Historical Timeline | MWLC

News, articles and events from MWLC, listed by year.

2016 to 2023

2023-12-31, Last day of the MWLC operations in Hong Kong
2023-10-18 to 20, KI conference on "Developing brains"
2023-04-21, Bioinformatics Platform's publication in iScience
2023-03-30, Prof Gonçalo Castelo-Branco had been awarded the 2022 ERC Advanced Grants
2023-01-31, Dr Simon Elsässer had been awarded the 2022 ERC Consolidator Grants
2023-01-23, MWLC announced its 2023 Seed Grant Programme for KI researchers
2023-01-11, Dr Sijie Chen’s publication in Science Advances

2022-11-17, Dr Ning Xu Landén had been awarded research grants by the LEO foundation
2022-10-14, Dr Francois Lallemend had been awarded project grants by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW)
2022-09-29, KI conference on "Developing brains"
2022-06-01, Dr Fredrik Lanner and Dr Simon Elsässer's publication in Nature Cell Biology
2022-05-06, Prof Gonçalo Castelo-Branco's publication in Developmental Cell
2022-02-10, Prof Gonçalo Castelo-Branco’s publication in Science
2022-02-07, Dr Simon Elsässer had been awarded the ERC Proof of Concept 2022 Grant
2022-01-28, Prof Gonçalo Castelo-Branco’s publication in Neuron

2021-12-22, Dr Sijie Chen’s research paper got highlighted as front cover in Advanced Healthcare Materials
2021-11-09, Dr Sijie Chen’s publication in PNAS
2021-11-01, Prof Gonçalo Castelo-Branco had been appointed as Professor of Glial Cell Biology
2021-10-06, Dr Zongli Zheng's publication in Journal of Thoracic Oncology
2021-09-17, Dr Christian Göritz's publication in Nature Communications
2021-09-01 to 02, KI conference on "Developing brains"
2021-08-26, Dr Fredrik Lanner’s publication in Nature Communications
2021-08-17, Dr Christian Göritz's publication in PNAS
2021-07-28, Dr Sijie Chen's research paper got highlighted as back cover in Small
2021-05-04, Prof Michael Chan and Prof Megan Ho from CUHK visited us ;and discussed collaboration opportunities
2021-04-12, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco’s publication in Nature Biotechnology
2021-03-10, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco had been awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize 2021 in Medicine
2021-02-25, Seminar “Modeling cellular state and dynamics in single cell genomics" by Prof Fabian J. Theis
2021-01-08, Dr Fredrik Lanner 's publication in Nature Cell Biology
2021-01-05, Dr Sijie Chen collaborated with local universities in getting CRF 2020/21

2020-11-1, Dr Simon Elsässer had been awarded the Consolidator grant 2020
2020-11-17, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco’s publication in Nature Communications
2020-11-12, Dr Simon Elsässer’s publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020-11-11, Mr Per Augustsson, the new Sweden Consul General in HK, visited us and met our researchers
2020-11-05 to 06, Internal retreat among KI Sweden and KI Hong Kong researchers
2020-10-20, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Carmen Navarro (Dr Simon Elsässer’s lab)
2020-10-09, Dr Simon Elsässer’s publication in Nature Communications
2020-09-09, Dr Simon Elsässer had been awarded the 2020 grant from IngaBritt och Arne Lundbergs Forskningsstiftelse
2020-09-09, Dr Ning Xu Landén was this year’s winner of the LEO Foundation Award in Region EMEA
2020-09-01 to 03, KI conference on "Developing brains"
2020-08-24, KI, St. Erik Eye Hospital and Novo Nordisk collaborated to find a cure for age-related macular degeneration
2020-07-28, Dr Simon Elsässer had been awarded the ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2020
2020-06-23, Dr Simon Elsässer’s publication in Cell Reports
2020-06-16, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Louis Faure (Medical University of Vienna)
2020-05-19, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Zhuang Liu (Dr Ning Xu Landén's lab)
2020-05-14, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco had been awarded the Eric K. Fernström prize 2020
2020-04-28, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Shangli Cheng (Bioinformatics Platform)
2020-03-31, Dr Fredrik Lanner's publications in both Nature Communications and Stem Cell Reports
2020-03-20, Dr Fredrik Lanner's publication in Stem Cell Reports
2020-03-06, Dr Sijie Chen's research paper got highlighted on the cover of Nanoscale Horizons
2020-03-03, Dr Fredrik Lanner's publication in Nature Communications
2020-03-02, Dr Simon Elsässer had been appointed as one of the seventh generation of Future Research Leaders
2020-02-25, Bioinformatics seminar by Baifeng Zhang (Dr Zongli Zheng's lab)
2020-02-05, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco double rewarded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW)
2020-01-21, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Eneritz Agirre (Dr Goncalo Castelo-Branco's lab)
2020-01-08, Dr Linxian Li's publication in Nature Biotechnology

