 2 of our HKU RPG students will join @ralfhku.bsky.social and colleagues to present their work.

For more: bit.ly/4aEVNLf

Thanks, Bob, for bringing us to VISTEC, Thailand, for an exciting symposium.
vistec.ac.th/faculty-adju...

I had the opportunity to visit the beautifully preserved study at the 'Villa Medusa' in my hometown of Jena, where Ernst Haeckel, credited with coining the term stemcell once worked. www.wissenschaftsgeschichte.uni-jena.de/en

Flatteringly, @forbes.com took an interest in our work on the evolution of the toolkits of stem cells. www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
Quite frankly, there is a lot of mouse DNA in a mouse iPSC cell line. Wonder if we will show up on one of their lists one day.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Really nice to see our latest work on Sox/POU origins covered in detail in the @washingtonpost.com by Kasha Patel, the 🦠choano-mouse🐁 is getting the love it deserves! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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