16 members of the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS) including Prof. Chan Wai-yee, Director of SBS, Prof. Wan Chao, Prof. Feng Bo, Prof. Albert H.H. Cheung, as well as postgraduate students and research staff, attended the 8th Guangzhou International Conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and the 4th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Regenerative Cell Biology held on 18 and 19 December 2015 in Guangzhou, China.

The Conference was organized by the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, CAS, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, GIBH-CUHK Joint Research Laboratory on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and GIBH-HKU Guangdong-Hong Kong Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre. 28 scientists from China, South Korea, New Zealand, U.K., U.S.A. and other European countries were invited as speakers in the Conference. Please refer to the official website of the Conference for more details.

The Conference was immediately followed by Hong Kong and Guangzhou International Conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine co-organized by GIBH of CAS and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) in Hong Kong on 20 December 2015. Prof. Chan Wai-yee, Director of SBS was also invited to take part in the event by giving a closing remarks and Prof. Kenneth K. H. Lee, Chief of the Stem Cell and Regeneration Thematic Research Program, was the moderator of a discussion panel in the Conference. 

Indeed, our School and GIBH of CAS have established the CUHK-GIBH CAS Joint Research Laboratory on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine since August 2012. Through this joint establishment and participation in the above annual conference, our School members can be better enabled to reach out and connect with mainland and overseas scientists renowned in stem cell and regenerative medicine, hence yielding more academic collaborations in this broad area in future.

Group photo taken at the 8th Guangzhou International Conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and the 4th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Regenerative Cell Biology

Group photo of SBS delegation to the 8th Guangzhou International Conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and the 4th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Regenerative Cell Biology

Prof. Chan Wai-yee (rear, 4th from left) and Prof. Kenneth Lee (rear, 3rd from left) take group photo with the invited speakers and honorable guests of the Conference including The Hon. C.Y. Leung, The Chief Executive of HKSAR (front, in the middle) and The Hon. Fanny Law, GBS, JP, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) (front, 6th from left)

Prof. Kenneth Lee serves as the moderator of a discussion panel (1st from left)

Prof. Chan Wai-yee gives closing remarks at the Conference

Prof. Chan Wai-yee (left) and The Hon. Fanny Law, GBS, JP (right)

Prof. Kenneth Lee (right) and The Hon. Fanny Law, GBS, JP (left)