SBMS Newsletter Issue 02

Research Grants

Funding/Grant Body

Grant Holder

Amount

NSFC 2020 Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) NSFC 2020 Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) Guangdong Government Innovation & Technology Commission (ITC) - Public Sector Trial Scheme for the Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hong Kong

Dr. L.W.T. Cheung Dr. A.S.L. Wong Prof. J.D. Huang

RMB1,200,000 RMB1,200,000 RMB2,000,000 HK$1,489,250

Prof. J.A. Tanner

NSFC 2020 General Program (awarded via HKU-SZU) NSFC 2020 Young Scientist Fund (awarded via HKU-SZU)

RMB570,000 RMB240,000

Dr. S.K.Y. Ma Dr. L. Zhou

Donations

Funding/Grant Body

Grant Holder Prof. J.D. Huang Dr. L.W. Lim Dr. A.S.L. Wong Prof. Z.J. Zhou

Amount

Globeways Holdings Limited Immumax Wellness Centre Limited Karolinska Instituet Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine Hemix Biotech Ltd Limited

HK$1,548,989.15 HK$813,998 HK$209,667.97 HK$500,000

Croucher Senior Research Fellowships 2021-2022 Prof. J.D. Huang, Chair Professor and L & T Charitable Foundation Professor in Biomedical Sciences, is awarded the 2021 Croucher Senior Research Fellowship. The value of each award includes a HK$2,000,000 research grant.

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Conferment of Chair Professor Title Prof. J.D. Huang is conferred the Professor, Chair of Synthetic Biology on Novermber 2020. Teaching Innovation Award (Team) Dr. George Tipoe was awarded the 2019 Teaching Innovation Award. Team: Prof. Wallace Lau, Dr Julie Chen, Prof. Giberto Leung, Dr. George Tipoe and Dr. Gordon Wong Project: Re-imagining Medical Education: An Enrichment Year in the Core MBBS Curriculum

Students

The 25 th Research Postgraduate Symposium Oral Presentations :

Mr T.F. Liu (PI: Prof. G.S.W. Tsao), Miss H.C. Loong (PI: Dr. S.K.Y. Ma) Mr T.L.M. Wong (PI: Dr. S.K.Y. Ma) Poster Presentations :

Innovation and Technology Scholarship 2020

Ms W.Y. Wong (BBMS, Year 2)

Miss F. Hu (PI: Dr. M.C.H. Cheung), Miss S.N. Ng (PI: Dr. L.W.T. Cheung), Mr J.J. Loh (PI: Dr. S.K.Y. Ma), Miss Z.F. Zheng (PI: Dr. M.C.H. Cheung), Miss R.R. Ng (PI: Prof. M.S.Y. Huen), Miss X.Y. Tan (PI: Prof. M.S.Y. Huen)

Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student 2018-2019

Ms C.M. Huang (MPhil graduate, PI: Prof. G.S.W. Tsao)

HKU Biomed x HKSTP talk series Jan 2021 Prof. Julian Tanner and Dr. Andrew Kinghorn | AlhenaBio Limited Mar 2021 Dr. Kelsey Zhong | ImmunoDiagnostics Limited May 2021 Prof. Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui | BioMed Technology Holdings Limited

The HKU Biomed x HKSTP Talk Series is a new initiative from the School’s Knowledge Exchange and Global team. To kick-o the series, we have invited three faculty members / senior management team members of startups at HKSTP to share with us their journey in translating their research innovations into translational applications. More details to follow!

RAP/PDF Seminar Series Wednesday 5:00 pm on 6 & 27 Jan, 10 & 31 Mar, 14 & 28 Apr, 5 & 26 May and 6 & 23 Jun

Last but not least, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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