The 2^nd Retreat of the Max Planck-GIBH Centre for Regenerative Biomedicine and CUHK-MPI-GIBH Joint Symposium on Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine was successfully held at the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), during 8-10 October 2018.

The opening remarks was given by Prof. Chan Wai-yee, Director of SBS, followed by welcoming addresses from Prof. Rocky S. Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK, Ms. Gong Haihua, Chief of Division of European Affairs, Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Prof. Schöler Hans, Director of Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine (MPI-MB), respectively. Sixteen delegates from the Max Planck Institutes, 20 delegates from the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH), CAS, Principal Investigators from SBS and the Institute for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine (iTERM), CUHK as well as academics from The University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology participated in the event, and shared and exchanged their research findings and experiences in the areas of stem cell, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Before the start of sharing sessions, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Signing Ceremony between SBS, MPI-MB and the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research (MPI-HLR) was conducted.  Under the witness of Prof. Rocky Tuan, Ms. Gong Haihua, Mr. David Schmidt, Deputy Consul General, German Consulate General Hong Kong, representatives of the respective signing parties including Prof. Schöler Hans, Prof. Chan Wai-yee and Prof. Thomas Braun, Co-Director of MPI-HLR signed the MoU. The signing of the MoU not only formed a sound foundation for pursuing academic and research collaborations with the two signing parties in the near future, but also signified an extension of the long term partnership between SBS and GIBH, CAS. 

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From the left:
Prof. Hans Schöler (Director of Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine), Prof. Wai Yee Chan (Director of School of Biomedical Sciences) and Prof. Thomas Braun (Co-Director of Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research)

Back row from the left:
Mr. David Schmidt (The Deputy Consul General from the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hong Kong), Prof. Rocky S. Tuan (Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK) and Ms. Haihua Gong (Chief of Division of European Affairs, Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences) to witness the signing ceremony.
 

From the left:

• Dr. Ralf Jauch, previously Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, now with the University of Hong Kong
• Dr. Thomas Rauen, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine; Initiator and Coordinator of the first annual retreat in Münster, Germany
• Mr. Julian Kauke, Vice Consul of Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hong Kong
• Prof. Wai Yee Chan, Director of School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
• Prof. Hans Schöler, Director of Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
• Mr. David Schmidt, The Deputy Consul General of Cultural and Press Affairs from the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hong Kong
• Prof. Rocky S. Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK
• Prof. Thomas Braun, Co-Director of Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
• Ms. Haihua Gong, Chief of Division of European Affairs, Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Prof. Ziyuan Duan, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Bo Feng, Co-coordinator of School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
• Dr. Xingguo Liu, Co-coordinator of GIBH
   

Group photo for the 2nd Retreat of the Max Planck-GIBH Center for Regenerative Biomedicine (MGCRB) and CUHK-MPI-GIBH Joint Symposium on Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine