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Professor Kenneth Lee will be a Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellow at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 from 2014?to 2017.
Visiting Fellow and Host
Fellow: Professor Kenneth Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Host: Professor Richard Oreffo, School of Medicine
Aims of the collaboration
To establish close collaborative research between the Centre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 and the School of Biomedical Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Fellowship activities in 2014
- Public lecture, July 2014: “The use of social media and blitz science to refute Stimulus-Triggered ?Acquisition of Pluripotency (STAP) stem Cells”?
- Professor Lee hosted a visit by Professor Oreffo, Autumn 2014 for collaborative discussions about establishing a Joint Stem Cell Laboratory.
Fellowship activities in 2015
- Development of a funding application
- Successful award of a project grant
- 10 day research programme between CUHK and the Bone and Joint Research Group
- Ongoing preparation for the proposed joint laboratory
- Professor Oreffo was a guest speaker at the Stem Cells and?Regenerative?Medicine Conference, Hong Kong, November 2015
- Successful award of a Croucher Summer Course on stem cell biology and?regenerative?medicine to run between 2016 and 2020.
Fellowship activities in 2016
- Establishment of joint PhD programme between the Centre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration and CUHK
- Visit to the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载, July, for ongoing research development and PhD supervision
- A formal MOU was signed by both Vice-Chancellors to establish a Joint Laboratory.
- The first PhD student visited CUHK as part of a new student exchange.