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• 2024-11-24       Congratulations to Elsie for winning the Best Poster Presentation Award

                                     (Basic Science) at the 41th HKSEMR Annual Scientific Meeting.

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• 2024-11-16        After rounds of revision, our findings on BDNF's role in myositis has 

                                      been accepted by Redox Biology. Well done Brian and Elsie!

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• 2024-10-26      研究資助局公眾講座: 抗擊肥胖症–現狀與挑戰

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• 2024-07-01       A warm welcome to Laura joining our lab!

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• 2024-03-20    Our study on the role of BDNF in exercise recovery has been selected as                                    the cover story of Science Signaling.

                                       (Reported in SCMP)​

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• 2024-03-13     Congratulations to our "best student" Coco on her successful PhD thesis                                    defense!       

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• 2024-02-01     Want to know why we are all getting fatter? Join the public lecture                                                presented by Prof. Chan. 

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• 2023-12-17       Congratulations to Coco for winning the Best Presentation Award

                                     (Basic Science) at the 40th HKSEMR Annual Scientific Meeting.

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• 2023-06-05    Congratulations to Coco and Elsie for receiving the Best Presentation                                        Award (Postgraduate Student) at the Molecular and Cell Biology                                                  Symposium 2023!

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• 2023-03-30    Hearty congratulations to Teresa for receiving the Hong                                                                  Kong PhD Fellowship!

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• 2022-12-19       Brian has finally evolved from Mr. to Dr.! Congrats to Brian for his                                                successful Ph.D. Viva.  

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• 2022-04-11       A new Ph.D. in Lab is just "born"! Congrats to Xinyi for her successful                                          oral defense.

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• 2022-04-02    Hurrah......our report on SBK1's first substrate ever is accepted by                                                  Hepatology!

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• 2021-12-28       We have two Dr. Chan in our lab now! Congrats to Wing Suen for her                                          successful oral defense. 

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• 2021-12-16        Another Ph.D. from Chan Lab - Congrats to Dr. Charles Ng for his 

                                      successful oral defense!

 

• 2021-08-18      Our study on BDNF and mitochondria quality control is accepted by                                           Autophagy. 

                                     [Reported in HKU Press Release, Singtao Daily (Chinese), 頭條日報                                                  (Chinese), Mirage, Oriental Daily (Chinese), SkyPost (Chinese), 

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                                     Bioengineer]

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• 2021-08-13       Chan lab got the 2020-21 HMRF grant.

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• 2021-07-06      Hearty congratulations to Elsie for receiving the HKU                   

                                       Presidential Fellowship!

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• 2021-06-30      Hurrah! Chan Lab got the 2021-22 GRF.

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• 2021-06-01       Dr. Wai Hung Sit is joining us as the technician. A warm welcome to                                             Sit!

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• 2020-12-02      Congratulations to Palak on achieving her Ph.D. degree! Please call                                                 her Dr. Ahuja from now on.

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• 2019-11-04       Charles won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 36th Annual                                           Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Endocrinology,                                                    Metabolism, and Reproduction. Wing Suen also aced the Best Oral                                             Presentation Award at the same meeting.Terrific, Charles and Wing  Suen!

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• 2019-08-14      Our Science Signaling paper is now available

                                      (featured in BioArt (Chinese) and Circulation).

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• 2019-03-20     ​Chan lab got the 2018-19 HMRF grant.

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• 2018-11-04       Bravo! Wing Suen got the Best Oral Presentation Award at the                                                      35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of                                                        Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Reproduction. 

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• 2018-09-08    Congratulations to Xiuying on her publication in Cellular Physiology                                             and Biochemistry.

 

• 2018-07-01     Chan lab got the 2018-19 GRF. 

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• 2018-06-20    Congratulations to John on his study being accepted by Metabolism.

 

• 2017-06-30    Chan lab got the 2017-18 GRF.

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• 2017-04-12     Margaret's study on PIKE-A is now published in Diabetes. Way to                                                 go!  

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