Congratulations to the recipients of the Academic Achievement Medal 2021 – the highest academic honor bestowed by HKUST on outstanding undergraduate students upon graduation.
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There are so many beautiful pictures related to life science out there in journals and on the internet. Can you also capture your scientific research in an appealing photo? Send us your most striking images to participate in our Annual Scientific Image Competition.
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Prof. Yusong Guo and his collaborator, Prof. Zhongping Yao, at Hong Kong Polytechnic University developed an in vitro vesicle formation assay to reveal novel cargo clients and factors that mediate vesicular trafficking, providing a robust tool to reveal novel insights into the secretory pathway.
The eukaryotic secretory pathway regulates the secretion of various growth factors, hormones and...Read More
Jiguang Wang, an associate professor of LIFS at HKUST, was appointed the Padma Harilela Associate Professorship of Life Science (夏利萊夫人生命科學副教授).
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Prof. Jiguang WANG and Prof. Tom CHEUNG from Division of Life Science were selected for this year’s School Research Award and School Service Award, respectively.
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Prof. Angela Wu was invited to give a general audience talk about the different vaccine technologies for The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (香港青年科學院) on March 27, 2021.
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The award is open to Chinese nationals under the age of 38 who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine and life sciences.
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Prof. Bik-Kwoon Tye and Prof. Danny Leung, in collaboration with the University of Hong Kong (HKU), recently made a breakthrough on how the ORC selects the site for origins of replications and the basis behind the divergence between humans and yeast.
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Using zebrafish as an animal model, Prof. Zilong Wen and his research team identified two distinct microglial populations – the phagocytotic microglia and regulatory microglia. Their findings were published in the journal Science Advances.
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A research team led by Prof. Tom CHEUNG, Associate Professor in the Division of Life Science at HKUST, revealed the relationship between Dek and Intron retention during muscle stem cell quiescence.
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In this study published in the journal PNAS, Prof. Tom Cheung and his research team have found that a lncRNA, LncMyoD, regulates the differentiation of muscle cells through modulating chromatin accessibility.
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