Ralf Jauch
@ralfhku.bsky.social
Tinkering with Proteins and Cells @hkusbms.bsky.social of the University of Hong Kong
https://www.sbms.hku.hk/staff/ralf-jauch
https://www.sbms.hku.hk/staff/ralf-jauch
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We had the pleasure of welcoming 49 eager secondary school students to our #HKU Biomedical Summer Academy 2025. Supported by Croucher Foundation, this engaging week-long programme allowed #SBMS researchers and experts to introduce them to the fascinating field of biomedical sciences.
August 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Enjoy feature stories about the revamped BBiomedSc programme in the academic year 2025/26, as well as the Croucher Summer Course – Precision Genome Engineering; and check out the research highlight contributed by Dr. Yan Xue!
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HKU SBMS Newsletter Issue 21
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September 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Enjoy feature stories about the revamped BBiomedSc programme in the academic year 2025/26, as well as the Croucher Summer Course – Precision Genome Engineering; and check out the research highlight contributed by Dr. Yan Xue!
online.flippingbook.com/view/7447824...
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#ISSCR2025 co-chaired by Prof Kathryn Cheah culminated in June with a panel session featuring members of the HK Spinal Muscular Atrophy community, highlighting the transformative power of patient advocacy, clinical expertise & gov't collaboration in improving treatment access.
June 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#ISSCR2025 co-chaired by Prof Kathryn Cheah culminated in June with a panel session featuring members of the HK Spinal Muscular Atrophy community, highlighting the transformative power of patient advocacy, clinical expertise & gov't collaboration in improving treatment access.
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We had an inspiring presentation when Ben Becker took us along to delve deep inside our brains and visualise how they process emotions, with implications for mental health. To all 50+ participants, thank you for coming!
Host: @ralfhku.bsky.social
#KEseminar #GermanConsulateGeneralHongKong
Host: @ralfhku.bsky.social
#KEseminar #GermanConsulateGeneralHongKong
May 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We had an inspiring presentation when Ben Becker took us along to delve deep inside our brains and visualise how they process emotions, with implications for mental health. To all 50+ participants, thank you for coming!
Host: @ralfhku.bsky.social
#KEseminar #GermanConsulateGeneralHongKong
Host: @ralfhku.bsky.social
#KEseminar #GermanConsulateGeneralHongKong
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Less than a month left until our official QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! We will have an amazing list of guest speakers, including Ralf Jauch
@ralfhku.bsky.social from The University of Hong Kong. Book your free ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
#qmul #epigenetics
@ralfhku.bsky.social from The University of Hong Kong. Book your free ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
#qmul #epigenetics
May 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Less than a month left until our official QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! We will have an amazing list of guest speakers, including Ralf Jauch
@ralfhku.bsky.social from The University of Hong Kong. Book your free ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
#qmul #epigenetics
@ralfhku.bsky.social from The University of Hong Kong. Book your free ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
#qmul #epigenetics
It's been great of have @alexdemendoza.bsky.social visit and inspire us at @hkusbms.bsky.social. It looks like DNA methylation has even deeper roots in our ancestry than Sox 🤔. But it's been the evolution of the latter connecting us scientifically and we could finally meet up in person.
April 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It's been great of have @alexdemendoza.bsky.social visit and inspire us at @hkusbms.bsky.social. It looks like DNA methylation has even deeper roots in our ancestry than Sox 🤔. But it's been the evolution of the latter connecting us scientifically and we could finally meet up in person.
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Join us in-person on May 12 for a stimulating KE seminar by #HKU Prof Benjamin Becker on AI-inspired mind reading, brain scans and mental health, hosted by Prof Ralf Jauch @ralfhku.bsky.social. Do stay behind to network.
Register today: hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Register today: hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
April 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Join us in-person on May 12 for a stimulating KE seminar by #HKU Prof Benjamin Becker on AI-inspired mind reading, brain scans and mental health, hosted by Prof Ralf Jauch @ralfhku.bsky.social. Do stay behind to network.
Register today: hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Register today: hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?
Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf
Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?
wrd.cm
April 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?
It's been an honour to be invited by the Hong Kong Laureate Forum to reflect on our work on the origins of animals and stem cells:
hklaureateforum.org/en/what-tool...
hklaureateforum.org/en/what-tool...
April 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It's been an honour to be invited by the Hong Kong Laureate Forum to reflect on our work on the origins of animals and stem cells:
hklaureateforum.org/en/what-tool...
hklaureateforum.org/en/what-tool...
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#𝗦𝗕𝗠𝗦 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟭𝟵🔥
Enjoy feature stories about SBMS’ teaching excellence, as well as innovation and connection in the fields of rare diseases, neuroscience, and entrepreneurship.
online.flippingbook.com/view/9420848...
Enjoy feature stories about SBMS’ teaching excellence, as well as innovation and connection in the fields of rare diseases, neuroscience, and entrepreneurship.
online.flippingbook.com/view/9420848...
HKU SBMS Newsletter Issue 19
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March 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#𝗦𝗕𝗠𝗦 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟭𝟵🔥
Enjoy feature stories about SBMS’ teaching excellence, as well as innovation and connection in the fields of rare diseases, neuroscience, and entrepreneurship.
online.flippingbook.com/view/9420848...
Enjoy feature stories about SBMS’ teaching excellence, as well as innovation and connection in the fields of rare diseases, neuroscience, and entrepreneurship.
online.flippingbook.com/view/9420848...
Thanks, Kathy, for bringing this key event to Hong Kong
Three Co-Chairs of the ISSCR Program Committee discussed the upcoming #ISSCR2025 meeting in #HK on The Stem Cell Podcast, and #HKUSBMS Prof. Kathryn Cheah emphasised the importance of international participation and diversity among speakers and attendees. Take a listen.
