Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) Distinguished Lecture

Investigating how science can better understand diseases like cancer is an important aspect of our research endeavours at CityU. Tumour metastasis, the main cause of cancer death, is a dynamic and complex process that involves cancer cells leaving the primary tumour, entering blood circulation, invading a distant organ, and forming a new tumour. In his online HKIAS Distinguished Lecture titled “Single Cell Analysis of Tumor Heterogeneity During Cancer Metastasis” on 18 February, Professor Michael Yang Mengsu, Vice-President (Research and Technology), will discuss his research into how biochemical gradients and mechanical constraints regulate cancer cell migration and alter their phenotypes, and how tumour heterogeneity affects cancer cell transition and metastasis. For more information, please visit here.

.

---

Kudos

Professor Luk Kwai-man, Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (HKAES) 2021 for his seminal contributions to antenna research and development over the past three decades. HKAES is an organisation of Hong Kong’s most eminent engineers who are recognised leaders in the profession with distinguished achievements in engineering sciences or applications.

Four outstanding CityU scientists have been elected to the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK), which falls under the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences (ASHK). The four elected CityU members are: Dr Kwok Chun-kit, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry; Dr Lei Dangyuan , Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE); Professor Lu Yang, Department of Mechanical Engineering and MSE; and Mr Angus Yip Chi-hong, Scientific Officer, Department of Computer Science. YASHK promotes the development of science and technology with ASHK and currently has 53 members.