Dr. Zhou Jingying received the "National Scholar Award" in the United European Gastroenterology Week 2016

Dr. Zhou Jingying, a Post-doctoral Fellow of the School of Biomedical Sciences, received the "National Scholar Award" in the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week 2016 held at Vienna, Austria between 15 and 19 October 2016.  

The National Scholar Award aims to identify and nurture promising young investigators aged under 35, with selection based on national society affiliation.  Among all abstracts accepted for presentation, the highest scoring abstract per country is selected for the award.  Dr. Zhou was the awardee in China in 2016 with the thesis titled "Hepatoma-intrinsic CCRK signaling promotes immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment by regulating myeloid-derived suppressor cell accumulation".

We sincerely congratulate Dr. Zhou on her accomplishment and wish her continued success in her research endeavors.

Dr. Zhou Jingying


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MAJOR PAST EVENTS AND NEWS

Cross-Strait Symposium on Biomedical Sciences cum SBS Postgraduate Research Day 2016
CUHK Medicine 35th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Constantine Stratakis and Prof. Natalia Prevarskaya
Mini-conference and Workshops on Advancement in 3D Scaffold and μContact Fluidic Printings in Regenerative Medicine
Participation in the 35th Anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine Gala Dinner
SBS Christmas Party 2016
1st Meeting for the Advisory Board on Students' Career and Development
Press Conferences Introducing New Research Findings by SBS Members
Inauguration Ceremony for Biomedical Sciences Students
Orientation Day for Undergraduate Admissions 2016
Participation in the Teaching & Learning Innovation EXPO 2016
Seminar on Animal Experimentation and Ethics at CUHK

AWARDS AND HONORS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

Establishment of "Dr. Clement Chan Scholarship"
Dr. Zhou Jingying received the "National Scholar Award" in the United European Gastroenterology Week 2016
Mr. Yan Mingfei, a Year 4 Ph.D. student winning the "Best Oral Presentation Award" in the Frontier in Cancer Science 2016

OUTREACH ENDEAVOURS

Visit of Prof. Wendy Erber, University of Western Australia
1st Academic Committee Meeting of Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Jinan University)
Delegation Visit from The University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Delegation Visit from Guangdong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Visit from Korea University, South Korea
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of The Chinese University of Hong Kong – University of Southampton Joint Laboratory for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
Visit from Japanese International School, Hong Kong
Delegation Visit from Peking University, China
Guangdong-Hong Kong Postgraduate Research Exchange and Symposium on Regenerative Medicine 2016
The 9th Guangzhou International Conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and the 5th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Regenerative Cell Biology

ALUMNI / STUDENT NEWS cum SBS STUDENT ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

Fourth Director's Cup - SBS Badminton Tournament
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