MWLC - Historical Timeline
MWLC organized and supported 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. We have also listed news, articles and events by year.
Outreach activities
2023
- KI Conference "Developing Brains", 18 October 2023
2022
- KI Conference "Developing Brains", 29 September 2022
2021
- KI Conference "Developing Brains" (hybrid format), 1-2 September 2021
- Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Seminar, 25 February 2021. Professor Fabian J. Theis, Director of the Institute of Computational Biology at Helmholtz Center Munich, lectures on his newest methods using maching-learning for single-cell data integration, and RNA velocity based methods for modelling dynamics and lineage expression data.
2020
- KI Conference "Developing Brains" (online), 1-3 September 2020
2019
- MWLC Lecture "Exploring Heterogeneity of Human Skin Cells", 6 November 2019.
- Nobel Mini-Symposium 55 "The Dark Side of the Brain: Myelinating Glia in the Central and Periphal Nervous System", 9-10 October 2019
- KI Conference "Developing Brains", 5 September 2019
- MWLC Lecture "Bioimaging, Diagnosis and Therapy by Conceptually New Fluorogens", 20 August 2019. The first Ming Wai Lau Centre Lecture to be given in Sweden took place on 20 August 2019 at Biomedicum (D0320). The title of Prof Ben Zhong Tang's talk was "Bioimaging, Diagnosis and Therapy by Conceptually New Fluorogens".
- Seminar series "Applications of Microfluidics in Bacteria Culture Separation and Detection", 30 July 2019
- Symposium on "Advances in Reparative Medicine", 15 May 2019
- KI Symposium "CNS Injuries and Repair", 3 April 2019
- Seminar Series "Integrative Genomics and Epigenomics for Prioritizing Disease Variants and Identifying Treatment Targets, 11 January 2019
2018
- Symposium on “Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Precision Medicine and Therapies for Heart Diseases: From Concepts to Realities”, 3 December 2018
- Seminar series "Divide and conquer: the road towards more stratified medicine for colorectal cancer”, 14 November 2018
- Seminar series "Transcriptional and epigenetic states of oligodendrocyte lineage cells in the central nervous system: insights form single cell omics", 29 October 2018
- KI Conference “Developing Brains”, 6 September 2018
- Seminar series "Noninvasive high-resolution optical imaging, focusing, and stimulation at depths in tissue", 14 August 2018
- Seminar series "Imaging and Micro-endovascular Navigation - Time to Redraw the Map", 15 March 2018
- Scientific Symposium, co-organised by MWLC and several universities in Hong Kong, 30 January 2018
2017
- Seminar series “The Mechanobiology of Ion Channels: May the Force Be with You!", 2 November 2017
- KI Conference “Developing Brains”, 1 September 2017
- Symposium on "Reparative Medicine and Beyond", 17 February 2017
News archive
- 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)
- 2022-06-01, 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
- 2021-08-26, 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
- 2021-01-08, 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
- 2020-10-09, 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
- 2020-08-24, 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
- 2020-05-14, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco had been awarded the Eric K. Fernström prize 2020
- 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
- 2020-02-05, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco double rewarded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW)
- 2020-01-08, Dr Linxian Li's publication in Nature Biotechnology
- 2019-11-07, Evaluation of MWLC researchers by International Scientific Advisory Board
- 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
- 2019-10-14, Dr Zongli Zheng's publication in PNAS
- 2019-10-04, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco was awarded SSMF’s Anniversary Prize
- 2019-09-23, Dr Simon Elsässer's publication in Cell Reports
- 2019-09-01, MWLC Associate Members Programme started
- 2019-06-04, Croucher Foundation and Nobel Media AB visited and met our researchers
- 2019-03-26, Dr Francois Lallemend's publication in Cell Reports
- 2019-03-08, AstraZeneca visited and met our researchers
- 2019-01-23, Dr Gonçalo Castelo-Branco's publication in Nature
- 2019-01-11, Seminar “Integrative genomics and epigenomics for prioritizing disease variants and identifying treatment targets” by Prof Kevin Yip
- 2018-11-20, Reception on “Moving forward together: Shaping the future of Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine”
- 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
- 2018-10-23, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation In Research and Higher Education (STINT) visited us
- 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
- 2018-07-13, 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
- 2018-03-03, AstraZeneca and KI professors visited us
- 2018-03-01, Dr Christian Göritz's publication in Cell
- 2018-02-07 CEO of Nobel Media AB and CG of Sweden in Hong Kong & Macao visited us
- 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
- 2017-11-29, Deputy Director of Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) visited and met our researchers
- 2017-11-06, Deputy Vice Principal of King's College London visited and met our researchers
- 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
- 2017-09-04, Director of Cardiovascular Research Center visited and met our researchers
- 2017-07-03, Innovation and Technology Bureau (ITB) of HKGOV visited us
- 2017-06-28, Minister for EU Affairs and Trade of Sweden and Sweden CG visited us and met our researchers
- 2017-04-27, US delegation, including representatives from U.S. Department of Commerce and American CG, visited us
- 2017-02-24 International Trade and Investment Office Representing the Government of British Columbia in Hong Kong & Macau visited us
- 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