🔔 New episode alert!
Tune in to hear Drs. Valentina Greco (@valentatormenta.bsky.social), Kathryn Cheah, and Eugenia Piddini, discuss the upcoming #ISSCR2025 meeting happening in Hong Kong!
@isscr.org
▶️ bit.ly/4hJlPi2
Tune in to hear Drs. Valentina Greco (@valentatormenta.bsky.social), Kathryn Cheah, and Eugenia Piddini, discuss the upcoming #ISSCR2025 meeting happening in Hong Kong!
@isscr.org
▶️ bit.ly/4hJlPi2
March 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Thanks, Kathy, for bringing this key event to Hong Kong
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Our PIs are active in start-ups, spin-offs, and InnoHK centres, advancing biomedicine and bioinformatics. We drive translational research and KE activities and interdisciplinary collaborations to enhance HK's digital-tech & innovation leadership. (2/2)
March 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Our PIs are active in start-ups, spin-offs, and InnoHK centres, advancing biomedicine and bioinformatics. We drive translational research and KE activities and interdisciplinary collaborations to enhance HK's digital-tech & innovation leadership. (2/2)
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What is true for the mouse is true for the elephant
March 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What is true for the mouse is true for the elephant
It's been an inspiring meeting at an emerging research focused University founded just 10 years ago with superb facilities I'm sure we will hear much more of in the future. @liang-lab.bsky.social joined me to represent @hkusbms.bsky.social.
February 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
It's been an inspiring meeting at an emerging research focused University founded just 10 years ago with superb facilities I'm sure we will hear much more of in the future. @liang-lab.bsky.social joined me to represent @hkusbms.bsky.social.
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Save the date for the GSCN #Conference on #stemcell #research and #translation in #Munich at @www.helmholtz-munich.de from 15 - 17 Oct 2025. Registration is open gscn-conferences.org/gscn-confere...
February 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Save the date for the GSCN #Conference on #stemcell #research and #translation in #Munich at @www.helmholtz-munich.de from 15 - 17 Oct 2025. Registration is open gscn-conferences.org/gscn-confere...
An acidic residue within the OCT4 dimerization interface of SOX17 is necessary and sufficient to overcome its pluripotency-inducing activity:
www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...
www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...
An acidic residue within the OCT4 dimerization interface of SOX17 is necessary and sufficient to overcome its pluripotency-inducing activity
In this article, Jauch and colleagues show that glutamate 57 is essential to preserve
the DNA binding mechanism of SOX17. Mutations at this site into diverse amino acids
turn SOX17 into a powerful alt...
www.cell.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
An acidic residue within the OCT4 dimerization interface of SOX17 is necessary and sufficient to overcome its pluripotency-inducing activity:
www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...
www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...
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The 2nd Edinburgh-HK Joint Symposium in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine by the IRR will take place on 3 June in Edinburgh with featured speakers from #HKU, #CUHK, and #UoE. 2 of our HKU RPG students will join @ralfhku.bsky.social and colleagues to present their work.
For more: bit.ly/4aEVNLf
For more: bit.ly/4aEVNLf
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The 2nd Edinburgh-HK Joint Symposium in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine by the IRR will take place on 3 June in Edinburgh with featured speakers from #HKU, #CUHK, and #UoE. 2 of our HKU RPG students will join @ralfhku.bsky.social and colleagues to present their work.
For more: bit.ly/4aEVNLf
For more: bit.ly/4aEVNLf
Thanks, Bob, for bringing us to VISTEC, Thailand, for an exciting symposium.
vistec.ac.th/faculty-adju...
vistec.ac.th/faculty-adju...
February 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Thanks, Bob, for bringing us to VISTEC, Thailand, for an exciting symposium.
vistec.ac.th/faculty-adju...
vistec.ac.th/faculty-adju...
I had the opportunity to visit the beautifully preserved study at the 'Villa Medusa' in my hometown of Jena, where Ernst Haeckel, credited with coining the term stemcell once worked. www.wissenschaftsgeschichte.uni-jena.de/en
December 21, 2024 at 6:27 AM
I had the opportunity to visit the beautifully preserved study at the 'Villa Medusa' in my hometown of Jena, where Ernst Haeckel, credited with coining the term stemcell once worked. www.wissenschaftsgeschichte.uni-jena.de/en
Flatteringly, @forbes.com took an interest in our work on the evolution of the toolkits of stem cells. www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
Quite frankly, there is a lot of mouse DNA in a mouse iPSC cell line. Wonder if we will show up on one of their lists one day.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quite frankly, there is a lot of mouse DNA in a mouse iPSC cell line. Wonder if we will show up on one of their lists one day.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Scientists Can Now Recreate A Mouse Without Its DNA—Here’s How It Works
In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers have brought a mouse to life with the help of a single-celled organism that existed long before any multicellular animals walked the earth.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Flatteringly, @forbes.com took an interest in our work on the evolution of the toolkits of stem cells. www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
Quite frankly, there is a lot of mouse DNA in a mouse iPSC cell line. Wonder if we will show up on one of their lists one day.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quite frankly, there is a lot of mouse DNA in a mouse iPSC cell line. Wonder if we will show up on one of their lists one day.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Really nice to see our latest work on Sox/POU origins covered in detail in the @washingtonpost.com by Kasha Patel, the 🦠choano-mouse🐁 is getting the love it deserves! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Scientists just used genes from a microorganism and created a mouse
The team used these newly generated stem cells to help form a living, breathing mouse from a developing embryo.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Really nice to see our latest work on Sox/POU origins covered in detail in the @washingtonpost.com by Kasha Patel, the 🦠choano-mouse🐁 is getting the love it deserves! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...