NEWS & EVENTS

2024

November 21

Lab lunch at the CityU Chinese Restaurant!

November 18

Bryan Lee has joined our lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome, Bryan!

October 15-18

Dr. Lai organized a sympsium on RNA-binding proteins in the KSBNS-APSN Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea. Wonderful time to be with many old and new friends in a city full of spectacular architecture and amazing food!

October 5-9

Well done to both Eurus and Tian in your nanosymposium presentation at the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) 2024 at Chicago, USA!

October 2

Warm welcome to our new RA, Jan Mak, to our lab! Lunch with the whole lab at Nam Shan Chuen.

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September 11

Eurus has been awarded the 'Best Poster Presentation Award' at the JCC Graduate Students Research Gala 2024 in CityU. Congratulations, Eurus!

August 16

Joy has been awarded the Outstanding Academic Performance Award for Research Degree Students! Congratulations, Joy!

July 23

Prof. Kwok-On LAI visited the Faculty of Biology at University of Manchester and gave a seminar entitled " RNA transport in neuron: the carriers and the destination"

July 12

Angelo has been awarded the Local Talent Scheme (LTS) of CityU HK to commence his PhD studies in September 2024. Congratulations, Angelo!

July 7

Congratulations to both Tian and Eurus for having their abstracts selected for nanosymposium presentation at the upcoming SFN Annual Meeting 2024 in Chicago!

June 27

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the General Research Fund (GRF) 2024/25 for our project!

"Investigate the impact of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis related FUS mutation on the synaptic connections of human brain neurons through transplantation of induced pluripotent neural stem cells"

June 25-29

Dr. Lai has presented unpublished findings from Eurus during the FENS forum and enjoyed great time with friends in Vienna.

March 20

Ice cream break at Nam Shan Chuen.

March 9

Congratulation to Dr. Lai for being ranked third (the Staff Category) in the CityU Half-marathon delegation team!

March 7

Dr Lai has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience! The whole lab celebrated his success at Mou Mou Club.

February 2

Lab lunch at Sen-Ryo!

January 21

A fantastic experience for running the half-marathon race as part of the CityU team. Took a picture after finishing with our former President!

January 17

Our first Progress Meeting for the CRF project was held. Everyone learned something new from each other!

January 2

Welcome, Jiahao Lin and Jiaxing Song (Jason), to the lab as new PhD students!

2023

December 21

Lab lunch at the CityU Chinese Restaurant!

December 3

Joint-lab outing with other CityU Neuroscience members at Lamma Island!

November 11-15

Well done Joy in your poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) 2023 at Washington DC!

Excited to catch up with Kelsey at the SFN!!

November 3

Congratulations Eurus for receiving the Outstanding Presentation Award at the 16th USTC-CityU PhD Student Workshop!

November 1

Hotpot lunch with the lab at Mou Mou Club!

October 26

Well done Joy and Eurus in your presentation at the Neuroscience Research Seminar!

August 21

We are happy to welcome Lin Jiahao, a new research assistant to our Lab!

July 11

Our paper on the mechanism of G3BP1 in dendritic spine development is now in-press in J. Biol. Chem. Well-done, Daisy, Joy, and Angelo!

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105029

June 21

A great reunion with some of Kelsey Martin's lab alumni at Singapore.

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June 19

Dr. Lai presented in the symposium "Mechanisms and Role of Dendritic Organelle and Membrane Trafficking in Synaptic Plasticity" during the 17th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN) in Singapore on June 19.

January 6

We are delighted to welcome a new Research Assistant to our Lab, Alex Lui!

January 5

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2022/23 for our project! (Link)

C1024-22GF: "Molecular mechanism of RNA transport and specificity of their spatial distribution in neuron"

2022

September 2

Dr. Lai has been promoted from Review Editor to Associate Editor of Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. Congratulations!

August 31

Dr. Lai chaired and presented in the symposium “Towards an understanding of how the cytoskeleton and intracellular transport are regulated for synapse development and plasticity” during the International Society for Neurochemistry–Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (ISN-APSN) 2022-23 meeting at Honolulu, USA.

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August 30

We are excited to announce a new Ph.D student in our lab. Welcome, Xiaojie Wang!

She is currently in a joint-Ph.D program with Sichuan University and will be staying with us for 3 years.

July 28

We hosted a laboratory visit for the Hong Kong Brain Bee Competition finalists in CityU. After introducing our latest neuroscience research, the students had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in operating both live-cell and confocal microscopes to image neuronal synapses. They also performed kymograph analyses to analyze dendritic mRNA molecule movements using ImageJ/FIJI.

We hope to have fostered their interest in pursuing neuroscience-related careers in the near future.

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July 1

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the General Research Fund (GRF) 2022-23 for our project!

June 1

We are happy to welcome Angelo D. Flores, a new Research Assistant, to our lab!

February 1

Xuejun (Joy) Li has joined our lab as a Ph.D student. Welcome, Joy!

January 31

Farewell to Daisy. All the Best for your postdoc training at Stanford!

2021

November 24

Dr. Lai gave a lecture––"RNA Transport in Neuron and Why It Matters?"––at the HKIAS Rising Star Lecture - Life Sciences. Click on the link to watch the lecture!

Watch here