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HKBU INPSIRE is a brand new youtube platform managed by Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO), to showcase HKBU’s innovation offers, KT impact, research excellence and commercialisation achievements. Over 80 high quality videos have been uploaded to this platform covering 5 main themes – Innovation, Society, Partnership, Research and Entrepreneurship.

Skin scars are the normal and inevitable outcome of wound healing. If a scar is not treated properly, it may turn into an elevated scar, or in more serious case, the elevated scar grows bigger and wider.

Chinese medicine skincare has been well-respected since ancient times. What is the magic behind it? In this article, we would like to share with you the entrepreneurial journey of a Scientist, Prof Zhang Hongjie – the Co-founder and Director of Gihon Biotech Limited (Gihon), who is also a Professor from School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU, on how he turned his research findings into a commercialised product and started his business in cosmetic application.

Hong Kong's film and television industry are a major influencer of global culture, and technological innovations have always been a key element in ensuring the competitiveness of such creative industries.

The "Anti-scratch thin film coating on metal surface" invented by Professor CHEAH Kok Wai, co-founder of Cathay Photonics Limited, is an anti-scratch thin film coated on metal surface in 3D design.

Aspiring to be a leading, research-led, liberal arts University in Asia, Hong Kong Baptist University is committed to conducting world-leading investigations that extends the frontiers of knowledge, tackles global challenges and benefits the community at home and abroad. 

Are you aware of nanotechnology in your everyday life? For example, your glasses or swim goggles are anti-fog coated with nanoparticles for good vision. What’s more? A new product Mat A® Culture Nanomatrices by Mat-A-Cell Limited (“Mat-A-Cell”), which is a biological cell culture substrate coated with a self-developed nanolayer, can substantially reduce the risk of carcinogenesis or inflammation in stem cell therapy. In this article, you may get some inspiration and pragmatic tips for running a biotechnological startup from Mr Jefferson Lau Wai-fung, the CEO of Mat-A-Cell Limited, who is also an alumnus of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).

MIND and Tech Limited has developed a solution for detecting early Alzheimer’s disease. To ensure people with dementia receive timely treatment, MIND and Tech aims to launch a detection kit for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, providing a faster, more sensitive, affordable and less invasive way than traditional method of detection. In this article, we would like to share with you, an aspiring story of a young entrepreneur, Dr Ashley Ho – the CEO of MIND and Tech Limited, who is also a graduate in HKBU’s Department of Chemistry, on her journey of developing a solution for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.

Our HKBU alumnus, Mr Sunny Cheung Sai-ho shared with us that “Research & development as well as marketing & sales are equally essential to the growth of a business.” With tremendous effort to build up these important elements, he founded an IT company, CP2JOY IT CO. LIMITED, in 2019 to commercialise his innovative technology. “CP” is the initial of Cerebral Palsy and “Joy” stands for joystick.

Dr Simon Han’s outstanding research achievements meet a real business opportunity. The commercialisation of his research and development technology greatly enhances the standardisation and quality control of valuable traditional Chinese medicines in the industry.