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Five faculty members at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) are conferred the Outstanding Research Award this year for their eminent performances in materials science, media and communication, biomedical sciences and data science.

BUI Thi Van Anh, a PhD student supervised by Dr BAN Kiwon, received the Sun Chieh Yeh Heart Foundation Young Investigator Award (First Prize) at the 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (ICSM).

The development of rationally engineered SARS-CoV-2 vaccines based on a modified live virus platform was the focus of an online talk by Professor Nikolaus Osterrieder at CityU on 8 October.

City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Campus France Hong Kong, and the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau, along with three leading French higher-education institutions, namely ISC Paris; Nantes-Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering; Centrale Nantes; and biotech company, InvivoGen, jointly organised a cross-border online event, titled One Health @ CityU x France, bringing together professionals from various areas of expertise to discuss biotechnology and the contribution of veterinary medicine and engineering to the “One Health” approach in two panel discussions.

The newly established Tung Biomedical Sciences Centre at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has been named in honour of The Tung Foundation in appreciation of the staunch and generous support of the Foundation.

Cochlear implants help deaf patients in hearing, yet the current technology remains far from perfect. A research team led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has shown that neonatally deafened rats could be trained with cochlear implant stimulation to restore the ability to locate the directions of sound origins.

The prestigious Calvin W. Schwabe Award has been bestowed upon Professor Dirk Pfeiffer, Chow Tak Fung Chair Professor of One Health and Director of the Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice at City University of Hong Kong (CityU).

Four students from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) won the Innovation and Technology Scholarship 2021, receiving HK$150,000 each for activities including overseas exchange, local internship and mentorship programmes. The Scholarship will broaden their horizons, enhance their professional knowledge about science and technology, and help them succeed in the fields of innovation and technology.

It is generally agreed that sperms “swim” by beating or rotating their soft tails. However, a research team led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has discovered that ray sperms move by rotating both the tail and the head.