PolyU Science Innovations snatched six prestigious prizes at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, including 1 Special Prize, 2 Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury, 2 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medal, and 1 Bronze Medal.
Consonant with PolyU's endeavours to promote knowledge transfer, our researchers have been transforming innovations into real-world applications. These award-winning innovations exemplify our efforts in addressing global challenges, which include a long-acting anti-obesity and insulin-sensitising drug, a microbial-derived Technology to remove microplastic pollutants, a portable ultrasensitive glucose sensor, an electroreduction system for Reducing CO2 emissions, all-in-one device for virus diagnosis, and food waste-derived 3D printing material.
The Geneva Inventions Expo this year attracted about 1,000 inventions from about 40 countries and regions. To learn more about PolyU's impactful innovations, please visit: https://polyu.hk/tqAvq
List of award wining projects
| Project | Principal Investigator(s) | Award(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ABarginase: First-in-class Drug for Treatment of Multiple Obesity-related Metabolic Disease |
Prof. Thomas LEUNG Yun-chung Professor, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and Lo Ka Chung Charitable Foundation Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Prof. Alisa SHUM Sau-wun Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Prize of the International Federation of Inventors' Association – IFIA Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury |
| MicroGlue: Microbial-derived Technology to Remove Microplastic Pollutants | Dr CHUA Song-lin Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology Dr LIU Yang GBA Startup Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology |
Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury |
| A Portable Non-invasive and Ultrasensitive Saliva Glucose Sensor | Prof. YAN Feng ADoRI-IWEAR & Chair Professor of Organic Electronics, Department of Applied Physics |
Gold Medal |
| Durable, High-Selectivity, and Energy Efficient CO2 Electroreduction System | Prof. Daniel LAU Shu-ping Head, Director of UMF, Associate Director of PRI, Chair Professor of Nanomaterials, Department of Applied Physics |
Gold Medal |
| All-in-one Luminescence-based Point-of-care Testing Device for Virus Diagnosis | Prof. HAO Jianhua Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Devices, Department of Applied Physics |
Silver Medal |
| Food Waste-derived 3D Printing Material | Dr WONG Ka-hing Director, Research Institute for Future Food, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition Prof. Daniel TSANG Chiu-wa Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Core Member, Research Institute for Future Food |
Bronze Medal |