2019-11-26, Bioinformatics seminar by Yin Yu Lam (Prof Ronald Li’s lab, HKU)
2019-11-07, Evaluation of MWLC researchers by International Scientific Advisory Board
2019-11-06 to 08, Internal retreat among KI Sweden and KI Hong Kong researchers
2019-11-06, Presentations and exchange among CUHK and MWLC researchers
2019-11-06, Lecture "Exploring heterogeneity of human skin cells" by Prof Fiona M Watt
2019-10-22, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Pankaj Kumar (Dr Fredrik Lanner's lab)
2019-10-14, Dr Zongli Zheng's publication in PNAS
2019-10-09 to 10, Nobel mini-symposium 55 "The dark side of the brain: Myelinating glia in the central and peripheral nervous system"
2019-10-04, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco was awarded SSMF’s Anniversary Prize
2019-09-23, Dr Simon Elsässer's publication in Cell Reports
2019-09-05, KI conference on "Developing brains"
2019-09-01, MWLC Associate Members Programme started
2019-08-20, Lecture "Bioimaging, diagnosis and therapy by conceptually new fluorogens" by Prof Ben Zhong Tang
2019-07-30, Seminar "Application of microfluidics in bacteria culture separation and detection" by Dr Shunbo Li
2019-06-04, Croucher Foundation and Nobel Media AB visited and met our researchers
2019-05-28, GOSSIPER seminar by Magdalena Wagner (Dr Fredrik Lanner's lab (CLINTEC))
2019-05-15 to 16, Internal retreat among KI Sweden and KI Hong Kong researchers
2019-05-15, Symposium on "Advances in reparative medicine"
2019-05-14, GOSSIPER seminar by Carolina Bengtsson Gonzales (Dr Jens Hjerling-Leffler's lab)
2019-04-30, GOSSIPER seminar by Khomgrit Morarach (Dr Ulrika Marklund's lab)
2019-04-09, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Athena Chu (Dr Zongli Zheng's lab)
2019-04-03, Symposium on "CNS injuries and repair"
2019-04-02, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Ana Falcao (Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco's lab)
2019-03-26, Dr Francois Lallemend's publication in Cell Reports
2019-03-19, GOSSIPER Seminar by Eduardo Guimaraes (Dr Christian Göritz's lab)
2019-03-12, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Carmen Navarro (Dr Simon Elsässer’s lab)
2019-03-08, AstraZeneca visited and met our researchers
2019-02-19, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Shangli Cheng (Bioinformatics Platform)
2019-01-23, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco's publication in Nature
2019-01-23, Bioinformatics seminar by Dr Soniya Savant (Dr Christian Göritz’s lab)
2019-01-11, Seminar “Integrative genomics and epigenomics for prioritizing disease variants and identifying treatment targets” by Prof Kevin Yip

2018-12-03, Symposium on "Human pluripotent stem cell-based precision medicine and therapies for heart diseases: From concepts to realities"
2018-11-21 to 22, Internal retreat among KI Sweden and KI Hong Kong researchers
2018-11-20, Reception on “Moving forward together: Shaping the future of Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine”
2018-11-14, Seminar "Divide and conquer: the road towards more stratified medicine for colorectal cancer” by Dr Xin Wang
2018-11-13, Bioinformatics seminar by Haohao Wu (Dr Francois Lallemend’s lab)
2018-11-12, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco's publication in Nature Medicine
2018-11-06, HKAPI and representatives from seven pharmaceutical companies visited to understand our work
2018-10-29, Seminar "Transcriptional and epigenetic states of oligodendrocyte lineage cells in the central nervous system: insights form single cell omics" by Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco
2018-10-23, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation In Research and Higher Education (STINT) visited us
2018-10-09, Bioinformatics seminar by David van Bruggen (Dr Goncalo Castelo-Branco's lab)
2018-09-06, KI Conference on "Developing brains"
2018-08-22, Department Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, visited and met our researchers
2018-08-20, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco's publication in Developmental Cell
2018-08-14, Seminar "Noninvasive high-resolution optical imaging, focusing, and stimulation at depths in tissue" by Dr Puxiang Lai
2018-07-13, Representatives of PolyU senior management visited and met our researchers
2018-06-28, Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, HKU, visited and discussed possible collaboration
2018-06-19, Second visit of KI President to the Centre
2018-03-25, Dr Sijie Chen's publication in Angewandte Chemie
2018-03-22 to 23, Representatives of Swedish Research Council, Association of Swedish Higher Education and five Swedish universities visited us
2018-03-22, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Athena Chu (Dr Zongli Zheng's lab)
2018-03-15, Seminar "Imaging and micro-endovascular navigation - time to redraw the map" by Prof Staffan Holmin
2018-03-08, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Sheng Xie (Dr Sijie Chen's lab)
2018-03-03, AstraZeneca and KI professors visited us
2018-03-01, Dr Christian Göritz's publication in Cell
2018-02-08 GOSSIPER seminar by Dörte Schlesinger (Dr Simon Elsässer's lab)
2018-02-07 CEO of Nobel Media AB and CG of Sweden in Hong Kong & Macao visited us
2018-01-30 MWLC scientific symposium 2018
2018-01-29 to 31 Internal retreat among KI Sweden and KI Hong Kong researchers
2018-01-25 GOSSIPER seminar by Xi Li (Dr Ning Xu Landén’s lab)

