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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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June 2, 2026 News

Hong Kong Inter-University Postdoctoral Symposium in Biomedical Sciences 2026

Short Summary The 3rd Hong Kong Inter-University Postdoctoral Symposium in Biomedical Sciences was successfully held on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at Lecture Theatre E, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Read More The 3rd Hong Kong Inter-University Postdoctoral Symposium in Biomedical Sciences was successfully held on Wednesday, May 13,...

May 14, 2026 News

HKUST researchers reveal the pathogenesis of a rare respiratory disease through super-resolution microscopy

Cilia are tiny and hair-like organelles extruding from the surface of most cell types, serving either sensory or motile functions. In the eyes, the photoreceptor cells possess sensory cilia that are important for vision. Motile cilia align along the surface of the respiratory tract and function in airway clearance of mucus and inhaled pathogens. Mutations in retinitis...

April 27, 2026 News

Prof. ZHANG Lisheng’s Innovative Cancer Screening Project Secures Funding under the third round of the RAISe+ Scheme (2026)

The Innovation and Technology Commission of the HKSAR Government has recently announced the results of the third round of projects selected for funding under the Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One‑plus (RAISe+) Scheme. Congratulations to  Project Leader Prof. ZHANG Lisheng, (Assistant Professor in the Division of Life Science and the Department of...

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