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Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)’s excellence in art-tech, initiatives in space exploration, and achievements at other frontiers of science is being showcased at the InnoCarnival 2022, held from 22 to 30 October at the Hong Kong Science Park.

The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) was officially opened on 2 July 2022. HKBU team led by Professor Jeffrey Shaw, Chair Professor of Academy of Visual Arts, took two years to design five art installations for the HKPM.

The HKBU KT Awards 2022, comprising Knowledge Transfer Award and Innovation Award, were conferred at the Awards Presentation for Outstanding Performance held on 24 May 2022.

[Call for Applications] The Knowledge Transfer Office is organising a brand-new competition – BU Ideas Galore! HKBU researchers and students who are working on ideas that are ArtTech or Innovation related may take this opportunity to showcase the world your research findings and solutions to real-world problems in a 3-minute video!

The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM), the Faculty of Social Sciences (SOSC) and the Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO) jointly showcased nine innovative technologies to highlight the research impact of the University at the InnoCarnival 2021, which was held by the Innovation and Technology Commission at the Hong Kong Science Park from 23 to 31 October and attracted over 220,000 visitors.

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.

The 10th edition of TechInnovation 2021 has been successfully hosted by Innovation Partner for Impact (IPI) as a fully digital 24-hour event from 28 to 30 September 2021. As one of the key partners, HKBU have showcased ten innovative technology and solutions for the betterment of health and wellness. This technology matching event aims to bring international technology providers and enterprises to accelerate the commercialisation of emerging technologies, seed licensing opportunities and foster open innovative technology.

The fruits of four research projects conducted by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) research teams shone at the 2021 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, scoring four prizes including a Gold Medal with the Congratulations of Jury, two Gold Medals and a Silver Medal.

Prostate cancer is the third most common cancers in men in Hong Kong. While medical statistics have reported that one in six men will develop prostate cancer during their lifetimes, which is the fifth most fatal cancer. The disease is curable with minimal side effects if detected early. The “non-invasive, urine-based prostate cancer detection kit”, developed by Prof Gary Wong Ka-leung from the Department of Chemistry of HKBU, is a simple and accurate, urine-based prostate cancer detection kit which innovative test can detect the biomarker affected by cancer cells with an accuracy of up to 90%. It can be easily used at home as users simply need to mix a urine sample with the chemical agent.

Prof Bian Zhaoxiang and his research team from the School of Chinese Medicine collaborated with the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to conduct a research on the feasibility of treating IBS with traditional Chinese herbal medicine. The research group demonstrated that the invented composition of Chinese medicine is effective in curing visceral pain, torso pain and diarrhoea.