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The Division of Life Science at HKUST offers rigorous and competitive undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Currently, we have over 600 undergraduate students and over 200 postgraduate students.

The Division has 35 full-time faculty members with significant expertise in the areas of neuroscience, structural biology, cell & developmental biology, and biotechnology. The Division is the home of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, one of the two at HKUST and one of the sixteen in Hong Kong. In addition, the Division has a large collection of the state-of-the-art major equipment and is a major stakeholder of the Biosciences Central Research Facility (BioCRF).

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21 Aug 2025

IAS Distinguished Lecture “Neuronal Cell Biology, Stress Response and Neurodegeneration” by Prof. SHEN Kang

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August 4, 2025 News

Mapping the Molecular Landscape of Grey Mouse Lemurs

Although researchers usually rely on mice for studies, grey mouse lemurs being primates, are closer to us on the evolutionary tree and provide insights into biology that truly matter to humans. Prof. Angela WU, associate professor in the Division of Life Science and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, collaborated with other researchers to map over...

July 20, 2025 News

HKUST Scientists Develop Innovative Technology to Identify cfRNA Modification Biomarkers for Early Cancer Detection

Professor Li-Sheng ZHANG, (Division of Life Science and Department of Chemistry, HKUST) and his research team  have recently made a significant breakthrough in cancer detection by introducing a new RNA modification method called LIME-seq (Low-Input Multiple Methylation Sequencing) which has been published in Nature Biotechnology. This innovative approach focuses on...

July 14, 2025 News

Division of Life Science Project awarded the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme funding (2025/26)

The project titled "Neuroimmune Mechanisms and Modulation in Alzheimer’s Disease led by Professor BU Guojun, Head of the Division of Life Science, has been awarded the Research Grant's Council Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) Award (2025/26). Project Details This project investigates how our brain and body’s immune systems affect Alzheimer’s disease....

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