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Prof. WANG Jiguang (front, seated) and his research team
Life Science
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HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital Researchers Discover a New Cause for the Cerebral Cavernous Malformation

Researchers from the HKUST and Beijing Tiantan Hospital have recently uncovered a new gene mutation responsible for the non-familial patients of cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM)...

The movement of bacterial RNA Polymerase's Clamp and β-lobe (the purple and orange part in the picture, respectively) facilitates the DNA melting during initiation of transcription.
Chemistry
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HKUST Scientists Discover How Antibiotics Target Bacterial RNAP to Inhibit Its Gene Transcription

A group of researchers at HKUST has uncovered the mechanism of how DNA is being melted to start bacterial gene transcription and how one class of antibiotics inhibits this process...

Prof. Huang (third left) and her research team.
Chemistry
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HKUST Researchers Develop a Novel Raman Spectroscopy Platform to Characterize Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Dilute Solution

It is challenging to analyze proteins at low concentrations, especially for those in a mixture of various conformations such as intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)...

Simulation snapshot of a self-propelling topological defect in an active liquid crystal guided by a light pattern (shone in pink region)
Physics
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Active Liquid Crystal Systems Examined in Search of Autonomous Materials Systems

Liquid Crystals (LC) are widely deployed in display technology and optical fibers. From smartphones in your pockets to large screen TVs, LCs are everywhere... 

Prof. CHAN Wan (Fourth left), Prof. YU Jianzhen (Second right) and their research teams.
Chemistry
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HKUST Researchers Find Wearing Face Masks May Reduce Cancer Risks Associated with Airborne Carcinogens

Researchers from HKUST have recently proved that apart from protecting us from inhaling respiratory droplets that contain pathogens, surgical masks are also effective in blocking...

(Stock Photo) Prof. Qian Peiyuan (right) and LI Zhongrui (left) from his research team have been studying the microbe-animal interactions.
Life Science
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HKUST Researchers Unlock the Micro-Molecular Physiochemical Mechanism of Dental Plaque Formation

An inter-disciplinary team of researchers has unraveled how a novel microbial small molecule released by...

Prof. Sun (middle) and his research team
Chemistry
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HKUST Researchers Find Novel Way to Produce New Kind of Chiral Molecules Bringing New Hope for Drug Development
HKUST research team has discovered a method that would allow the production of a new type of spherical molecules not easily obtainable before...  
Prof. QIAN (middle) visited the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) in 2015.  Dr. SUN Jin (second right) from HKUST and Dr. CHEN Chong from JAMSTEC (first left) have also contributed to the research
Ocean Science
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HKUST Decodes a Deep-sea Vent-endemic Snail Hologenome and Unveils its Living Strategies in the Extreme Environment

A research team led by Prof. Qian Peiyuan (Ocean Science) has published their cutting-edge findings of symbiotic mechanisms of a deep-sea vent snail (Gigantopelta aegis) in the scientific journal Nature Communications... 

Prof. Guo (first right) and his research team
Life Science
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HKUST Researchers Discover a Novel Mechanism of Recruiting Arf Family Proteins to Specific Subcellular Localizations

HKUST researchers recently uncovered a novel molecular mechanism that regulates the subcellular localizations of Arf proteins, shedding light on the mechanism underlying various inherited diseases and offering new insight to the treatment of them...

Prof. Nancy IP (second left), and her research team.
Life Science
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HKUST Scientists Make Breakthrough Discovery of New Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer's Disease

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have identified new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease by studying the patients’ brain with a newly-developed methodology.