Group News
2020
October 1, 2020: Kathrine Joined the group
Miss Kathrine Borg joined the group as a PhD student. Welcome, Kathrine!
August 15, 2020: Tianle Joined the group
Miss Tianle Wang joined the group as a research assistant. Welcome, Tianle!
August 7, 2020: Paper Published
Guangyao's review entitled "Thermodynamic Perspectives on Liquid-Liquid Droplet Reactors for Biochemical Applications" is published by Chemical Society Reviews. Congratulation!
August 1, 2020: Luoquan Joined the group
Mr. Luoquan Li joined the group as a PhD student. Welcome, Luoquan!
2019
November 7-8, 2019, Guangyao and Megan Attending the Workshop on Optofluidics and Electrokinetics in Micro and Nanoscale Device
Guangyao gave a poster presentation at the Workshop on Optofluidics and Electrokinetics in Micro and Nanoscale Device held in Kyoto, Japan
October 14, 2019: Dr. Ho's invited talk at the TERMIS-AP
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the TERMIS-AP held in Australia, Brisbane.
August 6, 2019: Dr. Ho's invited talk at the IBC/IBS-CUHK Joint Symposium
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the IBC/IBS-CUHK Joint Symposium held in the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (https://w2.ibc.sinica.edu.tw/bilateral2019/default.aspx).
August 1, 2019: Gavin and Qinru Joined the group
Mr. Gavin Lou joined the group as a PhD student. Welcome, Gavin! Miss Qinru Xiao starts her new position as a PhD student. Welcome back Qinru!
July 15, 2019: Meng Joined the group
Dr. Meng He joined the group as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome, Meng!
June 28, 2019: GRF Awarded
Dr. Ho received funding support from the Research Grants Council (RGC) under the scheme of General Research Fund (GRF). Congratulations!
June 28, 2019: PhD Award to Dr. Oskar Franch
Oskar was awarded the Kjeld Marcker PhD Award 2019 at the annual meeting of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in Aarhus University. Congratulations Oskar!
June 4, 2019: Dr. Ho's invited talk at the Smart Sensors
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the 2019 International Conference on Smart Sensors (ICSS) held in Hsinchu, Taiwan (http://www.icsstw.org/).
April 13, 2019: Dr. Ho's invited talk at IEEE-NEMS
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS).
March 27, 2019: Dr. Ho's invited talk at IADDS
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the International Advanced Drug Delivery Symposium held in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. Thanks Prof. Hsing-Wen Sung for the invitation.
2018
December 31, 2018: Paper Accepted
Habib's work entitled "Demarcating the membrane damage for the extraction of functional mitochondria" is published by Microsystems & Nanoengineering. Congratulation!
December 2, 2018: Dr. Ho's invited talk at IEEE-Nanomed
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk and serve as the Technical Program Committee member at the 12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering held in Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.
November 23, 2018: Dr. Ho's invited talk at ASRTU
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the Sino-Russian ASRTU Symposium on Advanced Materials and Processing Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou. Thanks Prof. Guangzhao Zhang for the invitation.
November 11, 2018: Posters Presented at MicroTAS
Habib and Bruce's abstracts were both accepted by MicroTAS. Congratulation!
October 10, 2018: Dr. Ho's invited talk at HKUST
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at Bioengineering Graduate Program, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Thanks Prof. I-Ming Hsing for the invitation.
September 10, 2018: MSc Students Joined the group
Yujie Wan, Yinghua Ye and Eric Lam joined the group as MSc students. Welcome!
September 6, 2018: Dr. Ho's invited talk at CIOEC
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the China International Optoelectronic Conference (CIOEC) held in Shenzhen.
September 4, 2018: FYP Students Joined the group
Clara Chan, Carrie Hung and Vincent Fok joined the group as FYP students. Welcome!
August 31, 2018: Best Abstract Selected by APCCMI
Oskar's abstract entitled "Detecting Mycobacterial Infection via a Potential New Biomarker: the Activity of Essential Mycobacterial Enzymes," was selected as the Best Abstract for the category "Microbiology, diagnostics & genomics; Virology; Antimicrobial resistance" by the 17th Asia-Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection held in Hong Kong, 2018. Congratulations!
August 1, 2018: Guangyao Joined the group
Mr. Guangyao Cheng joined the group as a PhD student. Welcome, Guangyao!
July 16, 2018: Qinru Starts Her New Position
Miss Qinru Xiao starts her new position as a Research Assistant of Shun Hing Fellow. Welcome back Qinru!
