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2022

Date	Title
2022.06.22	Professor Tatia Lee’s team reveals the Pons plays a significant role in processing sad information.
2022.03.19	“I & T New Era – Exploring the Brain”  Our SKL was introduced on RTHK and ITC joint program “I & T New Era” series introducing 16 State Key Laboratories(SKLs) and 6 Hong Kong Branches of Chinese National Engineering Research Centres(CNERCs) in Hong Kong. The episode for SKLBCS was broadcast on 19 March, 2022(Saturday), 8:25pm at RTHK Channel 31. (Copyright owned by RTHK)  Please visit below link to view RTHK’s TV Programme “I & T New Era: Episode 15“ https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=1968&eid=197148&year=2022&lang=zh-CN
2022.03.14	Congratulations ! Prof. Tatia Lee has been elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK).
2022.01.10	Congratulations to Dr. Xiaoqing Hu and Dr. Michael Ni for being the Outstanding Young Researcher Award(OYRA) Winners of 2020-2021

2021

Date	Title
2021.12.22	Congratulations! Professor JD Huang has been awarded 2021 WuXi AppTec Life Science and Chemistry awards
2021.02.15	Congratulations! Professor KF So has been elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering(AIMBE).

2020

Date	Title
2020.12.08	Congratulations! Professor JD Huang has received Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2021
2020.02.13	A Circuit For Brain Research Success: The Collection of Nature Spotlight on Brain Sciences is now live on Nature.com

2018

Date	Title
2018.09.20	16 Partner State Key Laboratories in Hong Kong are all officially named as State Key Laboratories

2017

Date	Title
2017.08.03	The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Reassessment Site Visit

2014

Date	Title
2014.10.21	Physical exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis and antidepressant effects are mediated by the adipocyte hormone adiponectin — SKL’s PNAS paper is now online.

2013

Date	Title
2013.05.20	SKL’s hemostasis findings patented by European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office and China Patent Office.
2013.04.17	HKU finds increasing Y-type retinal ganglion cells activities induced by light can help improve depression symptoms.
2013.04.15	Feature article and cover story: Nanofiber scaffolds facilitate functional regeneration of peripheral nerve injury.

2012

Date	Title
2012.12.31	China’s language input system in the digital age affects children’s reading development.
2012.01.05	HKU research team led by Professor Li-Hai Tan awarded State National Basic Research Program funding to research on the neurophysiological basis of Chinese language users.

2011

Date	Title
2011.04.19	The anatomical structure of the adult human brain can change very quickly, specifically during the acquisition of new, named categories, according to the State Key Lab’s research published in PNAS.
2011.04.10	Professor Zhang Xian’en, Director-General, Department of Basic Research of the MInistry of Science and Technology, visited our University on April 7-9, 2011, and delivered a seminar on National Strategic Basic Research (“973” Programme).
2011.04.08	The Xiangshan Science Conferences (XSSC)- The 392nd Session: Brain and Cognitive Sciences was held in the University of Hong Kong.
2011.02.08	Can we predict ones ability to read in a second language? An fMRI study published by State Key Lab researchers in PNAS says yes.

2010

Date	Title
2010.11.01	Endophenotypic research provides a potentially useful database on phenotypes and endophenotypes for neuropsychiatric research in developing countries, according to findings of SKL published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
2010.04.13	Professor Tatia MC Lee, PI of the State Key Lab, was awarded with an Endowed Professorship.
2010.04.11	Dr. Zhang Yandong, Head of the Unit of National Basic Research Programme, made a visit to our University on April 11-14, 2010, and gave a seminar on National Strategic Basic Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology (“973” programme).
2010.01.15	State Key Lab co-organized a lecture which was delivered by Professor Charles Perfetti, Director of the Learning Research and Development Center of University of Pittsburgh.

2009

Date	Title
2009.11.05	The world’s leaders in the fields of Linguistics and Brain and Cognitive Sciences spoke at International Symposium on Culture, Language and Brain organized by our Lab.
2009.10.29	Visuospatial and phonological deficits co-exist in Chinese dyslexic children, according to findings of SKL published in Current Biology.
2009.10.16	State Key Lab co-organized a Memorial Lecture which was delivered by Professor Torsten. N. Wiesel, the Nobel Laureate from Rockefeller University and Professor E. Raviola, M.D., Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School.
2009.10.14	Professor Liu, Yanhua, Vice-Minister of Science and Technology of China visited our State Key Laboratory.
2009.04.30	Direct Neuroimaging evidence for the interaction of the brain’s language region and visual system was reported by SKL colleagues in a recent PNAS article.
2009.02.28	Excellence of SKL Research was awarded.

2008

Date	Title
2008.12.01	The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Department of Psychiatry host a series of open lectures and workshops on “Advances in Brain Imaging”, from Dec 15 to Dec 20.
2008.10.10	The State Key Laboratory has recently entered into an agreement with Jinan University of Guangzhou to set up a Joint Lab of Brain Function and Health.
2008.04.01	Dyslexics’ brains are different in Chinese and English readers, according to the State Key Lab’s research published in PNAS.
2008.03.01	Does language alter neural networks of visual perception? State Key Lab researchers published an fMRI study in PNAS saying so.

2007

Date	Title
2007.10.01	Findings from Dr. WT Wu and Professor KF So of the State Key Lab are published in Nature Medicine and highlighted as its cover story.
2007.03.01	Dr. WT Siok, PI of the State Key Lab, co-authored a paper on brain anatomical abnormalities recently published in PNAS.
2007.02.28	Recent discoveries from the Hong Kong State Key Labs are highlighted by Xinhua News Agency and CCTV.
2007.01.24	Professor Cheng Jinpei, Vice-Minister of Science and Technology of China visited our State Key Laboratory.

2006

Date	Title
2006.12.01	Nature Nanotechnology highlights the State Key Lab’s finding that peptide-based nano-haemostat controls bleeding in various surgical wounds.
2006.07.11	Vice-Minister of Science and Technology of China met with State Key Lab PIs.
2006.06.01	A State Key Lab lecture was delivered by Professor Robert Desimone, Director of the MIT McGovern Institue for Brain Research.
2006.03.31	Selected media coverage of Professor Kwok-fai So’s PNAS paper.
2006.01.02	Professor Mriganka Sur, Chair of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at MIT delivered a lecture in the State Key Lab Lecture Series.

2005

Date	Title
2005.10.10	The State Key Lab was opened by the Minister.
2005.08.25	International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience HK’ 05.
2005.07.05	The Lab’s dyslexia research funded by China’s National Basic Research Program (“973 Program”) July 2, 2005.
2005.06.20	Selected news reports on our PNAS paper 6/2005.
2005.06.19	Selected news reports on our Nature paper 9/2004.