Symposia & Seminars | MWLC
MWLC organizes and supports different outreach activities like seminars, symposia and workshops in Hong Kong as well as Stockholm to stimulate scientific discussions and promote exchange of information among researchers in the field of reparative medicine.
2023
2023 KI Conference “Developing Brains”
The 10th edition of the KI Conference “Developing Brains” gathers some of the leading scientists working on critical questions ranging from transcriptional and functional heterogeneity of neural cell types, mechanisms regulating their development and creation of mature neural circuits, and how it can affect disorders of the central nervous system.
2022
2022 KI Conference “Developing Brains”
The 9th edition of the KI Conference “Developing Brains” gathers some of the leading scientists working on critical questions ranging from transcriptional and functional heterogeneity of neural cell types, mechanisms regulating their development and creation of mature neural circuits, emerging new roles of microglia and evolution of the central nervous system.
2021
2021 KI Conference “Developing Brains”
The 8th edition of the KI Conference “Developing Brains" gathered some of the leading scientists working on critical questions ranging from transcriptional heterogeneity of neural cell types, their specification and maturation, to migration, myelination and creation of mature neural circuits.
2021 Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Seminar
Prof Fabian J. Theis, director of the Institute of Computational Biology at Helmholtz Center Munich, lectured on his newest methods using machine learning for single-cell data integration, and RNA velocity based methods for modelling dynamics and lineage commitment of single-cell gene expression data. This seminar was given on 25 February 2021.
2020
2020 KI Conference “Developing Brains”
The 7th edition of the KI Conference “Developing Brains" gathered 6 leading scientists working on critical questions ranging from transcriptional heterogeneity of neural cell types, their specification, to myelination and creation of mature neural circuits.
2019
2019 MWLC Lecture "Exploring Heterogeneity of Human Skin Cells"
Professor Fiona Watt gave the Ming Wai Lau Centre Lecture entitled “Exploring Heterogeneity of Human Skin Cells” on 6 November 2019 co-hosted with The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK welcomed the speaker and MWLC researchers to their campus.
2019 Nobel Mini-Symposium 55 “The Dark Side of the Brain: Myelinating Glia in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System”
This 2-day mini-symposium focused on the emerging roles of myelinating glial cells (oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells) in the CNS and PNS and gathered 25 leading scientists that are making fundamental contributions to and opening new avenues of research in this field.
2019 KI Conference “Developing Brains”
The 6th edition of the KI Conference “Developing Brains” gathered 8 leading scientists working on critical questions ranging from transcriptional and functional heterogeneity of neural cell types, patterning during their specification, emerging roles of glia and creation of mature neural circuits.
2019 MWLC Lecture "Bioimaging, Diagnosis and Therapy by Conceptually New Fluorogens"
The first Ming Wai Lau Centre Lecture in Sweden took place on 20 August 2019 at Biomedicum and was given by Professor Ben Zhong Tang from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Prof Tang told the exciting story of how he pioneered the field by discovering the phenomenon of “aggregation-induced emission” (AIE), the further development of novel AIE functional materials and how they are applied.
2019 Seminar series "Application of Microfluidics in Bacteria Culture Separation and Detection"
Dr Shunbo Li, Assistant Professor of School of Optoelectronics Engineering, Chongqing University, China lectured on the recent development of microfluidics and its use for separation and detection of bacteria. The seminar was given at MWLC Hong Kong on 30 July 2019.
2019 Symposium on "Advances in Reparative Medicine"
MWLC hosted its first scientific symposium in Sweden "Advances in Reparative Medicine" on 15 May 2019. Twelve experts in the field presented research on the identification and characterisation of cell types/states in different tissues during development and in disease, novel technologies in tissue repair and disease modelling as well as bioengineering platforms with advanced biomaterials.
2019 KI Symposium “CNS Injuries and Repair”
This symposium gathered 8 leading scientists working on critical aspects regarding neuron intrinsic axon growth inhibitors, extrinsic inhibition associated with myelin components and glial and fibrotic scar elements and remyelination as well as neurotechnology development, which has led to the development of therapeutic strategies to promote recovery following CNS injuries.
2019 Seminar series “Integrative genomics and epigenomics for prioritizing disease variants and identifying treatment targets”
Professor Kevin Yip, Assistant Professor of Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, lectured on genomics and epigenomics. This seminar was given at MWLC Hong Kong on 11 January 2019.
2018
2018 Symposium on “Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Precision Medicine and Therapies for Heart Diseases: From Concepts to Realities”
The symposium was co-organised by MWLC and Dr. Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, HKU. It featured a full day programme on topics including cardiac regenerative medicine, novel bioengineering technologies, and translational bench to bedside regenerative medicine.
2018 Seminar series "Divide and conquer: the road towards more stratified medicine for colorectal cancer”
Dr Xin Wang, Assistant Professor of Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, lectured on colorectal cancer. This seminar was given at MWLC Hong Kong on 14 November 2018.
2018 Seminar series "Transcriptional and epigenetic states of oligodendrocyte lineage cells in the central nervous system: insights form single cell omics"
Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, Associate Professor of Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics and MWLC Stockholm node, Karolinska Institutet, lectured on the heterogeneity of the oligodendrocyte lineage. The seminar was given at MWLC Hong Kong on 29 October 2018.
2018 KI Conference “Developing Brains”
The 5th edition of the KI Conference “Developing Brains” gathered 8 leading scientists working on critical questions ranging from heterogeneity of neural cell types, their specification, to myelination and creation of mature neural circuits.
2018 Seminar series "Noninvasive high-resolution optical imaging, focusing, and stimulation at depths in tissue"
Dr Puxiang Lai, Assistant Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, lectured on optical imaging. The seminar was given at MWLC Hong Kong on 14 August 2018.
2018 Seminar series "Imaging and Micro-endovascular Navigation - Time to Redraw the Map"
Professor Staffan Holmin, Head of Imaging and Physiology at Karolinska Institutet, lectured on the imaging and micro-endovascular navigation. The seminar was given at MWLC Hong Kong on 15 March 2018.
2018 Scientific Symposium
The symposium co-organised by MWLC and several universities in Hong Kong was an opportunity for our scientists to connect with other researchers locally to explore possibilities of collaboration. Topics covered during the day were epigenetics of stem cells, biomedical engineering, tissue repair and gene-editing.
2017
2017 Seminar series “The Mechanobiology of Ion Channels: May the Force Be with You!"
Professor Eric Honoré, Director of Research at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology of the CNRS in France, lectured on the Mechanobiology of Ion Channels. The seminar was given at MWLC Hong Kong on 2 November 2017.
2017 KI Conference “Developing Brains”
The 4th edition of the KI Conference “Developing Brains” gathered 8 leading scientists working on critical questions ranging from heterogeneity of neural cell types, their specification, to myelination and creation of mature neural circuits.
2017 Symposium on "Reparative Medicine and Beyond"
The symposium “Reparative Medicine and Beyond” aimed at giving a quick overview of the expertise in Hong Kong in the field of Reparative Medicine and to explore possibilities of collaboration between MWLC and universities in Hong Kong.