Warmest congratulations to Dr Lei Mang Leng from the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology on winning the prestigious PolyU PhD Thesis Award - Outstanding Award 2024. Dr Lei is a PhD student, under the supervision of Prof. Terence Lee, and her research focused on understanding the immune evasive mechanism of liver cancer cells, which leads to resistance to immunotherapy. This insight could pave the way for the development of more effective treatments for liver cancer. Her thesis entitled “Identification of Wild-Type Kirsten Rat Sarcoma (Kras) and its Signalling Pathway in Immune Evasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma” highlights the novelty and translational implications for cancer therapy.
The Graduate School of PolyU introduced the PhD Thesis Award every year to acknowledge and encourage exceptional research accomplishments by graduating PhD students. This recognition program features two categories: Outstanding and Merit, which are designed to honour students' achievements at different levels of excellence. Dr Lei is the only recipient of this recognition among all graduating PhD candidates across all faculties within PolyU this year. Before receiving this award, Dr Lei had already been recognised with the FS Outstanding PhD Thesis Award for the 2023/2024 academic year.
Join us to congratulate Dr Lei and her supervisor on this amazing achievement!
