Tung Biomedical Sciences Centre, City University of Hong Kong
Tung Biomedical Sciences Centre, City University of Hong Kong

Celebrate the milestones and successes of our research community – here we highlight the achievements of our core members and their teams, showcasing their contributions to advancing biomedical knowledge and improving global health.

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Miss Zilin Chen won the Best Oral Presentation in CEST 2024

Date 16–20 September 2024
Event 10th International Workshop on Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Imaging (CEST 2024), Germany
Paper Title The effect of aquaporin-4 inhibition on cerebrospinal fluid-tissue water exchange in mouse brain detected by magnetization transfer indirect spin labelling MRI
Supervisor Prof. Kannie Chan
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Miss Ke Huang Won Third Prize in 10th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

Date June 2024
Event The 10th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Award Third Prize (Life Sciences Category)
Work A Flexible and Intelligent Pulse Sensor for Cardiovascular Diseases Monitoring
Supervisor Prof. Bee Luan Khoo

Dr Zihan Yang (Eileen) granted the Jockey Club Global STEM Post-doctoral Fellowship for Translation Research and Application 2023/2024

Date July 2024
Project Title Highly Integrated Tumor Microenvironment 3D Microfluidic Device for High Throughput Drug Screening and Studying Cancer Metastasis
Supervisor Prof. Mengsu (Michael) Yang

PhD student Zihan Yang (Eileen) received Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Outstanding Doctoral Research Award

Date 25 June 2024
Doctoral Thesis Microfluidic Techniques for Studying Cancer Cell Migration and Drug Screening
Supervisor Prof. Mengsu (Michael) Yang

PhD Student Lok Hin Law granted 2024 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Merit Award

Date 9 May 2024
Event 2024 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Singapore
Supervisor Prof. Kannie Chan

Prof. Kannie Chan Received the Most-cited Author in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Date 23 April 2024

PhD student Zihan Yang (Eileen) received Outstanding Research Thesis Award 2023

Date 18 March 2024
Doctoral Thesis Microfluidic Techniques for Studying Cancer Cell Migration and Drug Screening
Supervisor Prof. Mengsu (Michael) Yang
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Prof. Gigi Lo & Prof. Mengsu (Michael) Yang Listed among World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists by Stanford University

Date 4 October 2023
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Prof. Xin Deng received Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty

Date 4 October 2023
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Prof. Kannie Chan received Outstanding Research Award

Date 4 October 2023
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PhD Students Yanlin Deng, Wei Li, Junchen Liao and Xiang Zhou won the Greater Bay Area STEM Excellence Award 2023 (HKSAR) – Gold Medal

Date 5 June 2023
Details A novel point of care PIEB (Point-of-care In situ Evaluation Biosensor) BioChip was developed to provide prognosis prediction and allow timely medical intervention for cancer patients
Supervisor Prof. Bee Luan Khoo
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PhD Student Se Weon Park received Second Place Award on applications at 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition

Date 3–8 June 2023
Event 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Canada
Presentation Title Early detection of brain tumor response during local hydrogel based treatment using CEST MRI
Digital Poster CEST and MISL detect regional neuropathologies in a Parkinson’s disease mouse model at 3T
Supervisor Prof. Kannie Chan
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PhD Student Haoyun Su received Third Place Award on methods at 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition

Date 3–8 June 2023
Event 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Canada
Presentation Title DGE MRI detects altered glucose uptake and utilization upon microglia activation in Alzheimer’s disease
Digital Poster CEST effect of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) at negative offset frequency
Supervisor Prof. Kannie Chan
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Prof. Bee Luan Khoo with PhD students Yanlin Deng, Junchen Liao, Wei Li and Xiang Zhou awarded Silver Medal at International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

Date 26–30 April 2023
Event The 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (IEIG), Switzerland
Project Personalised care: PIEB Biochip
Supervisor Prof. Bee Luan Khoo
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Prof. Bee Luan Khoo with PhD students Chun-kwan Chen, Ke Huang and Shangjie Zou awarded Silver Medal at International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

Date 26–30 April 2023
Event The 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (IEIG), Switzerland
Project Microplastic Concentrator (MPC)
Supervisor Prof. Bee Luan Khoo
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PhD students Shangjie Zou and Chun Kwan Chen won the third prize in youth innovation competition

Date 9 February 2023
Event大瀝杯第九屆創青春粵港澳大灣區青年創新創業大賽 (科技創新賽道 - 團隊組)
Project A Portable System for the Rapid Enrichment and Separation of Micropaticles from Liquid Samples (用於快速富集分離液體中微顆粒的便携式系統)
Supervisor Prof. Bee Luan Khoo
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Prof. Kannie Chan conferred RGC Research Fellow

Date 7 July 2022
Award RGC Research Fellow Scheme (RFS)
Project Title Non-invasive CEST MRI Detects Reduced CSF Clearance in the Brain for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
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Research Staff Jianpan Huang granted 2022 ISMRM Junior Fellows

Date 7–12 May 2022
Event Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB & ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting, UK
Supervisor Prof. Kannie Chan

PhD Student Zilin Chen granted 2022 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Merit Award

Date 7–12 May 2022
Event Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB & ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting, UK
Supervisor Prof. Kannie Chan

Prof. Liang Zhang received HKIAS Rising Star Lectureship

Date 24 November 2021
Lecture Dissecting Protein Interactome in Health and Diseases

Prof. Gigi Lo received HKIAS Rising Star Lectureship

Date 24 November 2021
Lecture Development of Nanophotosensitizing Systems for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy
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PhD student Thi Van Anh Bui winned Sun Chieh Yeh Heart Foundation Young Investigator Award (First Prize)

Date 6 November 2021
Event The 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (ICSM)
Research Title Instant Fabrication of Angiogenic Patch for Effective Vascular Regeneration
Supervisor Prof. Kiwon Ban

PhD Student Wing Kar Li granted the Best Poster Award

Date 11–12 November 2021
Event The Second AACR-KCA Joint Conference on Precision Medicine in Solid Tumors (Virtual)
Abstract Title Detection and characterization of heterogeneous subpopulations of exosomes released from glioma-associated microglia
Supervisor Prof. Youngjin Lee

Dr Henry Zou, Dr Edwin Yu

Previous supervisor: Prof. Mengsu (Michael) Yang

Start-up “Cellomics” selected for the “Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2023” – Learn More

Yanlin Deng, Wei Li, Junchen Liao, Xiang Zhou

Supervisor: Prof. Bee Luan Khoo

The Greater Bay Area STEM Excellence Award 2023 (HKSAR) – Gold Medal – Learn More

Guopan Liu

Supervisor: Prof. Liang Zhang

The 11th Asia Oceania Human Proteome Organization (AOHUPO) and 7th Asia Oceania Agricultural Proteomics Organization (AOAPO) Congress – Young Scientist Travel Award – Learn More

Prof. Bee Luan Khoo, Yanlin Deng, Wei Li, Junchen Liao, Xiang Zhou

Supervisor: Prof. Bee Luan Khoo

The 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (IEIG) – Silver Award – Learn More

Prof. Bee Luan Khoo, Chun Kwan Chen, Shangjie Zou

Supervisor: Prof. Bee Luan Khoo

The 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (IEIG) – Silver Award – Learn More

Chun Kwan Chen, Shangjie Zou

Supervisor: Prof. Bee Luan Khoo

大瀝杯第九屆創青春大賽 – Third Prize – Learn More

Suihong Huang

Supervisor: Prof. Jin Young Kim

CityUHK Outstanding Research Thesis Awards – Learn More

Tianmin Li

Supervisor: Prof. Xin Deng

Guopan Liu

Supervisor: Prof. Liang Zhang

Zhongxu Zhu

Supervisor: Prof. Liang Zhang; co-supervisor: Prof. Xin Wang

Mandi Wu

Supervisor: Prof. Mingliang He

CityUHK Research Tuition Scholarship – Learn More

Yiqing Ding

Supervisor: Prof. Xin Deng

Yaxiu Feng

Supervisor: Prof. Mingliang He

Xiaomin Zhou

Supervisor: Prof. Jian Yan

CityUHK Institutional Research Tuition Scholarship – Learn More

Limei Ai

Supervisor: Prof. Zongli Zheng

Huan Chen, Weixi Wang

Supervisor: Prof. Xin Deng

Eunice Dotse, King Hoo Lim, Meijun Wang

Supervisor: Prof. Kwan T. Chow

Qingqing Lu

Supervisor: Prof. Jin Young Kim

Tian Tian, Ying Wang

Supervisor: Prof. Liang Zhang

Yiran Wang

Supervisor: Prof. Mingliang He

CityUHK Outstanding Academic Performance Award – Learn More

Guopan Liu

Supervisor: Prof. Liang Zhang

The Second Rohto Forum for Regenerative Medicine – Best Poster Award – Learn More

Prof. Jian Yan

CityuHK Outstanding Research Award – Learn More

Prof. Gigi Lo, Prof. Liang Zhang

HKIAS Rising Star – Learn More

Eileen Zihan Yang

Supervisor: Prof. Mengsu (Michael) Yang

The 8th Hong Kong International Oncology Symposium – HKIOS Best Paper Award – Learn More

Wing Kar Li

Supervisor: Prof. Youngjin Lee

The Second AACR-KCA Joint Conference on Precision Medicine in Solid Tumors – Best Poster Award – Learn More

Last modified: 2024.10.17