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Efficient Fabrication of Monodisperse Hepatocyte Spheroids and Encapsulation in Hybrid Hydrogel with Controllable Extracellular Matrix Effect
This research project is completed under Prof. Hon Fai CHAN. Three-dimensional (3D) cultures, such as spheroid and organoid cultures, have gained increasing interest as 3D culture models. However, the understanding and control of extracellular [...]
Seminar by Prof. Hon Fai Chan on “Mechanical folding induces development of engineered intestinal tissue” in SBS Research Day 2022
In the one-and-a-half-day event of Research Day 2022 & Joint Symposium on “Advances in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology: From Basic Science to Emerging Technologies” co-hosted by the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS) and [...]
Seminar by Prof. Barbara Chan on “Building Tissues from Scratch – Enabling Technologies, Scientific Understanding, Clinical Translations and Challenges ahead“
Last week, it was our great honor to have Prof. Barbara CHAN, Professor of Biomedical Engineering Programme from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, delivered a seminar on “Building Tissues [...]
Label-free Cell Analysis
Label-free cell analysis is a promising technology that is broadly applicable to the biomedical sciences but cannot be easily accomplished without artificial intelligence. Simply put, it is very tedious and time consuming for research [...]
Scientific Sharing by Prof. Yangzi Jiang
Prof. JIANG Yangzi (姜洋子) received Bachelor (2007, Biology) and PhD (2012, Sports Medicine) in Zhejiang University, China, and received her postdoctoral training (2012-2018) at University of Pittsburgh, USA. Prof. Jiang joined CUHK in 2018 [...]
Ph.D. Student Scientific Achievements: The development of a biologically and biomechanically stimulated, tough hydrogel biomaterial for tendon repair
At the postgraduate seminar in May 2022, Ph.D. student Wanqi ZHANG, supervised by Prof. Rocky TUAN and Prof. Dan WANG, presented his findings on The development of a biologically and biomechanically stimulated, tough hydrogel [...]
Ph.D. student Scientific Achievements: Sourcing of blood-derived angiogenic cells (BDACs) under xeno-free conditions
At the ESCHM-ISCH-ISB 2021 Fukuoka in July 2021, Ph.D. student Christy Wing Tung WONG, supervised by Prof. Rocky TUAN and Prof. Anna BLOCKI presented her findings on Sourcing of blood-derived angiogenic cells (BDACs) under xeno-free conditions [...]
BSc Student Scientific Achievements: Investigating the Effects of Cytokine Storm on Blood Vessel and Lung Cell Cultures
(From the right) Joyce Zhi Xuen LEE, Prof. Anna Maria BLOCKI, and Christy Wing Tung WONG. At the poster presentation of Summer Undergraduate Biomedical Research Attachment (SUBRA) in September 2021, Joyce Zhi Xuen LEE , supervised by [...]
Scientific Sharing by Prof. Hon Fai Chan
Prof. Hon Fai CHAN, another brilliant faculty member of our Institute, pursued his M.S. and Ph.D. degree at Duke University with the support of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships for Overseas Studies, and [...]
Scientific Sharing by Prof. Elmer Ker
Prof. KER Dai Fei Elmer, one of our accomplished faculty members, one of our accomplished faculty members, completed his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University and postdoctoral training from the Department of [...]