July 3, 2018: Exchange Students from Taiwan
You Hsuan Liu, Ting An Wu, Jessie Yang, undergraduate students from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, and Chan Min Hsu, an undergraduate from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University, are joining us as summer exchange students. They have received the support from the Office of Academic Links (China) Summer Research Placement Programme for Mainland and Taiwan Students. Congratulations and welcome!
May 26, 2018: Challenge Cup
Hon Son and Bruce's project (under co-supervision with Prof. Chao Wan of SBS) won two awards (first runner up for life sciences and the designated awards in the innovative project category) in the Challenge Cup 2018 (http://www.hkchallengecup.com/). Congratulations!
March 24, 2018: HK X-Tech FYP+ Support
Hon Son and Bruce's project entitled "Development of Capillarised Contractile Cardiac Muscle Chips" (under co-supervision with Prof. Chao Wan of SBS) is selected as one of the 50 winning projects for this year's HKXF FYP+ Supporting Scheme. The winning project will receive 20,000 HKD as financial support for project incubation. Congratulations!!
March 15, 2018: Young Investigator Scholarships
Chen Chang's abstract entitled "Computational Model of Mitochondrial Metabolism and Dynamics in Ageing" is awarded a Young Investigator Scholarships by the YongMito Program. Chen will present his work at the International Mitochondria Meeting for Young Scientists to be held in Kyoto. Congratulations and thanks for joining our effort with Prof. Wei at National Taiwan University!!
February 1, 2018: Proposal Shortlisted
Our proposal entitled "Rapid Diagnostics of Bacterial Pneumonia via On-Chip Digital Detection" is shortlisted by the HKUST-MIT Consortium for the submission as ITSP to the ITC: http://hkust-mit.consortium.ust.hk/new-updates/
January 17, 2018: Highlights of 2017 JMM collections
Our work entitled "Molecular and functional assessment of multicellular cancer spheroids produced in double emulsions enabled by efficient airway resistance based selective surface treatment", published in Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM) last year, has been chosen for the 2017 JMM highlights collection. The collection is available online.
January 10, 2018: Priscilla Joined the group
Miss Priscilla Wing Yee LAM joined the group as a MSc student. Welcome, Priscilla!
January 2, 2018: Alex Joined the group
Mr. Alex Shirui Zhao joined the group as a Research Associate of Shun Hing Fellow. Welcome, Alex!
2017
December 14, 2017: Dr. Ho's invited talk at SZRI
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the International Symposium and Workshop on 3D Bioprinting and Regenerative Medicine, held in the Shenzhen Research Institute (SZRI). Thanks Prof. Chao Wan for the invitation.
November 28, 2017: Dr. Ho's invited talk at SYSU
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou. Thanks Prof. Yongmin Chen and Prof. Lixin Liu for the host.
October 1-3, 2017: Visit National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
NCKU invited our team Prof. Megan Yi-Ping HO (BME), Prof. Chao WAN (SBS), Mr. Hon Son OOI (BME UG) and Mr. Bruce PANG (SBS 1st PhD student) to visit the BME Department.
September 29-30, 2017: Hon Son attended EMedic Global held in Taiwan
His project is entitled "Pseudo-Capillarised 3-Dimensional Contractile Cardiac Muscle Chips".
September 4, 2017: FYP Students Joined the group
Miss Mona LO and Sandra SIT joined the group as FYP students. Welcome, ladies!
August 29-31, 2017: Dr. Ho's invited talk at OIST
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the Mini-Symposium: Transformative Measurement Methods and Experiential Approaches for Bacterial Biofilm, held in the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST). Thanks Prof. Amy Shen for the invitation.
August 28, 2017: Qinru Joined the group
Miss Qinru XIAO joined the group as a MSc student. Welcome, Qinru!
August 25, 2017: Poster Presentations
Clara and Carrie presented their internship work at the FoE summer internship poster session. Well done girls!
August 21, 2017: Fuyang Joined the group
Mr. Fuyang QU joined the group as a PhD student. Welcome, Fuyang!
August 18, 2017: Farewell Chen
Peter Chen CHANG is going back to Taiwan. Ciao and see you soon!
August 17, 2017: Dr. Ho's invited talk at NCNST
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing. Thanks Prof. Yanlian YANG for the host.
August 14, 2017: Farewell Peter
Peter Ho Hin LEE is departing to the Columbia University. Ciao and good luck to the new stage of your life!
