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![Outstanding Research Award recognises distinguished performance](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2021-11/211124-1_ORA.jpg?itok=c4zGCNvB)
Five faculty members at CityU are conferred the Outstanding Research Award this year for their eminent performances in materials science, media and communication, biomedical sciences and data science.
![CityU co-organises cross-border forum with French institutions to explore the “One Health” concept](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2021-09/210921-3_onehealth.jpg?itok=e2OLCPxj)
One Health @ CityU x France has brought 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.
![World’s first new discovery of liquid directional steering in two centuries](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2021-09/210917-1_prof.jpg?itok=DzUITt5D)
CityU scientists have discovered that the spreading direction of different liquids deposited on the same surface can be steered, a challenge that had remained unsolved for over two centuries.
![2. Prof Sun Dong elected as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2021-08/20210826-1_Sun.jpg?itok=ymrDX7Px)
Professor Sun Dong, Chair Professor and Head of the Department Biomedical Engineering at CityU, has been elected a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in the Technical and Environmental Sciences class.
![Breakthrough in battling Triple-Negative Breast Cancer](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2021-05/210518-1_gene.jpg?itok=MN6pjks8)
CityU biologists discover super-enhancers that switch on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer genes.
![CityU wins 12 awards at Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days, the highest number among all universities in Hong Kong](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2021-05/210520-1_Geneva.jpg?itok=3mnXA2k9)
Researchers from CityU won the highest number of awards among all universities in Hong Kong at IGED 2021, including a Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury, five Gold Medals, three Silver Medals and three Bronze Medals, demonstrating the excellence of the research carried out at CityU.
![Targeted genetic analysis helps dissect disease inheritance](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2021-04/210426-1_airpollution.jpg?itok=H9-l5tSv)
An international research team co-led by CityU has developed a high-throughput biological assay technique that provides valuable data for finding type-2 diabetes key biomarkers for diagnostics and treatment.
![ITF funding secured for anti-Covid-19 research](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2020-11/20201109-1_ITFfunding.jpg?itok=WCLBOn8O)
Research at CityU aimed at tackling Covid-19 has attracted over $7.1 million in funding from the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) under the Innovation and Technology Commission.
![Uncovering the secret of RNA paves the way for drug discovery for Covid-19](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2020-08/20200810-1_RNA.jpg?itok=sO4DGi46)
A research team led by scientists at CityU has developed a new method for identifying binding proteins of non-coding RNAs in living cells, which can be applied in cancer diagnosis and stem cell research, and may even help to identify potential antiviral drug targets to combat Covid-19.
![cancer immunotherapy](/sites/g/files/asqsls3821/files/styles/crop_news_block_192_144/public/2020-02/20200224-2_immunotherapy.jpg?itok=DYAMjUIt)
Unleashing the intrinsic power of the immune system to fight cancer is the focus of an award-winning research led by a biomedical scientist and her research team at CityU.