Prof. YANG Mo with his invention; Gold Medal award; High-throughput Microfluidic Platform for CTCs Detection in Cancer Precision Diagnostics
Pocnat Limited Team (Dr Thomas Lee) with PolyU Central Management Team; Gold-LAMP: A Portable Ultra-fast Nucleic Acid Testing System
With the real thrill of acknowledgement, we would like to congratulate Prof. Mo Yang (Associate Head (Research) and Professor) and Dr Thomas Lee (Associate Head (Academic), Associate Professor, and Co-Founder of Pocnat Limited (a PolyU academic-led startup)) who won the Gold Medals at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (Geneva Inventions Expo). Prof. Mo Yang's innovation is “High-throughput Microfluidic Platform for CTCs Detection in Cancer Precision Diagnostics” while Dr Thomas Lee's innovation is “Gold-LAMP: A Portable Ultra-fast Nucleic Acid Testing System”.
Widely regarded as among the most important annual global events devoted exclusively to inventions, many impactful innovations from PolyU have won a record-breaking number of accolades in this year’s Geneva Inventions Expo. The exceptional performance of PolyU teams in the Expo underlines the University’s aspiration to harness its excellence in education, research and knowledge transfer to drive PolyImpact – inventions and innovations by the PolyU community that create real-world impacts.
The 48th Geneva Inventions Expo attracted about 1,000 inventions from about 40 countries and regions. Thereamong, 28 PolyU innovations garnered 31 prizes – the highest number of prizes PolyU teams have ever received at this event. They include 3 Grand/Special Prizes, 5 Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury, 12 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals and 6 Bronze Medals.
To learn more about Prof. Mo’s and Dr Lee’s impactful innovations, please refer to the following links from the website of Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office (KTEO):
High-throughput Microfluidic Platform for CTCs Detection in Cancer Precision Diagnostics: https://sc2.polyu.edu.hk//en/kteo/knowledge-transfer/innovations-and-technologies/award-winning-innovations/geneva2023#MicrofluidicPlatform
Gold-LAMP: A Portable Ultra-fast Nucleic Acid Testing System:
https://sc2.polyu.edu.hk//en/kteo/knowledge-transfer/innovations-and-technologies/award-winning-innovations/geneva2023#GoldLAMP
