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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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    Research Assistant (Job ID : 11132) in LIFS (Prof. Tom CHEUNG) - Posted on Mar 13, 2026

    Faculty Positions (Division of Life Science) - Posted on Jul 18, 2025

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March 24, 2026 News

LIFS Alumni Homecoming 2026 – Event Highlights

More than 90 alumni from the Division returned to campus on 14 March 2026 to reconnect with fellow graduates and professors at the LIFS Alumni Homecoming 2026. The event started with a welcoming cocktail reception followed by a buffet lunch. Prof. Guojun BU, Head of Division, shared recent developments and achievements of LIFS, while Prof. Yung Hou WONG, Dean of Science,...

March 22, 2026 News

HKUST Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in RNA Silencing Mechanism

A research team from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has made a breakthrough discovery in understanding the molecular machinery of RNA silencing. The team uncovered how the human enzyme DICER achieves highly precise processing of microRNAs (miRNAs), advancing gene regulation research and offering new insights into the mechanisms underlying...

March 9, 2026 News

LIFS Summer Recruitment Camp 2026 (6 July – 10 July 2026)

Division of Life Science LIFS Summer Recruitment Camp 2026 For 2027/28 Fall Postgraduate Admission 6 July 2026 – 10 July 2026 (5 days) Online Application Form Information Poster (Available in English and Simplified Chinese) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) promotes a vibrant and dynamic environment that emphasizes academic...

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