Recent News
2022.11.30
SKL Principal Investigators Symposium
On Nov 30 2022, the Principal Investigators (PIs) of State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences had an internal symposium. In this Symposium, PIs from different disciplines and faculties engage and share ideas on some of the most important questions in our fields. The symposium has showcased the unique strengths of our SKL and our niche in HK, nationally and internationally. This Symposium would sparkle new research ideas and provide an opportunity for future collaboration within our SKL.
See event pictures HERE
2022.10.05
Covid and The Young Brain Research
The Department of Paedeatrics and Adolescent Medicine is collaborating with State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Childhood Education, EdUHK and Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, CUHK to conduct a cohort study to examine children’s and adolescents’ brain development and function.
The project now is recruiting participants, please finish the following online application for assessment of eligibility to participate in this project:
https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bwlBqPc4esN6vjM
2022.06.22
A research team led by Professor Tatia Lee, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with Professor Lin Chen of Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted studies to explain the neural mechanisms of the pons-corticolimbic network in perpetuating sad mood in depression. The study findings were published in Communications Biology.
2022.03.19
RTHK’s TV Programme
"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
The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences(UK) comprises distinguished social scientists drawn from across the full spectrum of the social sciences. Professor Tatia Lee is among the 47 leading social scientists announced for the Spring 2022 cohort. The AcSS Fellows are selected through an independent peer review which recognises their excellence and impact, including their wider contributions to social sciences for public benefit.
2022.01.10
Dr. Xiaoqing Hu was awarded HKU Research Output Prize (2020-2021)
“Promoting Memory Consolidation during Sleep: A Meta-analysis of targeted Memory Reactivation”
Psychological Bulletin, 2020, Vol. 146, No.3, pp.218-244. by Xiaoqing Hu, Larry Y, Cheng, Man Hey Chiu, Ken A. Paller.
2022.01.10
HKU Outstanding Young Researcher Award(OYRA) (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Dr. Xiaoqing Hu and Dr. Michael Ni for being the Outstanding Young Researcher Award(OYRA) Winners of 2020-2021
2025
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| 2025.04.09 | Professor Tatia Lee is one of the project partners in an application for the Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award submitted by the Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Public Notice (Chinese only) Project Information (Chinese only) |
| 2025.03.28 | Professor Tatia Lee Honoured with the 9th Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award from the Ministry of Education. Details |
| 2025.03.09 | A study led by Professor Tatia Lee showed that bad sleep harms old-age memory by disrupting the brain’s ‘waste removal system’. See the news |
| 2025.01.15 | A study led by Professor Tatia Lee showed that ruminating about being lonely is more closely linked to depression than actual loneliness. See the news |
2024
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| 2024.03.13 | Professor Tatia Lee was interviewed by Wen Wei Po for an article titled “科研她力量” (Chinese only). |
| 2024.02.07 |
Congratulations ! Professor Tatia Lee has been included in the 2023 Stanford’s List of World’s Top 2% Scientists. |
| 2024.01.16 |
Congratulations ! Professor Tatia Lee has been elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). |
2023
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| 2023.11.09 | Professor Benjamin Becker’s research study provides a roadmap for unlocking the brain secrets of social media. Details |
| 2023.10.12 | A study led by Professor Tatia Lee reveals that brain connectivity patterns could predict suicide risk in patients with late-life depression. Details |
| 2023.02.27 | Congratulations to Professor Janet Hui-wen Hsiao for electing as a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society for 2023. Professor Hsiao is the first Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society from an institution in the Greater China region. Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society are individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the Cognitive Science community. Read more about the honor |
| 2023.02.08 | Professor Tatia Lee is one of the project partners in an application for the Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award submitted by the Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Project Description (Chinese only) |
| 2023.01.19 | Congratulations to Professor Shirley Xin Li for winning the Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) of 2021-2022. See the list of the awardees |
2022
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| 2022.11.30 |
SKL Principal Investigators Symposium |
| 2022.10.05 |
Covid and The Young Brain Research The Department of Paedeatrics and Adolescent Medicine is collaborating with State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Childhood Education, EdUHK and Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, CUHK to conduct a cohort study to examine children’s and adolescents’ brain development and function. Finish the online application for assessment of eligibility to participate in this project. |
| 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) |
| 2022.03.14 | |
| 2022.01.10 |
HKU Research Output Prize(2020-2021) “Promoting Memory Consolidation during Sleep: A Meta-analysis of targeted Memory Reactivation” |
| 2022.01.10 |
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| 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). |
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2005
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| 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. |