[February 2023 issue]

Four CUHK research projects were awarded the 2022/23 RGC Research Impact Fund, among which the project titled “Robotic Endobronchial Multi-modal Biopsy of Pulmonary Nodules”, led by NA-affiliated Prof. Ren Hongliang, Associate Professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering, received HK$8.95 million to facilitate researchers to undertake impactful and translational research projects.

A cross-institutional team led by Prof. Ren will study the key optical, mechanical and electrochemical principles in micro-sampling and bioassays for lung cancer biomarker monitoring in situ, and develop flexible microfluidic multiplexed immune-sensing arrays that can enter narrow, curvy airway branches for multimodal micro-biopsy and bioassay in situ around small pulmonary nodules.