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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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2 Jul 2025

Special LIFS Seminar “Multimodal Nanoscopy for Studying Brain Metabolism” by Prof. Lingyan Shi

Time Start 04:00 pm at LT-CRead More
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    Technical Officer (2 positions) - Posted on May 22, 2025

    Faculty Positions (Division of Life Science) - Posted on Nov 21, 2023

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June 29, 2025 News

Two Division of Life Science projects awarded funding in the second round of the ITC’s RAISe+ Scheme

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) secured grants for seven teams-the highest number among local institutions with two of the projects being awarded from the Division of Life Science. Prof. LIANG Chun, Associate Professor  from the Division of Life Science leads the project titled "Development of a Highly Efficacious First-in-Class Vaginal Gel...

June 6, 2025 News

Prof. Angela WU Receives the School of Science Research Award, 2024/25

Many congratulations to Prof. Angela Ruohao WU, Associate Professor from the Division of Life Science (LIFS) and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE), for being recently awarded the prestigious School Award for Research, 2024/25 for  recognizing her impressive research achievements.  On the left of the photo is Prof. Guojun BU, Head of Division of...

April 24, 2025 News

Prof. Angela WU and Dr. Aftab AMIN Receive SENtastic Staff Award 2025

Prof. Angela WU, Associate Professor of Division of Life Science and of the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (left picture) and Dr. Aftab AMIN, lecturer of Division of Life Science (right picture)  are recipients of the SENtastic Staff Award 2025. This award honors the dedication of our faculty and staff for their exceptional efforts to enhance the...

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