August 1, 2017: Status Change
Mr. Md Habibur Rahman has now officially a PhD student in the group. Congratulations Habib!
July 26, 2017: Hon Son won an Award
Hon Son won the silver award of the ASM Technology Award 2017. Big congrats!
July 10, 2017: Paper Accepted
Dr. Xiao Ma's work is accepted by Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (Molecular and Functional Assessment of Multicellular Cancer Spheroids Produced in Double Emulsions Enabled by Efficient Airway Resistance based Selective Surface Treatment). Congratulations!
July 3, 2017: Exchange Student from Taiwan
Chen CHANG, a master student from Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University, is joining us as a summer exchange student. Chen has received the support from the Office of Academic Links (China) Summer Research Placement Programme for Mainland and Taiwan Students. Congratulations and welcome!
June 30, 2017: General Research Fund
Dr. Ho received funding support from the Research Grants Council (RGC) under the scheme of General Research Fund (GRF). Congratulations!
June 13, 2017: Undergraduate Summer Research Internship
Second year BME undergraduates, Clara Sin Chi CHAN and Carrie Li-Min HUNG, have received the support of the Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Summer Research Internship programme to undertake research projects in our lab. Congratulations and welcome Clara and Carrie!
June 1, 2017: Summer Interns
Hon Son OOI and Ho Hin LEE joined the lab as summer interns. Welcome!
June 6, 2017: Dr. Ho's invited talk at SIAT
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, the Chinese Academy of Science.
May 24, 2017: Paper Accepted
Dr. Emil Kristoffersen's work is accepted by Nucleic Acids Research (Interlinked DNA nano-circles for measuring topoisomerase II activity at the level of single decatenation events, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx480). Congratulations!
May 15, 2017: Dr. Ho's invited talk at NTU
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University
May 3, 2017: Paper Accepted
Our collaborative work with Aarhus University is accepted by RSC Advances
Isolation of Functional Mitochondria by Inertial Microfluidics - A New Method to Sort Intracellular Organelles from Small Scale Biological Sample, RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 23735 - 23741
April 28, 2017: SHIAE Fund
Dr. Ho received funding support from the Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering (SHIAE). Congratulations!
February 7, 2017: Habib joined the group
Mr. Md Habibur Rahman joined the group as a Research Assistant. Welcome, Habib!
2016
December 29, 2016: Dr. Ho's invited talk at CMUH
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan.
December 5, 2016: Dr. Ho's presentation at Lab-on-a-Chip Asia
Dr. Ho presented the group's work at the "Lab-on-a-Chip Asia - Microfluidics, Point of Care Diagnostics & Organ-on-a-Chip" held in Singapore.
November 11, 2016: Dr. Ho's presentation at CUHK
Dr. Ho presented the group's work at the 6th CUHK International Symposium on Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
October 11, 2016: Emil's Defense
Emil successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled, "A Study of Designed DNA Nanostructures and their use in Enzyme Activity Detection". Congratulations!
October 9, 2016: Xiao's presentation at MicroTAS
Xiao presented his work at the 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS) held in Dublin, Ireland.
August 15, 2016: Dr. Ho Started the Position at CUHK
Dr. Ho started her new position with the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor.
July 14, 2016: Morten and Oskar presenting in Spain
Morten and Oskar presented their work at the international conference on "Global Challenges In Neglected Tropical Diseases" held at León in Spain.
June 24, 2016: Morten's Defense
Morten successfully defended his master thesis entitled, "Combining DNA Nanosensors and Droplet Microfluidics for Disease Diagnostics via Enzymatic Activity". Congratulations!
June 23, 2016: Anne Kathrine's Defense
Anne Kathrin successfully defended her master thesis entitled, "Simulation and Empirical Validation of Droplet Formation in Microfuidics for 3D Cell Culture". Congratulations!
June 15, 2016: Morten received a travel award
Morten received a travel award from the Oticon Fonden. Congratulations Morten!
June 10, 2016: Oskar's work on Nanoscale
Oskar's work is published on Nanoscale. Congratulations! Link to the article
May 1, 2016: Noemi's work on Particle & Particle Systems Characterization
Noemi's work during her exchange with us is published on Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. Congratulations! Link to the article
2015
November 11, 2015: Morten's work on Nanoscale
Morten's work is published on Nanoscale. Congratulations! Link to the article
October 8, 2015: Morten's poster presentation at BMES
Morten presented his work at the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, USA
October 1, 2015: Morten received a travel award
Morten received a travel award from the Oticon Fonden. Congratulations Morten!
