LIFS is delighted to reveal the winners for the Annual Scientific Image Competition 2021. This year’s competition attracted many entries. These were whittled down by our panel of judges to a handful of shortlisted images. Many thanks to everyone who took part in the competition and congratulations to our winners.
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Prof. Danny Leung and his team identified thousands of potential polymorphic endogenous retroviruses, shedding light on how the relics of viruses can shape our epigenome and give rise to different phenotypes between individuals.
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Prof. Jiguang Wang and his team developed a computational framework (termed MetaNet) that integrates clinical and sequencing data from 30K cancers to assess the metastatic risk of primary tumors.
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The Master of Science in Biotechnology program at HKUST has been awarded the Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme by the University Grants Committee (UGC).
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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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