We are delighted to announce that ABCT PhD students Dr Rainbow Leung Wing Hei and Dr. Martina Lei Mang Leng from our department has won the Grand Prize and First Prize at The 12th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.   Under the supervision of Prof. Terence Lee Kin-wah and Prof. Clarence Wong Tsun-ting, their project — "Therapeutic efficacy of peptide-linked chimeric antigen receptor macrophages (pCAR-M) in so

2 Jun 2026

Big congratulations to our Department Head, Prof. Larry Chow, and Associate Professor, Prof. Ben Ko!   They have both been awarded PolyU’s inaugural "Top 10 Research & Innovation Stories of the Year”! This recognition celebrates impactful research that drives progress in Hong Kong and beyond.   Prof. Larry Chow is leading a groundbreaking Advanced Therapy Product (ATP) Laboratory – a state-of-the-art, PIC/S GMP-compliant facility dedicated to ce

31 May 2026

Facing the massive volumes of data generated by AI training and smart devices, Prof. Zhongping YAO, Associate Head and Professor of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Dr Cheuk-chi NG, Research Assistant Professor of the same department, and Prof. Chung-Ming Francis LAU, Associate Dean (Global Engagement) of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, have achieved

22 May 2026

We are proud to announce that Miss Jenny He Jingyun, a final-year ABB student in the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT) in the Faculty of Science, has been honored with the Most Outstanding Student Award 2025/26 at the Outstanding Student Award and Presidential Student Leadership Award Ceremony 2025/26. This prestigious award is presented to only one recipient each year. In addition, Mr. Kerry Ke Shengyi, a Year 4 CT stu

19 Mar 2026

Warm congratulations to Prof. Terence Lee and his research team on this remarkable research breakthrough!   As Associate Head and Professor of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), he has led a groundbreaking study on the treatment of metabolism-related liver cancer, with its findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Liver cancer is one of the three dea

10 Feb 2026