2017-12-19, Prof Ole Petter Ottersen, KI President, and Mr Mikael Odenberg, Chair of the Board of KI, visited us and met our colleagues
2017-12-18, Stanford U and Johns Hopkins U delegations visited and met our researchers
2017-12-07, HRH Prince Carl Philip visited and met our colleagues
2017-11-30, GOSSIPER seminar by Bettina Reichenbach (Dr Christian Göritz's lab)
2017-11-29, Deputy Director of Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) visited and met our researchers
2017-11-15, GOSSIPER seminar by Alvaro Plaza Reyes (Dr Fredrik Lanner’s Lab)
2017-11-06, Deputy Vice Principal of King's College London visited and met our researchers
2017-11-02, Seminar “The mechanobiology of ion channels: May the force be with you!" by Prof Eric Honoré
2017-11-02, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Nathan Skene (Dr Jens Hjerling-Leffler’s lab)
2017-11-01, Roche Hong Kong Limited & HKAPI visited us
2017-11-01, President & CEO of the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) visited us
2017-10-26, University of Waterloo visited us and met our researchers
2017-10-24, UBC Sauder School of Business visited us
2017-10-19, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Ana Falcão (Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco’s lab)
2017-10-04, GOSSIPER seminar by Khomgrit Morarach (Dr Ulrika Marklund’s lab)
2017-09-22, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Marilena Kastriti (Dr Igor Adameyko's lab)
2017-09-19 to 21, Internal retreat among KI Sweden and KI Hong Kong researchers
2017-09-04, Director of Cardiovascular Research Center visited and met our researchers
2017-09-01, KI Conference on "Developing brains"
2017-07-03, Innovation and Technology Bureau (ITB) of HKGOV visited us
2017-06-29, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Jose Martinez Lopez (Dr Jens Hjerling-Leffler's lab)
2017-06-28, Minister for EU Affairs and Trade of Sweden and Sweden CG visited us and met our researchers
2017-06-15, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Simon Elsässer
2017-06-01, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Dongqing Li (Dr Ning Xu Landén's lab)
2017-05-18, GOSSIPER seminar by Haohao Wu (Dr Francois Lallemend's lab)
2017-05-04, GOSSIPER seminar by Karl Annusver (Dr Maria Kasper's lab)
2017-04-27, US delegation, including representatives from U.S. Department of Commerce and American CG, visited us
2017-04-20, GOSSIPER seminar by Dr Yi Jin (Dr Lars Jakobsson's lab)
2017-04-06, GOSSIPER seminar by Jannis Kalkitsas (Dr Christian Göritz's lab)
2017-03-23 GOSSIPER seminar by Magdalena Wagner (Dr Pauliina Damdimopoulou / Dr Fredrik Lanner's lab)
2017-03-03 Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting, Legislative Council of the HKSAR, visited us
2017-02-24 International Trade and Investment Office Representing the Government of British Columbia in Hong Kong & Macau visited us
2017-02-17 Symposium on “Reparative medicine and beyond”
2017-01-06 SwedenHealth and Elderly Care Delegation, including State Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, visited us

2016-12-16, Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR & Chinese Academy of Sciences visited us
2016-10-28, Representative of The Swedish Institute visited us
2016-10-07, Inauguration ceremony and scientific symposium

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