11 Dec 2024

Miss Wing Hei LEUNG, a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Terence LEE, has been recognized with the Best Presentation Award at the 2nd PolyU Research Student Conference (PRSC 2024). Her presentation entitled "Therapeutic efficacy of Glypican-3 peptide-link Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-Macrophage in HCC," introduces an innovative cell therapy approach for treating HCC. Previously, in June of this year, she received a Travel Award at The

19 Nov 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Dr Ma Cong’s RPg student Zhang Zeqi won a gold medal in the international Kaggle's AI competition. This achievement highlights the exceptional talent and dedication of our students in leveraging AI to solve cutting-edge drug discovery-related challenges.   The competition is part of the Competition Track jointly organized by Kaggle, the world's largest data science competition platform, and NeurIPS 2023, a top com

6 Nov 2024

Following last year success in international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGem) competition, new students team, PanoPOLY, made a great breakthrough this year in October in Paris to win our first GOLD medal. More thrillingly, PanoPOLY was selected as Top 10 undergraduate team alongside hundreds of global top universities, with TWO nominations for the Best Oncology Project, and Best New Composite Part.   Under the guidance of supervisor team (P

28 Oct 2024

We are delighted to share the remarkable news that two of Dr Ma Cong’s RPg students have respectively received the Best Presentation Award and the Best Presentation Runner-up at the 2nd PolyU Research Student Conference (PRSC 2024).   Aiming at promoting innovative and high-quality research, PRSC is the flagship research student conference, providing Research Postgraduate (RPg) students and the students of College of Undergraduate Researchers an

25 Oct 2024

Twelve PolyU ABCT staff members are ranked as the World’s Top 2% most-cited scientists 2024 by Stanford University.  Using the Scopus author profiles as of 16 September 2024, Stanford University released the latest top 2% scientists in various scientific fields. The list was prepared by Prof. John Ioannidis and his team from Stanford University, the updated database (version 7) provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-author

18 Oct 2024

To acknowledge and encourage exceptional research accomplishments by graduating PhD students, the Graduate School of PolyU introduced the PhD Thesis Award every year. This recognition program features two categories: Outstanding and Merit, which are designed to honor students' achievements at different levels of excellence. This year, the Outstanding Award is conferred upon Dr. LEI Mang Leng, a PhD student, under the supervision of Prof. Terence

9 Oct 2024

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) held an unveiling ceremony for the PolyU-Daya Bay Technology and Innovation Research Institute (Research Institute) in Huizhou, in collaboration with the Huizhou Municipal People’s Government and the Huizhou Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone. Marking the official launch of the Research Institute in Huizhou, the unveiling ceremony was officiated by Dr LAM Tai-fai, Council Chairman of

4 Oct 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Team Leader Kang Hui, representing the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, has secured the gold award at the 11th China Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. This remarkable triumph is a testament to Kang Hui's exceptional leadership and the collaborative efforts of the entire team.   This event was hosted by multiple departments including the Central Committee of the Communist Yout

4 Oct 2024

Prof. Zheng Zijian, Chair Professor of Soft Materials and Devices, Associate Director of the Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems and Associate Director of the University Research Facility in Materials Characterisation and Device Fabrication, was interviewed by 21st Century Business Herald on his research on flexible electronics as well as the pros and cons of university-nurtured startups and the I&T ecosystem in Hong Kong. Prof. Z

10 Sep 2024