September 8, 2015: Morten received a travel award
Morten received a travel award from the Danish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Congratulations Morten!
August 3, 2015: Talk at the M3 conference
Dr. Ho was invited to give a talk at the 5th Molecular Materials Meeting (M3) at Singapore.
April 21, 2015: Emil's work published on Nanoscale
Emil's work is published on Nanoscale. Congratulations! Link to the article
April 8, 2015: Our work is published on Nanoscale
Our work is published on Nanoscale. This is a collaboration with University of Texas at Austin. Link to the article
January 19, 2015: Dr. Xiao Ma joined the group
Dr. Xiao Ma joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome!
2014
December 18, 2014: Talk at the National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
Dr. Ho was invited to give a Departmental Seminar at the Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan.
September 16, 2014: Talk at the Technion-iNANO workshop
Dr. Ho presented the group's work at the Technion-iNANO workshop entitled "DNA Nanosensors and Microfluidics for Disease Diagnostics".
August 14, 2014: Emil's Oral presentation at ACS
Emil is presenting the group's work at the 2014 ACS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
July 30, 2014: Emil received travel awards
Emil received two student travel awards to attend international meetings Thanks Oticon and Augustinus Fondens. Congratulations Emil!
April 29, 2014: Invited talk at CECAM
Dr. Ho presented the group's work at the CECAM workshop entitled "Intersection of simulative and experimental approaches for the investigation of natural and artificial DNA nanostructures". More information about the CECAM workshop
March 19, 2014: Our work is on ACSNano
Our work is published on ACS Nano. This work is a collaborative work with Duke University. Link to the article
January 29, 2014: Our work is on ACSNano
Our work is published on ACS Nano. This work is a collaborative work with The Pennsylvania State University. Link to the article
January 16, 2014: Award to Dr. Ho
Dr. Ho received a grant from the Arvid Nilssons Fond. Congratulations! More information about Arvid Nilssons Fond
2013
December 23, 2013: Our review is published on Expert Review
Dr. Ho's review article is published on "Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics". This article will be officially published in January. Link to the article
November 4, 2013: Manuscript accepted by RSC Advances
Morten and Alessio's work is accepted by RSC Advances. Congratulations! Link to the accepted manuscript
September 22, 2013: Emil Received a Travel Award!
Emil received a student travel award from Oticon A/S. Congratulations Emil!
September 7, 2013: Oral Presentation at ChinaNANO
Emil presented his work at 2013 ChinaNANO and was recognized as one of the best student oral presentations. Though no official award, nice job Emil!!
June 25, 2013: Our work in ChinaNANO 2013
Our work is accepted as an oral presentation by ChinaNANO. We'll be presenting our REEAD-on-the-Chip platform for malaria detection. Congratulations Emil! Link to the conference site
May 3, 2013: Our work is published on Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
Our review article is published on "Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics". Nice work, Morten! Link to the article
March 25, 2013: Our work is published on Sensors
Our work is published on Sensors. Congratulations Morten and Emil! Link to the article
March 21, 2013: Our work is published on Biomaterials
Our work is published on Biomaterials. It is a collaborative project with Duke University. Link to the article
January 22, 2013: Our work in MEMS 2013
Our work entitled "Single Cell Enzyme Diagnosis On The Chip" is presented in MEMS 2013. Link to MEMS 2013
January 8, 2013: Group of the month in iNANO
Our group is reported as the group of the month in iNANO. Link to the report
2012
November 30, 2012: Dr. Ho Received a Grant
Dr. Ho received an equipment grant from the Carlsberg Foundation. Congratulations!
November 12, 2012: Dr. Ho Received a Grant
Dr. Ho received a research grant from the Lundbeck Foundation under the category of natural sciences. The aim is to study nucleic acid condensation in small incubators, which will advance our understanding on how biological entities function for fundamental biological sciences and ultimately facilitate the design of next generation gene carriers for unmet clinical needs. More information about the Lundbeck Foundation.
November 7, 2012: Our work is published on ACS Nano
Our work is accepted and published as an ASAP article on ACS Nano. This work represents a step ahead for malaria diagnosis. Click here for more information.
June 15, 2012: Dr. Ho Received a Private Grant
Our project entitled "Probing Cancer from Single Cell" is funded by Karen Elise Jensens Fond. More about Karen Elise Jensens Fond
June 1, 2012: Dr. Ho Started the Position at iNANO
Dr. Ho starts her position with iNANO as an Assistant Professor.