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Professor Mo Yang promoted to Chair Professor

Congratulations to Professor Mo Yang on his promotion to Chair Professor on 1 February 2025. Prof. Yang is Chair Professor of Precision Theranostics at the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also Associate Head (Research) of Department of BME, as well as Director of Joint Research Center for Biosensing and Precision Theranostics. Prof. Yang’s research focuses on microfluidic device for biosensing, and nanomaterials based bioprobes for bioimaging, biosensing and precision theranostics.

RCBPT co-organized the International Forum on Medical Molecular Imaging 2024

The Joint Center of Biosensing and Precision Theranostics co-organized the International Forum on Medical Molecular Imaging 2024 with the Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Chinese Academy of Sciences from Nov 22-23, 2024 in Hong Kong.

Prof. Yang Mo attended the 2024 academic committee meeting of Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education in Zhejiang University

Prof. Yang Mo attended the 2024 academic committee meeting of Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education in Zhejiang University as the academic committee member on November 12, 2024.

Dr. Wen Chunyi received ANR//RGC Joint Research Scheme in 2024/25 Exercise

The RGC announced the results of the applications for the French National Research Agency (ANR) / Research Grants Council (RGC) Joint Research Scheme in 2024/25 Exercise.  The RGC and the ANR have agreed to fund a total of 4 research projects, out of 27 eligible joint applications received. Dr. Wen Chunyi is the only one in PolyU who received the ANR//RGC Joint Research Scheme Grant. Details are as follows: Title: Deciphering and Targeting Cholinergic Signaling to Treat Osteoarthritis Award amount: HK$2,271,643

Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology Delegates visit RCBPT

Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology delegates lead by vice director Prof. Zhou Lianqun visited RCBPT on Oct 17, 2024. RCBPT members introduced the development and the current research directions of RCBPT and discussed with the visitors on the further collaborations.

Greater Bay Area Biomedical Sensing Alliance was established (大灣區生物醫學感測聯盟成立)

Greater Bay Area Biomedical Sensing Alliance was established on Sep 23, 2024. Prof. Yang Mo as a founding member of Alliance attended the ceremony of the establishment of the Greater Bay Area Biomedical Sensing Alliance.

PolyU BME RCBPT delegates visit School of Biomedical Engineering of Sun Yat-sen University

PolyU BME and the School of Biomedical Engineering at the Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) jointly organised a two-day PolyU-SYSU Joint Biomedical Engineering Symposium on August 26 and 30. Ir Prof. Ming Zhang, Head of BME, and Prof. Mo Yang, Associate Head (Research) of BME, visited SYSU on August 26 to explore the potential biomedical engineering collaborations between the two departments. On August 29, five more BME colleagues joined Prof. Mo Yang to visit SYSU, including Dr Sharon Ruan, Dr Xiaoling Hu, Dr Youhua Tan, Dr Puxiang Lai and Dr Chunyi Wen. The main purpose of the visit was to conduct research presentations and discussions, which were beneficial to the research development of both departments. PolyU BME looks forward to future collaborations with SYSU to contribute to the research excellence in the field of biomedical engineering.

Professor Mo Yang and Dr Youhua Tan receive 2023/24 RGC CRF Collaborative Research Project Grant

Hong Kong's Research Grants Council (RGC) has recently announced the funding results of the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) including Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG), Collaborative Research Equipment Grant (CREG) and Young Collaborative Research Grant (YCRG) in 2023/24 Exercise. PolyU has nine CRF Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG) projects and two CRF Young Collaborative Research Grant (YCRG) projects supported by RGC in this round of exercise. Among the nine PolyU CRF CRPG projects, two of them are from BME colleagues — Professor Mo Yang, Associate Head (Research), and Dr Youhua Tan, Associate Professor and Programme Leader (MSc). Details are as follows: Professor Mo Yang – Proposed Tile: High-resolution single-cell multi-omics: Joint profiling of multiple types of biomolecules in the same single cell Dr Youhua Tan – Proposed Title: The roles of mechanically heterogeneous local niches within primary tumors in metastatic organotropism Congratulations to Prof. Yang and Dr Tan!   About the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) The Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) supports multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary projects in order to encourage more research groups to engage in creative and high-quality cross-disciplinary / cross-institutional projects.  

Professor Mo Yang and Dr Youhua Tan awarded Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award 2022

Professor Mo Yang, Associate Head (Research) of BME, and Dr Youhua Tan, Associate Professor and Programme Leader (MSc) of BME, were awarded the Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award 2022. The Award is to recognize the outstanding performance of Faculty of Engineering academic staff members in securing external competitive research grants from 2018 to 2022. Prof. Yang’s research focuses on microfluidic device for biosensing and nanomaterials based bioprobes for imaging, sensing and therapy; Dr Tan’s research is to unveil the roles of mechanical cues in tumor metastasis and develop new mechanomedicine and mechanotargeting strategies. Congratulations to Prof. Yang and Dr Tan!