Innovation & Technology Transfer

Involved Member: Prof. Tong ZHANG During the epidemic, Professor Zhang Tong’s team assisted the Government of Hong Kong SAR in establishing a rapid method to monitor the COVID19 gene in sewage. Buildings with infected people can be identified by this method. The result is helpful to identify the infected persons in time for quarantine. Prof. Zhang’s research team first validated a testing method using “positive” samples from a hospital treating COVID-19 patients.

Involved Member & SKLMP Advisor: Prof. John P. GIESY, Prof. Kenneth Mei Yee LEUNG, Prof. Fengchang WU\n\nDirector of SKLMP Prof. Leung cooperated with Prof. Wu Fengchang to study the impact of environmental factors on the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and to explore the role of environmental factors in future public health emergency response. Environmental factors play important roles in public health emergency response systems (PHERSs).

Mueller matrix microscope and the schematics (Liu et al., Applied Optics 2020)Local mariculture has an important role in maintaining a steady supply of live fish to fulfil increasing seafood demand in Hong Kong and China. However, threats like toxic algal blooms have caused tremendous amount of economic loss, thereby discouraging development and investment into the industry. Therefore, the establishment of a rapid detection platform that offers identification and monitoring of toxic algae in the aquaculture environment has been proposed to provide early warning signs for the industry.

Local mariculture has an important role in maintaining a steady supply of live fish to fulfil increasing seafood demand in Hong Kong and China.

Using DNA barcodes to identify early life stages of marine fishes.\n\n- We have developed high quality customized DNA tests for species identification, from toxic microalgae (e.g., red tide species) and early life stages of fisheries resources, to endangered wildlife and their body parts (e.g., dried bear gall bladders, animal claws, animal blood, rhino horns, ivories, bird eggs, feathers, turtle shells, shark fins, gill rakers of manta rays and leaves, etc.).