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Prof. Tong was invited to a talk at Zhengzhou University where she shared the relationship between tumor-directed NET and therapy resistance in HCC.

Prof. Tong, Caesar, Yunong, and Xueqing attended the AACR annual meeting at San Diego. They shared their research work and communicate with researchers around the world.

Prof. Tong along with Hedy, Caesar, and Xu Liang, have recently hosted a workshop held by HKACT for secondary school students. Students dived deep into cell culture, PCR, gel electrophoresis, and fluorescence staining.

Alvin and Linglin attended the annual congress of Hong Kong Society of Immunology where they presented their research work.

Prof. Tong was invited to share her experience at the Education and Careers Expo held by Hong Kong Trade Development Council, about her educational paths and her view on biotech industry opportunities. Details of the expo can be found in the link below: https://www.hktdc.com/event...

Prof. Tong, Linglin, and Hedy attended the Tumor Heterogeneity, Plasticity and Therapy conference in Belgium duing 10-12, December 2025 where they shared their latest findings in HCC.

Prof. Tong was invited to deliver a talk at University College of London, where she shared her insights in liver cancer research.

Welcome Billy to join the team as student intern!

Congratulations to Yunong for passing his oral defense!

A huge congratulation to Caesar's poster stood out as Outstanding Poster Presentaion among all presenters! Xueqing and Hedy also won the Most Popular Poster award!

Yunong attended the Advanced Symposium on Mechanisms and Animal Models of Human Diseases in Yunnan, China, where he gave his oral presentation and won the First Price! Congratulations to Yunong!

Dr. Xu Liang has joined the lab as postdoctoral fellow after completing his PhD in University of Newcastle. Welcome Dr. Xu!

Hui Shuen presented her work in the Summer Undergraduate Biomedical Research Attachment 2025. She also got the judges commendation award for her hardwork. Congratulations to Hui Shuen!

Jodie has joined our lab as PhD student. Chris and Jiahuan have also transferred from RA to PhD student.

Our new RA & lab manager Alvin has joined the lab, welcome Alvin.

Our lab, led by Professor Tong, along with Alvin, Hinson, and Hui Shuen, have recently hosted a talk and lab tour for secondary school students. The visit aimed to provide guidance and insights for those interested in this field of study and to explore educational opportunities at CUHK SBS.

Our PhD student Yunong got a travel award and attended the conference "The Liver week 2025" in Gyeongju, Korea

Professor Tong was invited to speak at the "First Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Clinical and Basic Interdisciplinary Research Forum on Traditional Chinese Medicine" in Guangzhou, presenting on "Mechanisms of Interplay in the Tumor Microenvironment and Treatment Resistance in Liver...

Few of our lab members led by Professor Tong recently attended a research conference "FASEB SRC meeting on Cellular Plasticity in Cancer". Besides the talks given by different scholars, our PhD and MPhil students also gave a poster presentation about their latest updates of their own research....

Congratulations TK on finishing the FYP project and presentation. Thank you for your hard work throughout this year!